The periareolar excision technique for improved scars in breast burns
- Author:
Hong Sil JOO
1
;
Seung Je LEE
;
Kun Yong SUNG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Burn; Breast; Post-burn scar
- MeSH: Breast; Burns; Cicatrix; Female; Humans; Mammaplasty; Skin Transplantation; Wounds and Injuries
- From:Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2019;25(2):69-72
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Regardless of size or severity, post-burn breast scars can be traumatic for patients. There are various approaches to post-burn scar management, but herein we present the results of a novel approach in which we tried to remove the scars in an early stage of treatment. Breast burn patients, whose wound area included the nipple-areolar complex, were treated using a periareolar incision design similar to that of periareolar reduction mammoplasty. The remnant scar was located only along the periareolar complex. As a result, more cosmetically satisfactory results were achieved compared to skin grafting or local flap procedures.
