Department of Plastic Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2011 Jun;35(3):392-5. doi: 10.1007/s00266-011-9698-8. Epub 2011 Apr 1.
Tattooing often is overlooked by plastic surgeons when treating scars. However, some scars are not apt for surgical scar revision and cannot be dramatically improved by laser treatment either. Tattooing can be considered as a simple alternative in such situations.
The medical records of all the patients who underwent medical tattooing for causes other than routine nipple-areolar reconstruction between 2008 and 2010 were collected. Pre- and postoperative photographs were reviewed.
A total of 32 mature scars in 28 patients were treated with tattooing. The scars treated were mainly categorized as depigmented (skin or vermilion) or hairless. The median follow-up period was 14 months, and a retouch procedure was required in 31% of the cases. No significant complications developed, and the patients were generally satisfied.
Tattooing can be applied in treating scars when conventional methods are not indicated. It can be used for the alopecia scar of a patient who does not want a hair graft, for the depigmented scar that would not benefit dramatically from laser treatment, or as camouflage for a three-dimensional structure when surgical reconstruction is not feasible.
整形外科医生在治疗疤痕时经常忽略纹身。然而，有些疤痕不适合手术疤痕修正，激光治疗也不能显著改善。在这种情况下，纹身可以被认为是一种简单的替代方法。
收集了 2008 年至 2010 年间因常规乳头乳晕重建以外的其他原因接受医学纹身的所有患者的病历。回顾了术前和术后的照片。
共有 28 名患者的 32 个成熟疤痕接受了纹身治疗。治疗的疤痕主要分为色素减退（皮肤或唇红）或无毛。中位随访时间为 14 个月，31%的病例需要进行补色。没有出现明显的并发症，患者通常都很满意。
当常规方法不适用时，纹身可用于治疗疤痕。它可用于不希望进行植发的患者的脱发疤痕、激光治疗不会显著获益的色素减退疤痕，或在无法进行手术重建时用作三维结构的伪装。
