I have a scar on my upper lip. I had an angioma that was removed with laser. I think the laser was excessive and I was left with a hole in my lip that was filled with raised scar tissue. I have applied corticosteroid injection without results. What is the best procedure for this? Thank you for your expert advice
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Answer: Reducing A Hypertrophic Scar--Flatten, THEN Appropriate Concentration Of Intralesional Steroid Injection
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...
I see your case and I only have two options: one is to resection the area or depression but you would change that depression for a linear scar, another option is to do a small Lipo and infiltrate the fat into the depression to give volume and improve the quality of the skin in the area, I hope I...
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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