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Scar Revision Gone Wrong - Could This Be Contact Dermatitis?

asked 1 year ago by USSC19XX in US
Latest answer by Aaron Stone, MD
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Tags: mouth, male, redness, burning, dermatitis, heat

I'm questioning if its contact dermatitis (going onto 7 weeks) but it was assumed I was allergic to adhesive applied to my scar revision or steri-strip (on top of adhesive). Maybe there was a disinfected solution used that could've caused it. I've been using Hydrocortisone 0.2% Cream and Prednisone to no avail. The scar is depressed or tethered down, somewhat indented line. My persistent rash is non-itchy, very red, burning, is beyond the excision line. What is this? What can I do to fix this??

2 answers to Scar Revision Gone Wrong - Could This Be Contact Dermatitis?

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Surgical scarring

If the redness blanches white on finger pressure, especially if it takes awhile for the redness to return after the finger is removed, your best bet is a flashlamp pumped pulsed dye laser. Some of the newer models have a simultaenous Nd:YAG component that fires at the same time and improves the results. I would strongly recommend against long term topical or oral steroids for this because of the problems the medications can cause and the little or no chance they will do what you want... more
Aaron Stone, MD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Your scar has a mixture of problems that I see

Obviously when scars are immature they never look good.  However, in your situation there are things that potentially could be improved and would merit intervention earlier than later.  I would consider KTP or Pulsed Dye laser to manage the redness and the thickness since there are parts that are raised, which I think also make the depressed areas look more depressed.  Hopefully that will calm things down.  Silicone gel is also a good idea to manage things.  The... more
Samuel Lam, MD

Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon

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