My scars behind my ears were open for at least a month. The stitches were taken out after a week after a deep plane face and neck lift. As my scars healed they continued to look awful and now the scars are hypertrophic and tight and uncomfortable. They are now under my ear lobes and seem to be getting bigger.
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August 30, 2023
Answer: Intralesional Anti-Inflammatory Injections Can Help Shrink Hypertrophic Scars
I'm almost positive that you were being hawked all kinds of expensive fraxel laser and RF treatments, which are the here-today-gone-tomorrow "next big things" that receive so much marketing hype and social media buzz. The fact is, however, that the hard science to support the use of these gizmos...
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...
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