Pathological Scar Research Progress

Each kind of cictrization of trauma and burn finally ends up with thepathological scar. The pathological scar not only causes human body discomfortsuch as itch, pain and so on; but also results in the m alformed appearance andaffects the normal function when occurs contracture, and may induce cancerationwhen forms ulcer. Therefore the scar research is the hotspot and difficulty inthe territory of current cosmetology and the foundational medicine, and m oreover,the number of reports on the scar research and literature is growing by 50 percentevery year.This article summarized not only the literatures on the study and treatmentfor the pathological scar by both the traditional Chinese medicine and thewesterm medicine in the past 10 years, but also the current progress andachievement of the pathological scar research. It had also pointed out theproblems in the present researches and future research direction while affirmingthe considerable prospects f or the development of treating with the pathologicalscar by both the traditional Chinese medicine and the western medicine. The firstpart mainly elaborated the understanding to the modern medicine to thepathogenesis of pathological scar. The second part focused on the achievementsof the mordern medicine treatment for the pathological scar. And the third partelaborate the understanding of the pathological scar , the clinical researchand the experimental study progress by the traditional Chinese medicin e.