It’s usually thicker than normal skin and can be discolored or shiny. Scar tissue is the thickened, fibrous connective tissue that develops after healthy skin cells have been destroyed.

Scientists develop fungal-based materials that grow, self-repair, and replace synthetic fibers with a sustainable alternative ...

In the healing process, our body attempts to repair those areas by creating “scar tissue,” much like the scar that forms on the skin when you have scraped or banged your knee. In time, we can have a ...

The new system uses a compact two-camera laparoscope equipped with a fiber-coupled laser to generate high-contrast speckle patterns on the tissue surface. These patterns allow the system to ...