Hi, I have been to 4 clinics in London, Harley Street and elsewhere and have received conflicting advice often slating the other treatments. I didn't really feel comfortable with any of them as I felt they just wanted to sell their products. None of these were doctors or dermatologists but they called themselves skin specialists. The conflicting advice has left me super confused and I just want a fix for my skin. Can someone recommend what will work :(
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Answer: For Boxcar/Rolling Scars: Subcision; For Ice Pick Scars: TCA CROSS
Intralesional injections of anti-inflammatory agents is the mainstay treatment for flattening hypertrophic scars from all causes. Following this, professionally performed manual microneedling (no need for the added expense and risks of RF microneedling) can be employed to better blend the...
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...
You would be wise to seek out a board certified cosmetic dermatologist scar treatment expert. Subcision, which I have been performing since 1995 is an excellent, relatively inexpensive, minimally invasive technique for elevating and smoothing boxcar and rolling scars. TCA CROSS, which I have...
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