I have a sunburnt on Tummy Tuck Scar. Any suggestions? (photos)

For some patients, a scar will always be at risk for sunburn because it does not have the same protective mechanisms of normal skin.  If you have a wide surgical scar from a tummy tuck, scar revision surgery can sometimes be helpful.  Talk to your plastic surgeon.  Good luck!

This looks like a hypertrophic scar which is a wide scar.  If you have any interest in making it a finer scar, I would speak to a board certified plastic surgeon to discuss scar revision.

Hello, I would suggest contacting your surgeon for management of the wound and long-term scar.  In general, a wound will heal best if it is kept clean and uncontaminated, so an ointment and sterile dressing assists with healing and decreases the risk of infection.

You should always protect your scar with covering it and applying sunscreen. I would let the sunburn settle and see how it looks after. Your scar will always be more sensitive than your normal skin.

Hi and thanks for posting your photo.You have what is called a "Hypertrophic Scar" that means that you have more scarring tissue than normal.This portion of skin is very sensitive to sunlight and you should use a high sun protection under your swimsuit, and / or also buy one that have UV protection.Your scar  can be improved with  a therapy consisting in  a series  of injections of steroids.Talk to your surgeon about it.

It may be time to consider a scar revision to remove the scar and give you an improved overall appearance. 

Hello and thank you for your question. It very well remain sensitive because it does not have the same protective tissue as your normal skin. You may want to think about getting it excised.Peter Fisher M.D.