When there is trauma or injury to the skin, it responds by scarring most of the time.

There are commonly 2 types

• Pigmented.
• Fibrotic

In pigmented scars, the skin appears darker in color due to damage on the superficial skin layers. In some skin types the scars will appear red and later turn to a darker brown colour.

In fibrotic scars, there can be pits / holes in the skin or the skin can appear raised and bumpy.