The “Smart Scar-Care” pad designed by Professor Cecilia Li-Tsang in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, PolyU, serves the dual functions of reinforcing pressure and occlusion. It can treat hypertrophic scars from burns, surgeries and trauma. Credit: Image courtesy of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
An innovative pad with dual functions of reinforcing pressure and occlusion has been designed by researchers to treat hypertrophic scars from burns, surgeries and trauma. It showed good performance in reducing pigmentation and vascularity, improving elasticity and preventing dehydration in a clinical trial. It is more durable and user-friendly compared with the traditional pad (polyethylene foam) as reported by the patients...
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