A carrot-chopping slip of the knife. A teenage bike accident. A C-section. There’s a story behind every scar, and nearly all of us have at least one of them somewhere on our body. But really, must we live with them?

Scarring occurs naturally after an injury to the skin, which could be anything from a deep cut to a surgical incision, a burn, or a severe acne breakout. To a certain extent, the process is inevitable. When tissue is damaged, the cells ramp up production of collagen to do the repair work, but this rapidly formed new skin is different in color and texture from existing skin. How obvious it is can depend on the type of injury and how the skin is taken care of afterward. If you act fast, you c an mitigate a scar’s severity before it forms, and there are all kinds of high-tech ski

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