Scars
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, Published online: 16 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41572-023-00474-x
Every injury of the skin undergoes a process known as wound healing. When wound healing is disrupted, excessive scars, such as hypertrophic scars and keloid lesions, can develop. This Primer summarizes the epidemiology, mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of scars, as well as discussing how scars can affect an individual’s quality of life.