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Identification of Scar tissue

thebankers · 2012-06-13 15:10:35

Hi, I understand that scar tissue lacks sweat glands. I want to know if it's possible to generally determine if a suspect lesion is scar tissue by: (a) body sweat - if the lesion sweats, is this not indicative of scarring? (b) Skin lines - If the skin lines over say a toe/joint is intact, does this indicate a lack of…

13-06-2012 3:10pm

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thebankers

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Hi, I understand that scar tissue lacks sweat glands. I want to know if it's possible to generally determine if a suspect lesion is scar tissue by:

(a) body sweat - if the lesion sweats, is this not indicative of scarring?
(b) Skin lines - If the skin lines over say a toe/joint is intact, does this indicate a lack of fibrosis? Don't scars eradicate skin lines?

The reason I ask, is because my GP could not/was not willing to tell me this information. Very worries, cause it's on my face. Should I get a 2nd opinion or refund? Not happy they can't answer these questions. thanks.

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#2 13-06-2012 4:39pm

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please read the forum charter and sticky

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