Scar dressings are commonly used in managing burn and hypertrophic scars, although supporting evidence is lacking. Care providers commonly report improvements, however, and pressure therapy has been effective in treating ear keloids. The general acceptance of the treatment as effective may prevent it from being further studied in clinical trials. A long-term course of corticosteroid injections into the scar may help flatten and soften the appearance of keloid or hypertrophic scars. Topical steroids are ineffective. However, clobetasol propionate can be used as an alternative treatment for keloid scars. Scar revision is a process of cutting the scar tissue out. After the
Scar Tissue (novel) read but worth it.” A review in Literature Annotations pointed out: “A hauntingly beautiful narrative, written on several levels from flashback, to pop-scientific journalism (including allusions to the writings of Oliver Sacks), to academic speeches and essays on the nature of death, composed by the protagonist for his students, public, and publishers.” "The Sunday Telegraph" said that "Scar Tissue" was “moving and intellectually challenging. The "New Statesman" claimed that “no recent British novel has traversed the world of reason and emotion, the human presence and its annihilation, so effectively and directly.” According to Connor Taylor, “this novel seems to exhibit