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Author’s contributions

Study concept and data acquisition, data interpretation and manuscript drafting: LemperleG

Availability of data and materials
Some of the photographs herein were found in Google Search without mention of any author or copyright;
in others, the authors are named if found. Most of the scar photographs originate from my former
Department of Plastic Surgery at the Markus-Hospital in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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None.

Conflicts of interest
The author declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
A written informed consent to participate in research projects was obtained automatically from all patients
of the Plastic Surgery Division of Markus-Hospital in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Consent for publication
A written informed consent to participate in possible publications was obtained automatically from all
patients of the Markus-Hospital in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Copyright
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