Are my scars healing properly? I currently use silicone strips to help with any hypertrophic scarring, but they still seem dark. Is this normal? Attached is both my left and right scar to date
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Thank you for the question and pictures. Based on your photographs, I think that you may be an excellent candidate for breast augmentation surgery. In my experience, breast implants tend to help “camouflage” the concavity, making the cleavage area look deeper. Often times postoperatively is ha...
And I'm sorry to hear that. There are many surgeons that will screen their own patients prior to surgery to ensure they are healthy for surgery... and they don't depend on medical doctors to do that. Lab work is needed to ensure your platelet count is adequate for clotting (and it should be) a...
The tape placed over surgical incisions is often used to support the skin edges when the closure is performed with buried absorbable sutures. Usually the skin edges are nicely healed together in a week, but the wound still does not have a lot of strength overall. The tape then serves as...
