I am a 72 year old man with an old (40 year) surgical scar on my forehead. In the past I have covered the scar with my fringe but hair loss is limiting this. The photo is a year old - there is a marked depression in the centre of the scar. Early this year I had a course of needle dermabrasion and tattooing which resulted in a more noticeable and darkened scar. I would welcome advice regarding further treatment - there appear to be a range of surgical and non-surgical options.
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Answer: Recommend treating scar with a resurfacing laser to help even out skin texture and color.
Your scars are in the timeframe where they look the worst they will look. From roughly 6 weeks to 3 months then tend to look more red and raised than the time before or after. It can take scars a year or two to fully mature and become thin and white. Keep using the silicone treatment and give...
Your scar appears to be both wide and depressed. Options would include another scar revision or filling the base of the scar to make it even with the surrounding cheek tissue and then continuing with skin resurfacing to smooth the area
Subcision, a simple, relatively inexpensive minimally invasive procedure I have been routinely performing since 1995 has a seversl decades' long proven track record for both safety and efficacy for elevating and smoothing all kinds of indented (atrophic) scars (from all causes, including...
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