The Scar Free Foundation
The Scar Free Foundation is a medical research charity focused on scar free healing. It was founded in 1998 by plastic surgeon Michael Brough, following his work with survivors of the King's Cross fire, King's Cross Fire in London. Initially known as The Healing Foundation, it was relaunched as The Scar Free Foundation in 2016. The charity funds medical research into wound healing and scarring conditions. Current research is focused on identifying the pathways that lead to Scar, scarring, developing new treatment options, and improving the psychological outcomes and quality of life of patients currently living with scars. The current Chairman is former Medical Director of the NHS, Sir Bruce Keogh, and the Chief Executive is Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE. Peter Weissberg CBE is the Research Council Chairman. Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh is the charity's Royal Patronage, Royal Patron. Notable Ambassadors include Simon Weston CBE and Pam Warren (speaker), Pam Warren. History Phoeni ...
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A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrosis, 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 Organ (anatomy), organs, and biological tissue, tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process. With the exception of very minor lesions, every wound (e.g., after accident, disease, or surgery) results in some degree of scarring. An exception to this are animals with complete Regeneration (biology), regeneration, which regrow tissue without scar formation. Scar tissue is composed of the same protein (collagen) as the tissue that it replaces, but the fiber composition of the protein is different; instead of a random basketweave formation of the collagen fibers found in normal tissue, in fibrosis the collagen cross-links and forms a pronounced alignment in a single direction. This collagen scar tissue alignment is usually of inferior functional quality to the ...
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