Should I consider excising my hypertrophic chest scar? (Photo)

If your pictures are showing one side versus the other then I can see one scar is significantly less cosmetically pleasing than the other. It looks like you developed a hypertrophic scar due to the issue with the sutures. If the scar bothers you a simple scar revision where a plastic surgeon...

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...

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...

I have been performing microneedling now for nearly twenty-four years. It is an excellent technique for treating very superficial, surface textural or color abnormalities; it is NOT for treating deep scars. Asking microneedling to treat deeply indented scars would be like asking a hammer to...