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The Scar Free Foundation is the only medical research charity dedicated to reducing the impact of scarring today, while working towards a future free from scars.

Since 1999, we’ve invested over £50 million in UK research that’s changing lives worldwide.

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We know how scars change lives

In the UK, around 20 million people live with scars and for five million, those scars are life-changing.

Scarring can happen to anyone and can lead to lifelong trauma, surgery, and treatment – but scars remains under-researched and underfunded.

About scarring

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We improve care now and for the future

We unite leading clinicians, scientists, and people with lived experience, to understand scars, improve treatments, and reduce the lifelong physical and emotional impact of scarring.

Our research

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Join our mission & change lives

With your support, we can raise vital funds, accelerate research, and help prevent scars limiting lives.

Let’s deliver breakthroughs to the people who need them most, faster.

How you can help

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Our Ambassadors

Our Ambassadors and their lived experiences are at the heart of everything we do.

Their insights shape our research strategy, ensuring we focus on the areas where people affected by scarring need support most.

Meet our Ambassadors

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Events

On the left, Kristina Stiles wears a white top and glasses as she smiles at the camera holding a copy of her book 'Oops family burns', an education resource aimed at minimising domestic burns and scalds which was part funded by The Scar Free Foundation. On the right, Ben Gallagher, a British Army Special Forces Veteran, stands on a stoney path among mountains, grass and trees and smiles at the camera. Ben wears a grey walking outfit and red backpack.

Registration now open for our second Community Event, in association with Royal British Veterans Enterprise

Everyone is welcome at the second of our free, informal Community Events, featuring a talk from renowned British Army and UK Special Forces Veteran, Ben Gallagher.

Read: Registration now open for our second Community Event, in association with Royal British Veterans Enterprise

News

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Scar Free Trustee’s skydive lands thousands for research

Scar Free Trustee and Ambassador Dr Hemani Modasia-Shah completed a fundraising skydive, shortly after supporting the first ever Scar Free Foundation Community Event. Image credit: Go Skydive

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Assistant psychologist wins £100 Craniofacial Poster Prize sponsored by The Scar Free Foundation

Hannah Waterhouse’s poster ‘Growing up with a cleft: What children know and how families understand’ won The Scar Free Foundation’s £100 poster prize

Read: Assistant psychologist wins £100 Craniofacial Poster Prize sponsored by The Scar Free Foundation