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Thank you for your question and photos. If the scar has been present for at least one year, it is a good time to be evaluated by a board certified plastic surgeon. Your options may include subcision with a dermal filler or a scar revision. Best of luck to you!
Depending on your examination, you may have a depressed scar that may be treated with fillers. We prefer using microdroplet Silikon1000 for permanent results whenever feasible. We do not offer subcision for any of our patients with scarring. Hope this helps. Dr Joseph
I would first subcise and then fill with saline. If this fills well with saline I would then have you come back to use a filler. Other option would be to inject saline several times and see if that helped as occasionally it will.
First of all we have to make sure that the scar has healed completely and it normally takes 9 to 12 months for that to happen. Once the scar has matured, you can have the scar re-evaluated by plastic surgeon and determine if and what should be done. There are three main ways in which this type of a scar can be approached. Number one, is to do just what you had mentioned and that is subcision with a filler. Number two, the procedure involves subcision and filling out the indentation with your own fat. And number three is to have the scar completely revised. I hope this helps and good luck from New York City
Fillers are temporary and will need to be repeated once or twice per year. A scar revision is likely to give a better result.
Good question! In my practice, I find needles work better for treating acne scars. I first use the needle tip to break up scar tissue that's tethered to the underlying skin (a procedure called subcision). Once a small pocket is created, I inject filler to...
I have tried out the Accuvein and similar devices and have not found them as helpful as I thought they would be. I find slow, low pressure injection, and microcannulas are best for minimizing bruising.
I recommend fillers to soften the nasolabial folds themselves and also lift around the mouth and cheeks to build underlying anatomical support. In our practice we combine Sculptra with other fillers "layered" on top and lasers, skin tightening treatments such as Thermage, Fractora, and Renuvion...