Hello! About 3 years ago I fell off my bed and had a nasty gash underneath my eyebrow. I had to get stitches which resulted in an indented scar. Ive done about 3 microneedling treatments and more than several PRX treatments to try to encourage collagen to the area but so still just hate the way It looks. Is there anything I can do to lessen the harshness of the line?
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Answer: For Indented Scars: First Subcision To Elevate & Smooth; Then Microneedling To Blend Color/Texture
Plastic surgery scars require attention after surgery so that they remain cosmetically-appealing and barely noticeable. In our office, we use a protocol for scars that minimizes their activity in the 6-8 weeks after surgery. If you have late plastic surgery scars, you may also require laser and...
I have been performing microneedling now for nearly twenty-four years. It is an excellent technique for treating very superficial, surface textural or color abnormalities; it is NOT for treating deep scars. Asking microneedling to treat deeply indented scars would be like asking a hammer to...
Our office has many different treatments for scars depending on the depth of atrophy or hypertrophy. Scars require a combination approach using our HI DEF protocol which uses a combination of lasers, topical scar modulation, and RF treatments to pixelate scars, improve contour, reduce...
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