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Best Treatment for Old White Hot Water Burn Scar?
So I was accidentally scalded by hot water when I was about 6 months old. I'm 18 years old now and I still have scarring on my chest/upper arm and jawline.
They make me extremely self conscious and I want to know if there is any kind of procedure out there that would reduce the appearance of my scars. The scars are basically white and lighter than the skin around it.
Asked 25 months ago by
cocochanel88 in USA
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Treatment of old burn scars
As Dr. Aldea nicely stated, the subspecialty of burn reconstruction in plastic surgery is a very challenging arena. You should go to plastic surgeon in your local burn center and ask their opinion. Tissue expanders, flap rotations and scar revisions are all possible but you need the opinion of someone who has examined you as to what is best.
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Treatment for OLD Full Thickness Burn Scars
Burn Reconstructive Surgery is among the most challenging of all reconstructive procedures.
Without photographs, examination and a frank discussion with you on how to prioritize the reconstruction, we cannot give you a true consultation. But - several principles need to be made clear:- Every operation has chances for complication and failure - you may not get an improvement and things could be worse.- We should try and replace Like tissue with similar tissue (borrowing from next door)- I...
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Burn scar treatment
Hypopigmented burn scars are difficult to treat. Do you have any hypertrophy or scar contractures? These are just some of the things that can "play into" the treatment of these scars.
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Skin color tattoos may help
Without photos very hard to evaluate. Go see 3 boarded plastic surgeon in your area. But the best treatment might be no treatment at all. Skin color tattoos are possible treatments. Regards.
