The Scar Book: Formation, Mitigation, Rehabilitation and Prevention

Apply cutting-edge expertise to manage your patients’ scarring issues!

Scarring and fibrosis affect millions of people worldwide, and can be devastating both physically and psychologically, whether they result from major trauma such as burns or common conditions such as acne. Put today’s most advanced clinical approaches to work for your patients with The Scar Book: Formation, Mitigation, Rehabilitation, and Prevention! A multidisciplinary team of leading world experts presents the state of the art in scar pathophysiology and treatment, breaking down the barriers between medical disciplines to provide unprecedented holistic guidance.
Key Features:

Grasp the full scope of the problem with a section on “Perspectives,” which presents insights into the history and current state of trauma rehabilitation, reconstruction, and scar management, and examines some of the ethical principles that serve to guide decision making.

Understand scar pathophysiology with a section on “Formation” that covers the development of normotrophic, hypertrophic, and atrophic scars after cutaneous injury.

Apply interventions that expedite wound healing and minimize scarring after injury with a section on “Mitigation.”

Reduce the impact of existing scars, both large and small, with a comprehensive section on “Rehabilitation” that encompasses a wide range of treatment options including medical management, surgical revision, lasers and light devices, fat grafting, multimodal scar management, physical measures, scar camouflage, mental health support, and considerations in special populations such as children and patients with skin of color.

Explore scar-related research and future advances with a section on “Prevention.”

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Section I ■ Perspectives

1 A Historical Perspective on Scar Management

2 The Global Impact of Scars

3 Medical Conditions Associated with Scarring and Fibrosis

4 Scars and Scar Management: Ethical Considerations

Section II ■ Formation

5 Scar Histopathology and Morphologic Classification

6 The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Scarring: The Paradigm of Hypertrophic Scarring After Thermal Injury

7 The Biomechanics of Scar Formation

Section III ■ Mitigation

8 An Approach to Scar Mitigation

9 Optimizing Wound Healing and Scar Formation

Section IV ■ Rehabilitation

10 Medical Management of Scars

11 Neurobiology of Scars: Managing Pain and Itch

12 Surgical Scar Revision

13 Lasers and Light Devices in Scar Management

14 Laser-Assisted Delivery of Therapeutic Agents

15 Fat Grafting for Scar Treatment

16 Multimodal Scar Management

17 Atrophic Scar Management

18 Scar Management in Skin of Color

19 Rehabilitative Burn Scar Management

20 Scar Camouflage

21 Medical Tattooing

22 A Pediatric Perspective

23 A Perspective from Military Medicine

24 Recovery and Reintegration After Burn Injury

25 Integrating Scar Management into Clinical Practice

Section V ■ Prevention

26 Scar Treatment, Restoration, and Prevention—Beyond the Horizon?

27 Fetal Wound Healing

28 Clinical Scar Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Hypertrophic Burn Scars

Index