Scar tissue forms when a wound heals but is different from skin tissue. For example, it is less elastic, leading to tightness, limited movement, and pain. Exercise, moisturizing, and other home and ...

A scar tells the world of injuries past – but why does scar tissue look and feel so different? BBC Future investigates. When I was 10 or 11 years old, I hurt my knee at summer camp when I fell running ...

Getting a hair transplant on scar tissue is possible. But a hair transplant on a scar is done differently from a typical hair transplant, because the skin and tissues of a scar are different from ...

If we can reduce this scarring, we can greatly improve survival." Following a heart attack, connective tissue cells called fibroblasts secrete a variety of proteins that combine to form scar tissue.

New UCLA research conducted in mice could explain why some people suffer more extensive scarring than others after a heart attack. The study, published in the journal Cell, reveals that a protein ...