San Mateo Scar Removal doctors
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Robert M. Lowen, MD
Bay Area Plastic Surgeon
305 South Drive Suite 1, Mountain View |
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James Newman, MD
Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon
50 S San Mateo Dr Suite 320, San Mateo |
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Donald M. Brown, MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
2100 Webster Street Suite 429, San Francisco |
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Sheldon S. Kabaker, MD
Oakland Facial Plastic Surgeon
3324 Webster Street Street Level, Oakland |
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Vishal Banthia, MD
San Jose Facial Plastic Surgeon
1510 Fashion Island Blvd Suite 100, San Mateo |
Recent Answers
I have a 6 inch scar that is about 2 cm thick above my belly button that seems to have a"caved in" look. It also gives me a "tummy roll" look. I think (as well as the plastic surgeon I consulted)that the scar tissue is attached to the stomach muscle (starts with an "f") and that a scar revision procedure can help "smoothe out" the "caved in"/"rolled tummy"look but it wouldn't fix the "mild" fat around my love handles, upper & lower abdomen. Which procedure should be done first? Scar or PAL 1st?
One of your goals would be to remove the adherence of the scar to the abdominal wall. Doing the liposuction prior to the scar revision would avoid any possibility of disturbing the scar revsion.
I would allow three months or so to pass, letting all the reaction to the liposuction to decrease, then do the scar revision.
There are alternatives, such as doing the liposuction and scar revision at the same operation, lipo first then scar, but doing a scar revsion on stable, non-healing adjacent tissue would be my prererence. At that time you could make sure the scar was not adherent to the abdominal wall.
When i have patients with a high C-section scar who do not require a scar revsion, I usually free that scar from the abodminal wall at the time of liposuction. Otherwise the skin tends to hang over the scar in the standing position.
I've considered creams and massaging it regulerly to break down the scar tissue but nothing is changing. If I get laser treatment would this surface the scar rather then it appear deeper. Or having the scar tissue cut then stiched would this also make the appearance look better and less noticable. I believe I will still have a scar Im not effected b that I just hate this hole like scar.
Typically a piercing scar needs to be surgically corrected. If it is mature, meaning one year old, it should be evaluated by a Facial Plastic Surgeon or Plastic Surgeon to determine what the risks and benefits may be. Adjunctive treatments such as dermabrasion or laser may be included.
