Bellevue Scar Removal doctors
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Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
1135 116th Ave. NE Suite 630, Bellevue |
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48 answers |
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Philip Young, MD
Bellevue Facial Plastic Surgeon
1810 116th Ave. NE Suite 102, Bellevue |
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23 answers |
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Scott Sattler, MD
Bellevue Plastic Surgeon
2364 Fairview Ave East, Seattle |
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3 answers |
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Lisa L. Sowder, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
Suite 1650 901 Boren Avenue, Seattle |
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2 answers |
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Sepehr Egrari, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
2950 Northup Way Ste 100, Bellevue |
1 answer |
Recent Answers
Hi I am 6 weeks post-op from a full tummy tuck & want my PS to do a scar revision on me at the 6-12 month mark as my scar is very high ( he doesn't seem very willing to do it). He also did not do repair on my diastasis recti and I have a 3 finger separation. ( I have very good skin skin with no stretch marks from pregnancy) if I can convince him to do the scar revision would I be able to have my muscles tightened/ sewn together at same time? Would my skin need to be peeled back to ribcage again?
Your scar does appear high. I see this not infrequently. Some plastic surgeons will raise the position of the scar so that they can get rid of the old belly button hole. In someone with enough loose skin above the belly button, the old belly button hole (from the release of the BB from the surrounding skin) will move down far enough to remove it with all of the excess skin. If the skin above the BB is not that loose, then it will not advance this much. I leave the long tummy tuck scar down low where it belongs and simply close the old BB hole with a short vertical scar. In my opinion, this is better than raising the whole long tummy tuck scar too high simply to avoid that short vertical scar. That is my opinion, other surgeons may feel differently.
If you are having a scar revision in order to significantly lower the position of the scar, you will need to have a fair amount of skin laxity above the scar to get it to advance inferiorly. You may develop some laxity over time (a year, a few years?) but I doubt if you have much right now. So, unless your skin above the scar is currently much looser than it appears in your photos, do not count on much lowering of that scar from a scar revision.
In order to do a proper repair of your diastasis recti, the abdominal skin would need to be raised up near the ribcage again in order to expose the full length of your diastasis. Also, you appear to have a fairly thick subcutaneous fatty layer contributing to your abdominal protrusion, at least by what I can tell without examining you. Thick subcutaneous fat, as well as excess intra-abdominal fat, which can only be reduced by dieting, will work against you getting a flat tummy even with a revision and diastasis repair. The thinner you are, the better muscle/fascial and skin tightening, the better advancement and lowering of your scar, etc. Without that, do not count on a scar revision and diastasis repair doing that much. Perhaps a second opinion with a thorough examination would be helpful.
Hi, I had appendicitis when I was 8 years old and now I'm 21 and would like to get a scar revision/scar removal but mine has a small indent. I would like to know what procedures would you recommend, the length of time of the particular processes, and the estimated cost or pricing depending on the photo provided. Thank you!
You can "revise" a scar and hopefully make it look better but it will be a little longer too. There is nothing that can "remove" a scar as in getting rid of it. Go to a plastic surgeon for this.
A little over 2 years ago i went to mexico to get weight loss surgery. I had a few incisions but one of the incisions became infected by the time i got back home. that incission healed denting my stomach. It's right above my belly button and from far it looks like i have 2 belly buttons. I would like to get rid of it but i need an idea of how much it would cost.
I can't see well in your dark photo but generally an indented abdominal scar can be revised and the dent repaired under local anesthesia. Costs will vary with each surgeon but might be about $2000.
