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  2. Stretch marks - Wikipedia

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    These skin marks are symptoms of pregnancy caused by the tearing of the dermis, resulting in atrophy and loss of rete ridges. [15] These scars often appear as reddish or bluish streaks on the abdomen, and can also appear on the breasts and thighs. Some of these striae disappear with time, while others remain as permanent discolorations of the body.

  3. Scar - Wikipedia

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    A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process.

  4. How to reduce the appearance of scars, according to experts - AOL

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    Atrophic scars, also known as depressed scars, are indented on the surface of the skin. ... Most of these treatments cause a controlled tissue injury that helps the body heal itself, says Rahman ...

  5. Livedoid vasculopathy - Wikipedia

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    Atrophic scars, persistent hyperpigmentation, mononeuritis multiplex from vasa nervorum thrombosis, and cutaneous hemosiderosis in the lower limbs from erythrocytes oozing from the high-pressure regimen veins due to hemosiderin deposits in the skin are among the chronic complications associated with livedoid vasculopathy.

  6. Ehlers–Danlos syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Atrophic scarring involving at least two sites and without the formation of truly papyraceous and/or hemosideric scars as seen in classical EDS Pelvic floor, rectal, and/or uterine prolapse in children, men, or nulliparous women without a history of morbid obesity or other known predisposing medical condition

  7. Dystrophic calcification - Wikipedia

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    Dense scars may undergo hyaline degeneration and calcification. Atheroma in aorta and coronaries frequently undergo calcification. [3] [4] Cysts can show calcification. Calcinosis cutis is condition in which there are irregular nodular deposits of calcium salts in skin and subcutaneous tissue. Senile degenerative changes may be accompanied by ...

  8. Acne - Wikipedia

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    Atrophic acne scars have lost collagen from the healing response and are the most common type of acne scar (accounting for approximately 75% of all acne scars). [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Ice-pick scars, boxcar scars, and rolling scars are subtypes of atrophic acne scars. [ 32 ]

  9. Gliosis - Wikipedia

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    Micrograph showing gliosis in the cerebellum. Reactive astrocytes on the left display severe proliferation and domain overlap. Reactive astrogliosis is the most common form of gliosis and involves the proliferation of astrocytes, a type of glial cell responsible for maintaining extracellular ion and neurotransmitter concentrations, modulating synapse function, and forming the blood–brain ...