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ArticleJPRAS open2025

Linear Scar Face Re-orientation vs Resurfacing: Reviving old paradigm.

Ahmed Sobhi Hweidi, Shahd Mahdy, Paul McArthur

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Article in JPRAS open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ahmed Sobhi HweidiAssistant Professor of Plastic, Burn and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
Shahd MahdyPlastic Surgery Resident at Plastic, Burn and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
Paul McArthurConsultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Mersey Regional Plastic Surgery unit Liverpool, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study highlights the comparative effectiveness of surgical scar re-orientation combined with fractional laser resurfacing versus isolated laser treatment for linear facial scars. The results demonstrated that patients who underwent the combined approach achieved superior outcomes in terms of scar appearance and psychological satisfaction. This study can encourage the re-evaluation of addressing scars and further emphasizes the need for treatment plans that combine surgical and non-surgical modalities to optimize patient outcomes and their quality of life. Future studies with larger sample sizes and randomized controlled trials are recommended to further validate these findings.

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facial scarsfractional laser resurfacingpatient satisfactionscar revisionZ-plasty

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PMID40231319
PMCPMC11994360

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