Cortisone Injection and Pulsed Dye Laser for Hypertrophic Scars?

Injecting small diluted amounts of cortisone or 5-FU should improve the scar and help to flatten it. Pulsed dye lasers are very effective in the treatment of scars as well, if they have some redness. Both injections and laser treatments used in combination can be very successful in treating hypertrophic scars. Certainly, if scars become flat and they are still injected, there can be an indentation or slight color change. Therefore, scars should only be injected with cortisone when they are... more

Pulsed dye laser and IIT are beneficial for scars, depending on your skin tone. I would seek the initial advice of a plastic surgeon to determine which course of treatment is best for you.

Cortisone Injections will reduce redness and bulk of Hypertrophic Scars. Pulsed Dye Laser will reduce redness but less effective on the bulk of the scar. Cortisone injections cause complications: Fat Atrophy-the Steroid dissolves the fat under the skin creating a depression Thinning of skin-after 3-4 injections the skin can become very thin Blood Vessels-Steroid injections cause visible proliferation of blood vessels on the surface of the skin The new 1540 Non... more