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C-Section Scar Revision Options? Excessive Pain and Bad Scar

Hi, I had a CS a year ago for failed induction. I am 22. My scar is thick, red and raised about a cm. It hurts a lot especially when I wear underwear....

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Are Scar Corrections Usually Necessary After Scar Abcess?

Almost 4 weeks post tummy tuck with an abscess that suddenly appeared. Also when sitting down on the front porch i felt a huge tug like a string was...

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Tummy Tuck Scar Revision, Am I a Candidate? (photo)

I am 4 months PO. I do not like my scar placement and it is stressing me out and depressing me sooo much. I also don't think I'm as tight as I could...

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Tummy Tuck Scar Revision

I have a Tummy Tuck 13 months ago. I have a raised and wide scar hip to hip (the widest part being the bottom portion of the scar). I used surgical...

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Will Laser Scar Removal or Medical Tattooing Fix my Tummy Tuck Scar? (photo)

I am 8 weeks post TT and have thankfully had an uneventful recovery. I do have slight dog ears that my PS said he would remove. My scar is quite a bit...

10 doctor answers | 1 community comment

Tummy Tuck Overhang? (photo)

I had a C section 3 yrs ago, and scar was 6 ins wide, with skin overhanging. This was not dramatic, but did bother me as showed through some clothes....

9 doctor answers | 1 community comment

Just Had a Tummy Tuck and Hate My Scar. What Are My Options? (photo)

It looks very bad and iam so sad it makes a line from the scar up to my waist line what ca u recommend me to do i think that the pics wiil explain...

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Scar and Fold on my Tummy - Tummy Tuck? Scar Revision? What Are my Options? (photo)

When I was 14 I had an emergency appendectomy (they did not know what was wrong at the time), the appendix burst. The incision got infected post...

12 doctor answers | 1 community comment

Tummy Tuck Scar Too High, and Belly Button Protruding? (photo)

I'm almost 5 weeks post op and was promised a "super low scar that even the most revealing clothes would cover" but the scar is pretty high, and has...

6 doctor answers | 4 community comments

Do I Have Keloid or Hypertrophic Scar? (photo)

I did tummy tuck and breast augmentation 9 months ago and ive been using gel sheet and vitamin E. Im not happy with my scars of my tummy tuck , i am...

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