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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.19.jpg)
Figure 19. In the volar hand, visible folding lines are used to prevent hypertrophic scars. In the dorsum of the hand, horizontal incisions with preserving nerves and vessels would have produced fine scars (B), and produces fine scars (A and B)