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Scar Options After Excision

What can I do to reduce a surgical line after excision? Laser, fillers, etc?

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I Have Several Flat White Scars on my Chest and 2 on my Kneck. Will Excision Work?

I have several flat white scars on my chest (about 6) and 2 on my kneck. They are mostly between 1 and 2 cm wide and either circular or oval in shape....

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Scar Revision From Excision On My Forehead. What To Do? (photo)

I am 7-week post op after my PS excised a region of skin containing acne scarring from my forehead. I am really concerned that a very noticeable,...

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What Do Festoon Excision Scars Look Like?

Can you try and describe a festoon excision scar? Is it skin color? How thick? Like a blepharoplasy scar? It is a difficult trade off for me.I had a...

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Laser Scar Treatment - Is it Best to Wait?

I have read a lot about the use of lasers on scars and have found that many surgeons like to use lasers early in scar treatment and others wait longer...

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Chickenpox Scars Punch Excision? (photo)

Hello. my name is Laila.. i wanna ask if a punch excision is the option for my deep dark chickenpox scars.?ยจ is punch excision the option so i can...

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Excision of Painful Keloids and Radiation After Breast Reduction?

I have found there is very little information how to deal with extremely painful keloids after breast reduction; some Dr's have indicated they...

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Is it possible to reopen a scar and try putting a skin graft to re-give original shape of my face?

Greetings doctors, I was born with a (small) facial nevus on my cheek; non malignent. And had it remove by surgical excision, and pulling the nearby...

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Steroid Injection for Facial Scar Tissue? (photo)

I had a scar excision on my jawline5 weeks ago. It didn't close and had to be redone 1 week later. I then developed a lump of scar tissue underneath...

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I Have Some Rolling Scars That I Am Going to Treat with Excision and Laser, How Long Do I Wait Between the Two?

I am going to have some scars treated with excision and then laser, how long after the excision would be best to have my skin lasered with fraxel?...

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