[Topical Preparations for Prevention and Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids: A Literature Review].

The treatment and prevention of hypertrophic scars and keloids represents a special challenge particularly in plastic surgery. Given their simple, non-invasive and painless application, topical preparations are an attractive therapeutic option. On the part of the patients, the efficacy in prevention of and therapy for hypertrophic scars and keloids of these topical preparations is regularly questioned. The clarification of this issue is subject of this review.