Arch Aesthetic Plast Surg.  2019 Apr;25(2):69-72. 10.14730/aaps.2019.01641.

The periareolar excision technique for improved scars in breast burns

• Joo HS
• Lee SJ
• Sung KY

• KMID: 2449221
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14730/aaps.2019.01641

Abstract

Regardless of size or severity, post-burn breast scars can be traumatic for patients. There are various approaches to post-burn scar management, but herein we present the results of a novel approach in which we tried to remove the scars in an early stage of treatment. Breast burn patients, whose wound area included the nipple-areolar complex, were treated using a periareolar incision design similar to that of periareolar reduction mammoplasty. The remnant scar was located only along the periareolar complex. As a result, more cosmetically satisfactory results were achieved compared to skin grafting or local flap procedures.

Keyword

Burn; Breast; Post-burn scar

MeSH Terms

Breast*
Burns*
Cicatrix*
Female
Humans
Mammaplasty
Skin Transplantation
Wounds and Injuries