surgical scar
Healed knife line
A surgical scar is the mark left on skin after a surgical incision has healed.
Unlike scars from injuries, surgical scars typically follow clean, deliberate lines where a surgeon cut and closed tissue: The appendectomy left a small surgical scar on her abdomen.
Some fade to near-invisibility; others remain prominent depending on the procedure, location, and individual healing.
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- keloidOvergrown scar tissue
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- healingRestoration of health
- stitchThread loop in fabric
healed over · suture · wound · pink · raised · faded · tender · numb · adhesion · skin graft · puckered · silvery · ridge · mark · operation · recovery · bandage · dressing