While surgeries or while treating certain wounds, doctors and surgeons must stitch a patient 's healing process, suture errors can produce deep, disfiguring scars and other complications.
Suturing Mistakes
After an operation or to treat a would, doctors may use two different types of sutures:
- These sutures are for internal tissues and organs and are absorbed by the body over time.
- The body must be re-opened to remove These sutures are for a later date.
How Scars Form
Scar different depending on a variety of factors, including the age of the injured person, the type of injury, and the location on the body. The extent of the initial damage is usually an indicator of how extensive the scar will be.
Abnormal Scar Types
Many different types of abnormal scars can form after an injury:
- They occur when the body overproduces collagen.
- These scars are similar to to hypertrophic scars, but they can continue growing large, benign tumors. They can be caused by accidents, surgery, acne, body piercings, or may even form spontaneously in some people.
- These types of scars appear as sunken pits or recesses in the skin. They are often caused by acne, diseases such as chickenpox, accidents, or surgery.
- Stretch marks. These can be induced when skin is quickly stretched during pregnancy, significant gain gain or loss, growth spurts, or as skin heals.
