Au-Yeung, Ching. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-126). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.II / DEDICATION --- p.IV / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.IV / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION TO KELOID SCARRING - THE PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Pathogenesis of Keloid Scarring --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Impact of Keloid Scarring --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Treatment of Keloid Scarring --- p.7 / Chapter 1.4 --- Summary --- p.12 / Chapter 1.5 --- Aim of the study --- p.14 / Chapter 2 --- APOPTOSIS AND KELOID PATHOLOGY --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2 --- Material and methods --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3 --- Results --- p.34 / Chapter 2.4 --- Discussions --- p.41 / Chapter 2.5 --- Summary --- p.64 / Chapter 2.6 --- Conclusions --- p.66 / Chapter 2.7 --- Further research plans --- p.67 / Chapter 3 --- LASER INTERACTION IN KELOID SCARRING --- p.68 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.68 / Chapter 3.2 --- Material and method --- p.86 / Chapter 3.3 --- Results --- p.89 / Chapter 3.4 --- Discussions --- p.94 / Chapter 3.5 --- Summary and conclusion --- p.102 / Chapter 3.6 --- Further research plans --- p.105 / Chapter 4 --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.106 / REFERENCES --- p.108