Osteopathic Approach for Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars
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Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
Cureus. 2023 Sep 7;15(9):e44815. doi: 10.7759/cureus.44815. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Authors:
Bruno Bordoni, Allan R Escher, Gregory T Girgenti, Filippo Tobbi, Roberto Bonanzinga
Abstract.
The skin is a complex organ, a system that influences and is influenced by the body system, with different skin layers always mechano-biologically active. In the presence of a lesion that damages the dermis, the skin undergoes sensory, morphological, and functional alterations. The subsequent adaptation is the formation of scar tissue, following distinct and overlapping biological phases. For reasons not yet fully elucidated, some healing processes lead to pathological scars, from which symptoms such as pain, itching, and functional limitations are derived. Currently, there is no gold standard treatment that fully meets the needs of different scars and can eliminate any symptoms that the patient suffers. One such treatment is manual medicine, which involves direct manual approaches to the site of injury. Reviewing the phases that allow the skin to be remodeled following an injury, this article reflects on the usefulness of resorting to these procedures, highlighting erroneous concepts on which the manual approach is based, compared to what the current literature highlights the cicatricial processes. Considering pathological scar adaptations, it would be better to follow a gentle manual approach.
Publication Date:
2023 Sep
OEID:
6997
Bordoni, B., Escher, RA., Girgenti, TG., Tobbi, F., Bonanzinga, R. (2023) 'Osteopathic Approach for Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars', Cureus. 2023 Sep 7;15(9):e44815. doi: 10.7759/cureus.44815. eCollection 2023 Sep.
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