Delayed healing and hypertrophic scars

Steven Wallach, MD answers: Hypertrophic breast reduction scarring

I had a breast reduction and suffered a pretty significant wound separation. Could this potentially be the reason for hypertropic scars?

1 month ago

By Steven Wallach, MD - Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Hypertrophic scars after breast reduction can definitely be related to delayed wound healing. Other potential causes are genetic in derivation. With delayed healing, sometimes performing a scar revision can help.

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