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Cicatrization, also spelled cicatrisation (from Latin cicatrix, meaning "scar"), is the contraction of fibrous tissue formed at a wound site by fibroblasts, reducing the size of the wound while distorting tissue. It may refer to:
Cicatrix: Scar tissue on an arm: Specialty: Dermatology, plastic surgery: A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury.
Aeta man from the island of Luzon with a scarified form of indigenous Philippine tattoo, c. 1890s Aboriginal Australian with scarification of the back, 1911. Scarification has been traditionally practiced by darker skinned cultures, possibly because it is usually more visible on darker skinned people than tattoos. [2]
Chronic scar keratosis (chronic cicatrix keratosis) Clonal seborrheic keratosis; Common seborrheic keratosis (basal cell papilloma, solid seborrheic keratosis) Cowden syndrome (Cowden's disease, multiple hamartoma syndrome) Cutaneous ciliated cyst; Cutaneous columnar cyst; Cutaneous horn (Cornu cutaneum) Cystic basal cell carcinoma
Cicatrix is a genus of wasp found in Australia. It was erected in 2011 following a revision of Mikeius. [1] Species within Cicatrix: Cicatrix pilosiscutum (Girault, 1929) Cicatrix neumanoides Paretas-Martínez & Restrepo-Ortiz, 2011; Cicatrix schauffi (Girault, 1929)
Scarring hair loss, also known as cicatricial alopecia, is the loss of hair which is accompanied with scarring.This is in contrast to non scarring hair loss.. It can be caused by a diverse group of rare disorders that destroy the hair follicle, replace it with scar tissue, and cause permanent hair loss.
A hypertrophic scar is a cutaneous condition characterized by deposits of excessive amounts of collagen which gives rise to a raised scar, but not to the degree observed with keloids. [1]
Keloid, also known as keloid disorder and keloidal scar, [1] is the formation of a type of scar which, depending on its maturity, is composed mainly of either type III (early) or type I (late) collagen.