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While this is one effective way to treat ice-pick scars, please consider the more conservative TCA-Cross method involving topical application of 80-100% trichloracetic acid solution which can also be quite effective. If punch excision is done, usually some kind of re-surfacing procedure should follow.Good luck.
Since the walls of a chicken pox scar is so sharply punched out and deep below the surface, other modalities for scars such as fillers, Fraxel, CO2 laser, either do not work very well or are not appropriate. The punch is taken slightly around the chicken pox scar and a fine suture is placed. ...
If the scar is attached to underlying structures. The Physician can take a small needle underneath the skin to break the tissue that is pulling the scar down. This procedure may be combined with the injection of a dermal filler to lift up scar. Punch...
TCA CROSS, which I have been performing for nearly 25 years, has a proven track record for both safety and efficacy in all skin types for treating ice pick scars and dilated pores and piercing holes. Unlike punch excision or surgical excision, which risks the subsequent development of stretch...
Hi there. Great question. If there's fluid, keep pressure on it for a few days. If no resolution, it may need to be drained. Hope this helps.
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...
First, let me say that I am sorry, but not surprised, that you were disappointed with your laser and PRP treatments. I have been cautioning my regular followers for years already that the hard science to support the use of these expensive treatments lags woefully behind the heavy marketing and...
