Why scar care is beauty’s next breakout trend

Published: 15-Sep-2025 Featured companies: Lucas Meyer Cosmetics
Ingredients Skin Care

As the beauty industry caters for a more diverse range of skin needs, Julia Wray explores how ingredients makers are tapping scar care as the next skin and body care trend

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Scarred skin is less rare than one might think.

One in three people in the UK live with a scar, according to British charity The Scar Free Foundation, and one in three with visible scars will struggle with depression or anxiety as a result.

Moreover, there are many different types of scar – from stretch marks to keloid scars – which require different care and attention at different stages in their development.

“What a scar essentially entails is unorganised collagen,” says Dr. Rebecca Rollett, a consultant plastic surgeon and co-founder of The Yorkshire Aesthetics Clinic.

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