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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.17.jpg)
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)