Walnut Creek Scar Removal doctors
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M. Christine Lee, MD
Walnut Creek Dermatologic Surgeon
1479 Ygnacio Valley Rd. Suite 209 , Walnut Creek |
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Joseph Mele, MD
Walnut Creek Plastic Surgeon
130 La Casa Via Building 2, Suite 206, Walnut Creek |
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David Mabrie, MD
Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon
166 Geary Street Suite 1502, San Francisco |
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Michael R. Macdonald, MD
Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon
500 Sutter St Ste 430, San Francisco |
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Robert G. Aycock, MD
Pleasanton Plastic Surgeon
1855 San Miguel Drive #4, Walnut Creek |
Recent Answers
My toddler fell on the coffee table in January, and had paper stitches to secure the wounnd. However, she has been left with a small indented scar which is still red. Is there anything I can do to improve the scar? Would laser treatment work or is she too young? Thanks
The time it takes for a scar to mature for children is much longer than for adults. The bad news it that it can take two years for a toddler's scar to mature. The good news is that it should continue to improve to two years, so "doing nothing" is a reasonalble treatment when the scar not causing physical problems.
Normally indentations remain, but the redness should lighten, and often resolves completely. Silicone patches are amost impossible to keep in place on children, but topical silicone gel treatments, like kelocote, are simple to apply and can help. Scar massage, can also accelate maturation of the scar.
More invasive scar revisions require cooperative patients, so they are a few years off. Laser treatments can be used to lighten red scars, but again cooperation is needed. The only way to know if that will help your todler would be with a consultation appointment.
I had a lower Bleph skin incision and then sometime later a vein removed from under my eye. The surgeon who removed the vein, cut near the corner of my eye and now my eye is rounded and what looks like webbing. At times the scar runs vertical and other times my eye looks rounded. Can this be fixed or should I leave it alone? Who would be the best doctor to fix this? How would be be fixed? I am scared my eye will end up smaller and look more pulled (overtime) with more surgery? please help.
Dear Dedeheart:
It is difficult to tell what can or can't be done without an examination and comparison to the other side. If the skin in the area is soft and mobile, scar revision should provide you with some benefit. Be certain to see an experienced board certified plastic surgeon or oculoplastic specialist.
When I was about 4 I got burned with a cigarette on my left nostril, according to my mother I kept picking at the scab and now it's black. I'm really self concious about it and even more so now that I'm a sophomore(16) soon to be junior in highschool.I'm scared I won't be able to have a "normal" life and that I'll continue to isolate myself from people with the exception of the small group of people that are around often enough that I'm comfortable with.
Dear =) in Newark, NJ:
More information on scar revision is provided on the link below (click "more"). It is possible to remove the area of scar, but the hole left behind would need to be filled. The most common ways this is reconstructed is with either a local flap (borrowing nearby skin) or a skin graft (borrowed from somewhere else).
A local flap has the advantage of the best possible contour and color match with the skin on the nose. A skin graft may be a slightly more yellow color because the skin becomes more yellow the lower on the body it is located. The best skin graft color match is the skin on the nose. Nearby donor sites include the crease in front of the ear, followed by the skin behind the ear which also has a more hidden donor site scar.
Many plastic surgeons deal with this type of problem every day when they treat skin cancer, so options are available for you.
