Dr Maggie Ju Acupuncture London Chelsea, North Kensington, Notting Hill, and Richmond

Scars are the visible remnants of the body's remarkable ability to heal itself after an injury or surgery. While they serve as a testament to the body's resilience, scars can sometimes cause discomfort, reduced mobility, or self-consciousness. Acupuncutre with its holistic approach to health and well-being, offers a natural and time-tested solution for scar management. How acupuncture can help smooth scars, alleviate discomfort, and promote overall healing? Before probing into the benefits of acupuncture for scar treatment, it's essential to understand how scars form. When the skin undergoes trauma, whether from a deep cut, burn, surgery, or acne, the body's natural healing process kicks in. Initially, the body produces collagen fibers to repair the damaged tissue, resulting in a scar. Scars often appear raised, depressed, or discolored compared to the surrounding skin due to differences in collagen production. How Acupuncture Works: When applied to scars, acupuncture o...

Abnormal or prolonged healing responses can lead to the formation of abnormal scars such as hypertrophic scars (HTS) and keloid scars. Scar tissue may cause adhesions between layers of skin and connective tissue (fascia) resulting in disordered circulation around the scar and adjacent areas. Scar tissues are often raised, red, itchy and painful from abnormal healing. C-nociceptor (sensory receptors) is involved in itch (low level stimulation) and pain (high levels of stimulation). Acupuncture was widely accepted in treating chronic pain such as lower back pain, knee knee pain, and headaches etc. It is adapted into a conventional biomedical practice based on anatomy, neuroscience, pathology and evidence-based medicine. A recent review analysed efficacy of acupuncture in treating scars following tissue trauma to assess the current level of evidence for the use of acupuncture for treating abnormal scars such as hypertrophic or other symptomatic scars. They found five case studies, one r...