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Best Treatment for Scars After Face Lift

asked 1 year ago by Lin in MA in Mashpee MA
Latest answer by Sam Naficy, MD
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Tags: scar

I had a face lift 8 months ago and have developed some scar tissue around my ears at the bottom of the earlobe. I have had 4 cortizone shots to try and reduce/flatten this area and it has only helped a little. I have also tried silicone sheeting and several scar therapy creams with no success. What are my options at this time? Is additional surgery my only option? Where I have developed the scars is very sore and tender.

8 answers to Best Treatment for Scars After Face Lift

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Scars Below Earlobes after Facelift

After exhausting all scar treatment modalities, surgical excision is your only option. The operation is significantly easier and recovery much quicker.
Richard W. Fleming, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.bevhills.com

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Face lift scars at 8 months

As long as there is enough laxity it is probably best to remove the old scars and take a number of steps to make sure the new scars heal better: Having minimal tension on the wound Using minimal dissolving sutures Using topical silicone gel and tape on new scars Injecting the scar at the earliest sign of thickening
Sam Naficy, MD

Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Hyperthrophic Scars are what you have.

This does happen with face lifts.  You describe hypertrophic scars and not Keloid scars.  You have done everything right.  The scars are active which is why they are sore and tender.  Re-excision is best.  Steroids can be injected in one week or at the time.  The most important thing is that the scars will now not be closed under tension.
Miguel Delgado, Jr., MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

www.dr-delgado.com

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Scar treatment

At eight months after a facelift, the scar is still maturing.If it is a problem at a year, you may want a scar revision. WIth less tension it may heal better.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Non ablative 1540 laser may be best treatment for facelift scars

Raised red scars after facelift are typically Hypertrophic Scars caused by the tension on the scar produced by the skin that has been tightened. In my experience treatment of reddened rasised scars after facelift can be helped by treating the facelift scar with Non-ablative fractional 1540 Erbium Laser treatments. Usually 3 or 4 treatments are required to lessen the redness and reduce the bulk and size of the scar. I use the Lux1540 laser and have been happy with the results. The... more
Brooke R. Seckel, MD

Boston Plastic Surgeon

www.drseckel.com

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Facelift scars

This is a tough problem.  If there is some reason for the poor scarring - delayed healing, too much tension, wound infection, spitting stitches, etc - then a revision is very reasonable assuming the aforementioned issues could be avoided.  But if everything went very well early post-op, you just may be one of those people who scars badly and revision may not help.  Discuss this with your surgeon and it may even make some sense to get a second opinion.  Also, easy does... more
Lisa L. Sowder, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon
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Scars and Facelift Surgery

It appears that you have had reasonable treatment for a scar.  The silicone sheeting can be tricky on the face and often is a long-term treatment modality for scar management.  Once non-surgical treatment modalities have been unsuccessful then surgical correction is warranted.   Dr. ES
Earl Stephenson Jr., MD, DDS

Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

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