A cut in the womb can vanish almost without a trace. The same injury a few days after birth leaves behind a scar.

Scientists in Sweden have developed a groundbreaking “skin in a syringe” — a gel packed with live cells that can be applied directly to wounds or even 3D-printed into skin grafts. Designed to help the ...

In mice wounded three days before birth, the skin regenerated diverse cell types and closely resembled unwounded skin.

Tweaking a pattern of wound healing established millions of years ago may enable scar-free injury repair after surgery or trauma, Stanford Medicine researchers have found. If results from their study, ...

When an injury causes damage to the skin, a scar arises as part of the body’s healing process to recover any lost skin from this traumatic event. Infections, surgery, injuries, or inflammation of the ...

University of Western Australia's Burn Injury Research Unit with the Fiona Wood Foundation reports that topical pan-lysyl oxidase inhibition with PXS-6302 was generally well tolerated over three ...

William Truswell, MD, FACS, operates his own cosmetic and reconstructive facial surgery practice. Dr. Truswell was the first in his area in Western Massachusetts to have an accredited private office ...

Could wounded skin someday regrow perfectly without scars? A new study by Harvard stem cell biologists published March 20 in ...