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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 31. Proof of this recommendation in a “pterygium colli” corrected with two Z-plasties on each side. The scars within the neck’s horizontal folding lines are almost invisible; those perpendicular (vertical) to them became hypertrophic (A and B) (Figure 31B is reproduced with permission from Lemperle et al.[11])

Plastic and Aesthetic Research
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