Hello I have this scar near my eye that is now over a year old. It first began as a little acne scar that bothered me to which then I got revised, But the resulting scar is now more noticeable, longer, and a different skin tone then the rest of the surrounding skin and my plastic surgeon tells me another scar revision won't yield a better result so now I am wondering what you would do in my situation as I am even more bothered by the scarring? Thanks
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Answer: Professionally Performed Manual Dermastamp Microneedling To Improve Superficial Scar Color/Textural Issues
Unfortunately, at the present time, there is no technology or techniques, either alone or in combination anywhere in the world that can completely erase a mature scar (defined as a scar over three months old). In general, about a 60-80% improvement in appearance (rarely 90%) can be realistically...
I'm sorry you have experienced this. I have been cautioning my regular followers for years that the latest, supposedly "next big thing" lasers (as well as so many of the other"bells and whistles," fancy- named gizmos being hawked on social media as panaceas for just about everything) are really...
Our treatments use combination therapy to improve the epidermis and dermis for most deep scars. The options available for acne scars depend on the character of your scars, in terms of topography and contour. We see atrophic and hypertrophic acne scars, as well as scars that have hypo and...
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