Cheek Piercing Scar Revision

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD answers: Can I get rid of my cheek piercing scar?

I had my cheeks pierced for a year and took them out Jan 1 of this year. I used vitamin e for about a month and since have been using mederma they seem so be fading but is there an additional thing I can try or a type of plastic surgery?


Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
6 months ago
By Raffy Karamanoukian, MD - Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Absolutely. Cheek piercings do not always heal properly as they penetrate several important elements of the buccal anatomy. I routinely perform scar revision on patients who have undergone piercings and want scar revision of these scars. The process entails a core incision with layered sutures. I typically perform these scar revisions of piercing under local anesthesia. 

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