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| | eMedicine - Wound Healing, Keloids : Article by R Edward Newsome, Jr, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | The excessive wound healing in both hypertrophic scars and keloids is found only in humans and occurs in 5-15% of wounds. |
 | | Wounds on the anterior chest, shoulders, flexor surfaces of the extremities (eg, deltoid region), and anterior neck and wounds that cross skin tension lines are more susceptible to abnormal scar formation. |
 | | Wounds subjected to a prolonged inflammation, whether due to a foreign body, infection, burn, or inadequate wound closure, are at risk of abnormal scar formation. |
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