After loosing 100lbs, I am disappointed with the appearance of my thighs. I have a ton of loose skin. Is there away way to do a thigh lift without having a large scar down the inside of both of my thighs?
May 23, 2025
Answer: While surgical scars are inevitable, there are many options to help reduce scar appearance as much as possible 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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May 23, 2025
Answer: While surgical scars are inevitable, there are many options to help reduce scar appearance as much as possible 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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May 4, 2025
Answer: Removal of loose skin gives best result. Correct incision placement can help to hide a thigh lift scar to the best extent possible. However, removal of the redundant skin of your thigh, needs to be done in order to give you the best result possible. If you were to undergo a thigh lift, you would want the best result possible, and therefore you should allow your plastic surgeon to use whatever length incision that they feel will give you your best result. The appearance of the scar will eventually fade, but a incomplete or underdone thigh lift result will be with you going forward.
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May 4, 2025
Answer: Removal of loose skin gives best result. Correct incision placement can help to hide a thigh lift scar to the best extent possible. However, removal of the redundant skin of your thigh, needs to be done in order to give you the best result possible. If you were to undergo a thigh lift, you would want the best result possible, and therefore you should allow your plastic surgeon to use whatever length incision that they feel will give you your best result. The appearance of the scar will eventually fade, but a incomplete or underdone thigh lift result will be with you going forward.
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