Figure 5.

Improvement of pliability (a), vascularity (b), height (c) and pigmentation (d) as scored by the VSS before and after AFCL and AFCL+PRP treatment. After 6 months treatment, the pliability (a), vascularity (b), height (c) and pigmentation (d) scores on the VSS in the AFCL+PRP group decreased by 1.77 ± 0.10, 2.55 ± 0.17, 0.52 ± 0.09 and 0.84 ± 0.18, respectively, resulting in significantly lower scores than in the AFCL group (1.21 ± 0.14, 1.42 ± 0.16, −0.11 ± 0.11 and 0.21 ± 0.21, respectively; p < 0.05). ^*p < 0.05, MannWhitney U test. VSS Vancouver Scar Scale, AFCL ablative fractional CO₂ laser, PRP platelet-rich plasma