Long‐term improvement in the appearance of hypertrophic scars following a single treatment with acoustic subcision—A single center proof‐of‐concept study

• Published in: Lasers in surgery and medicine Vol. 54; no. 10; pp. 1251 - 1260
• Main Authors: LaTowsky, Brenda, Robertson, David W., Capelli, Christopher C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Acne Vulgaris; acoustic subcision; Acoustics; Anesthesia; Assessments; Biomechanics; Cicatrix - therapy; Cicatrix, Hypertrophic - etiology; Cicatrix, Hypertrophic - pathology; Clinical Reports; Clinical trials; Collagen; Erythema; Eutrophication; Extracellular matrix; Fibroblasts; Fibrosis; Humans; hypertrophic scar; improvement in appearance; Mechanical properties; noninvasive; Pain; rapid acoustic pulse; Scars; Statistical analysis; Treatment Outcome; Wound Healing; rapid acoustic pulse; fibrosis; noninvasive; acoustic subcision; hypertrophic scar; improvement in appearance

Introduction and Objectives Fibrosis, including hypertrophic scar formation, is a pathological condition characterized by excessive production and accumulation of collagen, and loss of tissue architecture, in response to wound healing. Alterations in the extracellular matrix (ECM) biomechanical prop...