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Breast
Surgery in African American Women
Many African-American women want to get breast augmentation and breast reduction procedures. However, there are few photos of the results available
for perusal on the internet.
A frequent concern
is the fear of heavy scarring (hypertrophic scarring)
or Keloid scarring (pathologic scarring). These
terms are often mistakenly used interchangeably,
but they represent separate physiologic processes.
Hypertrophic (heavy) scars are a normal outcome
in some patients, and reflect the physiologic
response to local tension on scars, the location
of those scars, and the individual's own genetic
tendencies. Hypertrophic scars are limited to
the area of injury, and are particularly prone
to occur on the shoulders, knees, abdomen, breasts,
and breast bone areas.
Keloid scarring, is a genetically
inherited disorder in which scars heal as if they
were tumors, growing outside the confines of the
original wound or trauma. Keloids are uncommon
and may be difficult to remedy, but sometimes
respond to steroid injections. Keloids are common
on the ears, neck, and over the breast bone, less
common on the breasts, and rare in the axilla.
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