raised scar
Bumpy skin memory
A raised scar is scar tissue that sits above the level of surrounding skin rather than lying flat.
The term covers both hypertrophic scars, which stay within the original wound boundaries, and keloids, which grow beyond them.
Raised scars form when the body overproduces collagen during healing: The surgery left a raised scar across her abdomen.
- keloidOvergrown scar tissue
- hypertrophicAbnormally enlarged through growth
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- healingRestoration of health
skin · skin graft · pink · ridge · fibrous · trauma · war wound · burn · surgery · incision · puckered · thickened · collagen · faded · silvery · tender · smooth · shiny
- scarskeloid, cicatrix, pockmark, pockmarks, contracture