The Journal of Practical Medicine ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (9): 1425-1432.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-5725.2025.09.022

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Progress in autologous fat grafting for scar treatment

Xifeng AN,Xuan LIAO,Hongwei LIU()   

  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University,Jinan University,Institute of New Technology in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,China Key Laboratory of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,Ministry of Education,Guangzhou 510630,Guangdong,China
  • Received:2025-02-26 Online:2025-05-10 Published:2025-05-20
  • Contact: Hongwei LIU E-mail:liuhongwei0521@hotmail.com

Abstract:

Scarring is a key issue in plastic surgery research and there are limitations in the clinical outcomes of existing scar treatments. Autologous fat grafting is a new method that has been clinically proven to be effective in the treatment of pathological scarring. Autologous fat grafts contain adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells and a variety of active factors that can effectively improve the appearance, texture and local symptoms of keloid scars through the mechanisms of immunomodulation of the inflammatory response, pro-angiogenesis, pro-cellular differentiation, extracellular matrix remodelling and resistance to oxidative stress damage, etc. It has the advantages of fewer complications and better therapeutic effect, and is a brand new field of keloid scar, which provides a new therapeutic direction for the keloid scar. The new field of scar treatment provides a new direction for scar treatment. The application and mechanism of autologous fat grafting in keloid scar is now reviewed, with the aim of providing a theoretical basis for the treatment of keloid scar and summarising the progress of its application in keloid scar treatment.

Key words: scar, autologous fat grafting, adipose-derived stem cells, regenerative medicine

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