Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Correspondence: mirastsc uni-bremen. Skin wound repair has been the central focus of clinicians and scientists for almost a century. Insights into acute and chronic wound healing as well as scarring have influenced and ameliorated wound treatment. Our knowledge of normal skin notwithstanding, little is known of acute and chronic wound repair of genital skin.
In contrast to extra-genital skin, hypertrophic scarring is uncommon in genital tissue. Chronic wound healing disorders of the genitals are mostly confined to mucosal tissue diseases. This article will provide insights into the differences between extra-genital and genital skin with regard to anatomy, physiology and aberrant wound repair.
In light of fundamental differences between genital and normal skin, it is recommended that reconstructive and esthetic surgery should exclusively be performed by specialists with profound expertise in genital wound repair. Keywords: genital skin, foreskin, small and big labia, genital wound healing, genital scarring, lichen sclerosus, genital biomechanics, intracrine hormone production.
In contrast to injuries of the limbs, face or trunk, genital tissue defects due to trauma are rare. Results of literature searches for wound repair of genital tissue refer mostly to the urinary tract or vagina but not the skin.
This is intriguing since male circumcisions have been practiced by many communities since ancient times. Current body culture involving shaving of the intimate areas has an impact on the desired esthetic changes of the outer genitalia in men and women [ 2 ].
