What should I do if burns on my face leave scars that affect my appearance?

Burns usually leave ugly scars, especially scars on the face, which can cause even greater psychological trauma and may even lead to inferiority complex. There are many ways to treat burn scars on the face, and laser scar removal is one of them. So what other methods are there to treat burn scars?

What are burn scars?

Burn scars are the product of tissue damage caused by high temperature, chemicals, electricity or strong thermal radiation. The essence of a burn scar is an abnormal and unhealthy tissue that does not have normal skin tissue structure and physiological functions and has lost normal tissue vitality.

What are the effects of burn scars?

Burn scars not only damage your appearance, but can also affect the physiological functions of related tissues or organs. When the seasons change, the scars become extremely itchy. For example, burn scars around the mouth will affect eating, burn scars outside the eyes or eyelids will affect vision, and burn scars on the nostrils will affect breathing.

Treatments for burn scars:

1. The principle of laser scar removal: Use colored light of different wavelengths to selectively treat the scar area. By controlling the laser wavelength, it is possible to repair scars of different tissues and degrees without damaging the skin tissue. When the laser is irradiated on the skin, it will penetrate into the subcutaneous tissue and turn the scar tissue from particles into powder until it is absorbed and removed by the cells. The scar will then change from deep to shallow, and from shallow to disappear.

2. The principle of skin expansion treatment for scars: This treatment is also called "skin soft tissue expansion therapy". It is a method of placing a skin soft tissue expander under normal skin soft tissue, increasing the liquid capacity in the expander, and exerting pressure on the surface skin soft tissue, causing it to expand and produce new "extra" skin soft tissue. The newly added skin soft tissue is then transferred to cover the wound surface and repair the defect.