Skin Expansion Technique for Repair of Face and Neck Scars

The full name of skin expansion technique is skin soft tissue expansion, which refers to the application of medical silicone expansion capsule, surgically embedded in the subcutaneous or muscle layer and other soft tissues of the body surface, through regular injection of liquid into the expansion capsule, so that the expansion capsule gradually expand, and the surface of the skin soft tissues are also expanded and stretched, so as to provide additional tissues for the repair of tissue defects, reconstruction of organs, or for tissue filling, prosthesis placement Prefabricated space. The face and neck are the most exposed parts of the human body, and scarring of the face and neck due to heat or trauma can have a serious impact on a person’s appearance, so the repair of scarring of the face and neck accounts for more than 80% of the scar repair in the human body. Prior to the 1990s, only skin grafts could be used to repair facial and neck scars, and the final result was poor because the grafts were prone to contracture and grayish in color. The soft tissue expansion technique provides the best method for the perfect repair of facial and neck scars. Through the preliminary surgery, a water capsule that can be expanded is embedded in the normal skin of the scar, and water is injected into the capsule intermittently, with the expansion of the capsule, the local skin will be expanded, and then the capsule will be taken out, and the expanded skin will be used to transfer the expanded skin for repairing the scar of the neck, and the final result is to achieve the effect of repairing facial and neck scars in a non-invasive way. If you have any questions about face and neck scar repair, please leave a message.