Hello! I lost 60 pounds a few years ago and decided to get a brachioplasty done October 2020. I have been so insecure about the huge wide scars it has left me with and desperately looking to revise them. Would surgery leave me with a better scar ?
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February 21, 2023
Answer: 2 years after brachioplasty - Is this hypertrophic scarring or a keloid and what can I do to minimize its appearance?
Plastic surgery scars require attention after surgery so that they remain cosmetically-appealing and barely noticeable. In our office, we use a protocol for scars that minimizes their activity in the 6-8 weeks after surgery. If you have late plastic surgery scars, you may also require laser and...
Plastic surgery scars require attention after surgery so that they remain cosmetically-appealing and barely noticeable. In our office, we use a protocol for scars that minimizes their activity in the 6-8 weeks after surgery. If you have late plastic surgery scars, you may also require laser and...
How long has it been ? It is possible, once it’s healed, you treat it like any other scar revision : lasering, skin graft, scar revision under local … you have many possibilities