Would using Verteporfin help minimize scars if used with forehead reduction?

October 17, 2022
Asked By:Gwazi in Chicago, Illinois

So Verteporfin is a drug making waves around the hairloss community right now. It has the ability to block scarring and to allow skin to regenerate with its hair follicles and everything. It’s been tested in pigs that were given a 5cm or so incision which was then stitched up and treated with Verteporfin. It didn’t scar and the skin healed. So would it be realistic for this to be used with forehead reduction surgery? This would allow for people to not worry about the scar on their hairline

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October 19, 2022

Answer: Still very experimental

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Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MDBoard Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
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Answer: Still very experimental

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Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MDBoard Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

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