How to Remove or Improve Facial Scar on 2 Year Old?

My 2 year old daughter fell on a toy with a sharp edge 4 weeks ago. It was deep but I didn't take her to the ER because it stopped bleeding after 5 minutes or so.

I didn't think it needed stiches but now I don't know if it would have helped to get them because there is a scar there now.

I want to remove it or at least improve it because its right on her cheek on the front of her beautiful face. Will it fade over time naturally? I'm using mederma and silicone pads. What more can I do?

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4 Doctor Answers | Asked by saranjoy in Traverse City, Michigan

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Improving cheek scars on the face on a toddler or child

These types of scars on the cheeks can be improved with fractional laser and pulsed dye laser as the best two options.

Improving facial scar in a toddler

It would be best to wait 1 full year to see how much the skin and scar remodels itself; no doubt it will improve with time alone (sunscreen is important too). Massaging the scar and silicone gel sheeting is modestly helpful. Hard to say whether stitching it up from the beginning would have been better, so I wouldn't beat yourself over that. I would meet with a dermatologist or plastic surgeon to discuss the treatment options now and for down the road (some procedures can't be performed on... more

Benjamin Barankin, MD

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Toronto Dermatologic Surgeon

Scar revision is not scar removal

Even if she had stitches, there would still be a scar. As Dr. Aldea has said, massaging the scar with VitE or Mederma will help and you should give it a year and then have it looked at by a plastic surgeon. Most of the time, no revisions are needed. Remember that scar revision is not scar removal.

Improving Facial Scars

Unfortunately, a scar is permanent and cannot be erased or improved. Moreover, at this time in its healing, you have to wait and see how it would turn out. Over the next 8 months, the scar will constantly re-model itself until it takes it final form. Only at THAT time will you know how the scar looks. If you think the scar looks horrible once it matures, you may consider having it worked on. That would involve operating on it, removing the old scar and trading it for a nicer scar.... more