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Steroid Injection on Facial Hypertrophic Scar: Report of 3 Cases  

Lee, Bada (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University)
Kwon, Jin-Il (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University)
Lim, Jae-Seok (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University)
Baek, Jiwoong (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University)
Park, Jin Hoo (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University)
Kim, Hyung Jun (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University)
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Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery / v.34, no.6, 2012 , pp. 494-497 More about this Journal
Abstract
Traumatic lacerations are common in the orofacial region as a result of accidents. Due to the frequent movement of the skin around the mandible, scars in that area are more likely to widen or become hypertrophic. Treatment of facial laceration was performed on three patients and followed by regular check-up. It was discovered that the scars have become hypertrophic, so steroid injections were used. The results were satisfactory with the decrease in sizes and hardnes of the scar. Facial scarring is a particularly distressing phenomenon and has always been a challenge to treat as the scars are more likely to widen or become hyphertrophied due to the frequent movement of the muscle in the facial area. We confirmed that the positive effect of steroid on hypertrophic scars. So, we suggest that proper treatment and periodic follow-up, adjuvant treatments especially steroid injection is necessary in patients with lacerations.
Keywords
Steroid injection; Hypertrophic scars; Lacerations; Keloid; Triamcinolone acetonide;
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