title: Results of simple scar excision and layered repair with elevation in facial scars.
abstract: Spreading tension across scars is curtailed when revised by simple scar excision and layered repair with elevation of wound margins. The procedure has reduced the width and leveled the scar to the surrounding skin in all our patients. Hairline scars result more frequently in scars of less width preoperatively.
mesh_terms: D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery*; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques