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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 17. “Kocher’s collar incision” over the sternal notch may leave a hypertrophic scar. The thyroid is more easily approached through an incision in the lower cervical fold. Very obvious vertical tracheotomy scar of Elisabeth Taylor (photograph: Douglas Kirkland, 1961) (A and B)

Plastic and Aesthetic Research
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