Experts in plastic surgery, burn care, and dermatology from major hospitals in Wuhan gathered together, and all the experts' speeches pointed to the same word—long-termism.

Dr. Sun Bianyou, the founder of Bakang Medical, opened with a core viewpoint: “Keloids are not over after being removed. We have accumulated follow-up data on more than 40,000 cases over 13 years. What is follow-up? It means that after the treatment, we will monitor you for at least two years.”

He presented a growth trajectory chart of a keloid, showing how it evolves from a small red dot to gradual expansion, and then gradually recedes after treatment.

“Without follow-up, how do you know if it is really stable?”

Dr. Sun said, “We sign a treatment agreement with patients, binding both parties together to win this long-term battle.”

Dr. Wang Yong from Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University shared his experience with the ring drill technique, but also reminded: “The ring drill is only a local volume reduction method. Postoperative radiation therapy and long-term observation must be combined. A single technique is unlikely to prevent recurrence. Comprehensive treatment plus long-term management is the right way.”

Dr. Li Huijun, the director of Wuhan Bakang Medical, presented a set of annotated photos from the follow-up system: red circles represent inflammation, blue circles represent new scars, and black frames represent signs of recurrence. Pointing to a case, he said: “This patient had surgery on her ear, and the recovery was good. However, she later became pregnant, and hormonal changes caused the scar to reappear. We discovered this during follow-up and treated her after she gave birth, preventing further proliferation.”

He also shared a counterexample: a patient with a small folliculitis was advised to use medication, but the patient ignored it. Two years later, the folliculitis grew into a large lump.

“This is the significance of follow-up—nipping problems in the bud.”

In the meeting summary, Professor Xie Weiguo, the former chief of the Burn Department at Wuhan Third Hospital and the chief expert at Bakang Medical, emotionally stated: “Our goal as burn doctors used to be to ‘keep the patient alive.’ Now, the success rate is over 95%, but what about after the patient survives? Scar contractures, functional limitations, and appearance damage... who will solve these issues? Scar treatment requires long-term, systematic, and comprehensive management, not just one operation.”

He concluded: “So many experts sitting together today, discussing the same topic across disciplines, itself shows that there are no shortcuts in scar management, only the adherence to long-termism.”

A four-hour academic conference, with over a dozen experts, discussed technology, but the consensus reached was the same: treating scars is a long-term battle. This battle requires a system, patience, and the joint efforts of both doctors and patients. Perhaps this is the greatest value of the platform built by Bakang—making “long-termism” not just a slogan, but a practical clinical pathway.