A method for preventing and/or modulating formation of a dermal fibrotic disorder includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a multi-phase modulator to a subject in need thereof. The multi-phase modulator is selected from the group consisting of axitinib, nintedanib, sorafenib, sunitinib, lenvatinib, panatinib, pazopanib, regorafenib, and riociguat. The dermal fibrotic disorder is acne scars, skin scars such as keloids and hypertrophic scars, wrinkles, cellulite and dermal neoplastic fibrosis, scarring alopecia, various vasculopathy, vasculitis, burn wound healing, diabetic foot syndrome, scleroderma, arthrofibrosis, peyronie's disease, dupuytren's contracture, or adhesive capsulitis
