title: [Update on the treatment and care of scars].
abstract: Scars due to burns cause important aesthetic and functional squeal, causing psicologic disorders that can limit personal and social relationships of these patients. In this article we review the type of scars, the factors influencing its function, its characteristics, and we update the different options to prevent and treat pathologic scars in these patients. The text concludes with an exhibition of camouflage techniques of scars through make-up.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peñas Raigoso
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Varga del Hoyo
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blanco Arrien
authors.forename: Ma Jesus
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Díez Sanz
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans