My plastic surgeon is recommending that I use 3 months of surgical tape followed by 3 months of silicone sheets and finishing with 3 months of scar cream. Is this an effective way to minimize a scar's appearance after surgery? Why not use silicone sheets and scar cream together as soon as I can?
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Answer: It is recommended to do various laser treatments and use Plato's Scar Serum twice daily to improve appearance of scars.
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...
Professional manual microneedling (no need for the added expense and risks of RF microneedling), which I have been performing for well over twenty-three years, is best reserved for treating very superficial color and texture irregularities; it's not particularly effective as a monotherapy for...
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...
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