I'm 56, fit and healthy. Had a Lower facelift in Sept 2021 and still have raised noticeable scars. Revision? (photos)

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I am 56, fit and healthy, fair English skin that usually heals without scarring. I had a lower face lift Sept 2021. Dec 2022 I still have raised, noticeable scars around my ears. I have had 3 lots of Celestone injections & used silicone tape etc and my surgeon thinks a surgical correction is required, my skin has just healed this way. I would rather avoid the further cost and downtime of surgery. Is this normal and if it is the way my heals what is to stop this happening again?

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

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 RF therapy to help reduce the longterm effects of the scarring. Keloids, hypertrophic scars, widened scars, red scars, and hyperpigmented scars all require scar modulation with topical creams followed by lasers and RF therapy. Topical skincare should be directed to a specific need, whether for pigmentation or hypertrophy and our office can guide you through the process to obtain the correct Plato’s Scar cream or Melarase cream for hypertrophy and discoloration. In terms of lasers, we would employ the vbeam laser for redness, Venus Viva RF, PRP microneedling, chemical peels, and Morpheus 8, fractional erbium, or fractional co2. All of these have their individual benefits. Most of all, we recommend you visit a solid plastic surgeon who understands surgical scar revision, laser therapy, and RF therapy for scars. 
 
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Dr. Karamanoukian
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Ronald J. Edelson, MD · Answer

The main ironies is that  the skin is not irioerly worked around your ears. That why your left earlobe looks odd. I agree that a revision is appropriate but it’s worth getting other opinions as to what should be done

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