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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 6. The network of fibers in the dermis will be compressed beneath a skin fold. The transverse elastic fibers will remain together with the parallel collagen fibers; those diagonal to the fold will be displaced or absorbed as the fold deepens (A and B) (EM of R. Roth, Tübingen)

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