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Kenalog Made my Scar Concave: Can This Be Fixed?
asked 1 year ago by xray44 in Edmonton, AB
Latest answer by Vincent D. Lepore, MD
Question viewed 796 times
Tags: abdomen, female, flatten, indentation, kenalog, options, surgery scar
My surgeon injected one of my cholecystectomy scars with Kenalog in order to flatten it out. But it worked too well and now it looks like I have a chunk missing out of my abdomen. It looks horrible. Is there a permanent fix for this? Fat transfer?
2 answers to Kenalog Made my Scar Concave: Can This Be Fixed?
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Kenalog injections can cause tissue atrophy
Although kenalog injections can be helpful for hypertrophic or keloid scars, they also can have adverse effects. One of these is tissue atrophy. Tissue atrophy is when there is a loss of tissue such as thinning of the skin and loss of subcutaneous fat resulting in a concavity. Options do include scar revision such as cutting out the concavity and restitching the area or fat grafting. Each has pros and cons. If you are not prone to hypertrophic scars your best option ma be scar revision....
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Albert Dabbah, MD
Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon
Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon
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Scar treatment and Kenalog use
Steroid injections such as Kenalog can be used to help reduce redness and/or flatten thick scars. However, these same injections can result in a scar widening, as well as causing the subcutaneous fat to atrophy (shrink). In this case, a scar revision can be performed to narrow the scar and advance adjacent fat into the area to fill the depression. Fat injections could also be utilized to fill the depression.
