Removing Scars on Lower Legs and Feet?

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Latest answer by Michael Kulick, MD
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How do you get rid of scarring on lower legs and feet?

5 answers to Removing Scars on Lower Legs and Feet?

Removing scars on lower legs and feet?

Scars, what scars??? In order to answer your question, it would be helpful to see the problem. There are many options from surgical revision to repigmentation. Help us help you - show us the scars!!

Michael Kulick, MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

Scars on the feet

Without knowing the extent of the scarring or the etiology, it would be difficult to offer suggestions on what to do. Burn scars may be treated very differently than a simple scar from a previous laceration.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Removing Scars on the Lower Legs

Scar can become thickened, widened, and pigmented on the lower extremity. The approach varies depending on the quality of the scar. Topical creams, compressive therapy, silicone sheeting, TAC injections, HQ therapy, and surgical scar revision can all be employed successfully.

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Revision versus injection

Scar revision surgery enables the surgeon to remove a wide,raised scar and replace it with a thinner scar. Word of caution about scar revision surgery, it is replacing a scar with another. The healing process is unpredictable and in few years the scar might heal in a different way. If your leg scars are hypertrophic injection of kenolog could help to flatten the scar and make it less red. Best of luck!

Hisham Seify, MD, PhD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

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Removing Scars on Lower Legs and Feet?