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![Prevention of hyper- and hypotrophic scars through surgical incisions in the direction of the “main folding lines” of the skin](https://image.oaes.cc/fbcc5024-8818-4996-9f7a-675c2eb3b6d1/3569.fig.11.jpg)
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])