Senior Member Abby Posted May 11, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted May 11, 2008 Ive been told by my physiology tutor to rub the scar perpendicularly as this helps to enhance the proliferative stage in healing. For those who are not aquanited with tissue repair ther are 4 stages. 1, The initial damge to the skin, INFLAMMATION 2, MIGRATION STAGE this is were the bodies cells fight destroy bacteria clean and make way for repair 3, ( THE RUBBING STAGE) The Proliferative stage. This where the real repair takes place and can be manipulated to a degree for good results/quality end product. 4 MATURATION stage this is where the skin has finally been repaired and blood vessels are restored back to normal, fibroblasts & collagen decrease in number. The benefits are that it helps reduce scar tissue,and breaks down adhesions from building up. It also apparently speeds up healing and helps align and enhances fibres in a parallel fashion rather than a network of mish mash laid collagen which in affect reduces contractabillity & stretch of soft tissue. I will look into this further and see if it actually can help reduce or minimise the scar visibility. For further reading 11 TH EDITION PRICIPLES OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY Gerard j. TORTORA Bryan DERRICKSON Chapters inflammation/ deep tissue reapir. My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Mohmand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Abby Posted May 11, 2008 Author Senior Member Share Posted May 11, 2008 Ive been told by my physiology tutor to rub the scar perpendicularly as this helps to enhance the proliferative stage in healing. For those who are not aquanited with tissue repair ther are 4 stages. 1, The initial damge to the skin, INFLAMMATION 2, MIGRATION STAGE this is were the bodies cells fight destroy bacteria clean and make way for repair 3, ( THE RUBBING STAGE) The Proliferative stage. This where the real repair takes place and can be manipulated to a degree for good results/quality end product. 4 MATURATION stage this is where the skin has finally been repaired and blood vessels are restored back to normal, fibroblasts & collagen decrease in number. The benefits are that it helps reduce scar tissue,and breaks down adhesions from building up. It also apparently speeds up healing and helps align and enhances fibres in a parallel fashion rather than a network of mish mash laid collagen which in affect reduces contractabillity & stretch of soft tissue. I will look into this further and see if it actually can help reduce or minimise the scar visibility. For further reading 11 TH EDITION PRICIPLES OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY Gerard j. TORTORA Bryan DERRICKSON Chapters inflammation/ deep tissue reapir. My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Mohmand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Dewayne Posted May 11, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted May 11, 2008 I'm certainly not qualified to offer an opinion, but when it came up a few weeks ago the general consensus by posters, and clinic technicians, was it's best to leave it alone. I'd love to hear one of the doctor's opinions on this as well. 100? 'mini' grapfts by Latham's Hair Clinic - 1991 (Removed 50 plugs by Cooley 3/08.) 2750 FU 3/20/08 by Dr. Cooley My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Cooley Current regimen: 1.66 mg Proscar M-W-F Rogaine 5% Foam - every now and then AndroGel - once daily Lipitor - 5 mg every other day Weightlifting - 2x per week Jogging - 3x per week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Abby Posted May 12, 2008 Author Senior Member Share Posted May 12, 2008 I think when I go back to UNI after the summer holidays I will be asking more about this subject from some of the tutors regarding tissue healing around the scalp area. But saying that, tissue healing was one of the modules we covered for the exam but was more concentrated on the fingers and knee area post op accidents. Iknow leaving the tissue around the areas mentioned can leave poor healing, build up of large scar tissue, scar visibility, and loss of RANGE OF MOVEMENT due elasticity and contractibillity being compromised and sometimes increased sensitivity months after post- OP due to disorganised vascularization i,e, nerves etc growing. There are multiple benefits of rubbing soft tissue , but not sure if this can be applied to the scalp even though that is also considered as soft tissue dermis. I will see if I can get further elaboration on this matter in the meantime it would be great if some qualified DR can help. My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Mohmand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member djdennis Posted May 12, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted May 12, 2008 I agree with ht55 about messaging in lotion, but I would not do it like a scalp exercise. interesting topic,but would I take the chance from reading posts to just leave it alone. No My Hair Loss WebLog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill - Seemiller Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Abby, Great information. After the first month, I started to apply some lotion and gently massaged the scar with my fingertips paralel and perpendicularly simply to help the lotion absorb into the scar. I was unaware of the extra healing properties this perpendicular rubbing may have accomplished. Nonetheless, I think it's important to be gentle, no scalp massages and moving of the skin for the first 6 months Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Dewayne Posted May 13, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted May 13, 2008 There's and excellent response by Dr. Carmon on this under Questions and Answers.... 100? 'mini' grapfts by Latham's Hair Clinic - 1991 (Removed 50 plugs by Cooley 3/08.) 2750 FU 3/20/08 by Dr. Cooley My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Cooley Current regimen: 1.66 mg Proscar M-W-F Rogaine 5% Foam - every now and then AndroGel - once daily Lipitor - 5 mg every other day Weightlifting - 2x per week Jogging - 3x per week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Abby Posted May 14, 2008 Author Senior Member Share Posted May 14, 2008 Cheers Dewayne. Also I think im going to be looking in to this over the year at university via physiologists to see if I can find any real hard core evidence to suggest light rubbing in the proliferative stage can reduce scar appearance. My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Mohmand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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