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Prevention of hyper- and hypotrophic scars through surgical incisions in the direction of the “main folding lines” of the skin

Figure 11. Striae on the inner thigh run oblique and vertical over the knee joint; therefore, incisions should be made perpendicular to them, i.e., horizontally in the popliteal groove (A and B) (Figure 11A is reproduced with permission from Lemperle et al.[11])

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