Can a Scar from Heart Surgery Be Made Smaller?

Heart surgery scars can be improved with IIT, laser, and pressure treatment.  Rarely do I surgically excise these scars from the midline chest. Check out our before and after photos on our website.

Yes, scars from open heart surgery can be improved but it will
be important for you to be assessed by a board-certified dermatologist or
plastic surgeon.  They will examine your
body to see how you generally heal and decide the best plan for your specific
scars.  There are many options available,
including steroid injections, lasers, dermabrasion and/or scar revision.  The most important thing will be to follow up
with the doctor you choose, since most scars require multiple treatments.  By returning to the same doctor for these
visits, you will have your treatment plan tailored to your specific needs.

Heart surgery scars can be improved with any of these methods - intralesional steroid injections, intralesional bleomycin/ 5FU for thicker, more persistent areas, intralesional Botox, and fractional lasers. Good luck! 

 The scars after heart surgery can become red, hard , elevated & wide. The earlier the treatment, the better off the results. A combination of intra-lesional corticosteroid injection & freezing with liquid nitrogen [cryo therapy], give very good results with barely-noticeable scars.

Scars from heart surgery can certainly widen. This is a fairly common thing. Sometimes a scar revision can be performed with or without steroid injections to improve the quality of the scar.