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Shock Wave Therapy for Burn Scars
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy may be a useful addition to the management of postburn scars.


Burn scars are a growing problem with the influx of wounded soldiers from our foreign wars. Hypertrophic and contracture scars are common after burn injuries and can cause functional and cosmetic deformities. For the most extensive of such scars, traditional methods, such as intralesional corticosteroid injection and pulsed-dye laser, are insufficient. Novel therapies currently under investigation include intralesional antimetabolites, fractionated laser treatments, and stem cell therapies. These investigators assessed the use of extracorporeal shock waves (ESWs) for managing postburn scars. ESWs share the technology used to break up kidney stones and have been effective for treating soft-tissue injuries.
Sixteen patients with trunk and extremity burn scars caused by thermal injury, explosions, and chemical exposures received ESW therapy twice a week for 6 weeks. No anesthesia was used, and local tissue disruption was not seen intraoperatively, but patients did experience some pain. The main outcome measure was a visual analog scale (VAS) score of overall scar appearance, as reported by patients. After the treatment cycle, three patients reported a 3-point improvement in VAS, eight reported a 2-point improvement, two reported 1 point, and three noted no change. Patients also noted functional improvements, with scars less stiff, thinner, less painful, and less restrictive of mobility.
Comment: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy may be a useful addition to the management of postburn scars. Further studies could employ more extensive outcome measures that precisely track the improvement in contractures and functional mobility. Also, intraprocedure pain management may improve tolerability.
— Murad Alam, MD, MSCI
Published in Journal Watch Dermatology May 25, 2012

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interesting, I always thought Shock Wave Therapy was crazy psuedo science that deliverd a placebo effect at best. (There was a episode on Penn And Teller BULLSHIT! about it)
The SCAAR FX on the other hand, althought it doesnt really look like it helped much with pigmentation, but then again you cant do anything about hypo-pigmentation, it appears to have improved the actual Tissue to repair its self on the picture at the bottom of the web page. Improving the victoms range of motion where the scar tissue was not allowing it to move.
http://www.aesthetic...nis.com/scaarfx