What Causes Dry Scar Like Spots On The Abdomen And Chest?
Ok so my name is Taylor and I'm 16 years old. I'm about 5'10 and weigh 140 pounds. I'm also mixed, half black and half white so my skin is a light brown. I've noticed a few weeks ago that these spots were appearing all over my stomach and chest. At first I thought they were bites except they're not itchy. Now they are starting to spread to my neck, face and back. They look almost like scars, rings that are darker then the rest of my skin. And some are just little dark circles. They feel dry and rough when I touch them so is it just dry skin? I went to a walkin clinic and the doctor didn't know so he just gave me a few samples of cream to put on once a day. It doesn't seem to be working, any suggestions?
A scar is the body's response to an incision or laceration in which a collagen matrix is laid down to close or fill in the gap created by the injury. "Scar Tissue" is histologically different from normal skin because it will generally not have sweat glands, hair follicles, sebaceous glands etc (adnexal structures). Therefore, a thin scar after incisional surgery is desirable because scar tissue looks different to the naked eye than normal, untouched skin. Safe, well performed skin resurfacing should not produce what we define as "Scar Tissue". Medium to Deep skin resurfacing, as is performed in laser skin resurfacing, chemical peels, or Dermabrasion removes the epidermis and a variable amount of dermis, allowing the surface of the skin to regenerate from adnexal structures. However, the skin that is regenerated still has the important and desirable adnexal structures, differentiating it from scar. The neo-dermis has thicker and more tightly bound collagen bundles, causing effacement of lines and wrinkles, but still looks like normal skin to the naked eye. try massage with olive oil.
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What Causes Dry Scar Like Spots On The Abdomen And Chest?
A scar is the body s response to an incision or laceration in which a collagen matrix is laid down to close or fill in the gap created by the injury. Scar Tissue is histologically different from normal skin because it will generally not have sweat glands, hair follicles, sebaceous glands etc (adnexal structures). Therefore, a thin scar after incisional surgery is desirable because scar tissue looks different to the naked eye than normal, untouched skin. Safe, well performed skin resurfacing should not produce what we define as Scar Tissue . Medium to Deep skin resurfacing, as is performed in laser skin resurfacing, chemical peels, or Dermabrasion removes the epidermis and a variable amount of dermis, allowing the surface of the skin to regenerate from adnexal structures. However, the skin that is regenerated still has the important and desirable adnexal structures, differentiating it from scar. The neo-dermis has thicker and more tightly bound collagen bundles, causing effacement of lines and wrinkles, but still looks like normal skin to the naked eye. try massage with olive oil.