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Treatment Options for 2 Mole Removal Scars That Have Already Been Revised?
asked 9 months ago by Vicarious
Latest answer by Aaron Stone, MD
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Tags: neck, male, moles, options, surgery scar
2 years ago I had a couple of moles removed. The sideburn scar widened and the neck scar became a keloid. 5 months later I had them cut and revised. They ended up no better off. I have had steroid injections in the keloid but now half of it is raised and the other half depressed. I am extremely skeptical about getting them cut out again, but it seems to be the only option. I have had scar undermining suggested (where the surrounding skin is loosened?) but am unsure if this is a good idea?
1 answer to Treatment Options for 2 Mole Removal Scars That Have Already Been Revised?
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Surgical scarring
Your photos show wide depressed scars in the left temple and right back of the neck just below the hairline. The widening of the scars is due to skin surface tension at the time of closure and subsequent movement during daily life that stretch the scars. If you just cut them out and then suture the wounds they will be almost guaranteed to come back as the the act of cutting them out increases the tension of closure even more. Undermining of surrounding skin can allow closure under less...
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Aaron Stone, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon