What Are my Options for Removing a Nose Piercing Scar?

Silicone works well for scar tissue, a fact that is proven in clinical trials.   I would recommend a silicone topical in addition to more definitive procedures for the keloid scars.    I recommend the Melarase AM cream for dark discoloration after keloid treatment. 

Hi Kandy.  If insurance does cover the treatments, I would guess it would be under a code for steroid injections.  Often keloid or hypertrophic scars can itch.  This indicates they are growing or changing and you should look for a practice that can do Kenalog injections....

As my colleagues have pointed out, the rubber band remedy is best avoided.  Keloids are an abnormal scarring response to injury and look different than regular scar tissue under a microscope.  The literature shows that all excisional techniques carry a roughly 50% recurrence rate...

Snake bites are piercings and can cause scars.  That being said, some patients opt for scar revision to minimize their scars after they have the piercings removed. 

I would begin treatment with pulsed dye scar laser followed by surgical scar revision if necessary.  The pulsed dye scar laser can help with: Redness of the scar Hypertrophy

I would say that you have two options to treat the chicken pox scars on your forehead.  You could have surgery to excise them, or you could have a filler injected to try and raise them so that they are not as depressed.  There are several different types of fillers, including Artefill,...