Is it possible to cut out the scar? (Photo)

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...

The hard science to support using expensive fraxel lasers lags woefully behind the heavy marketing and social media hype to promote them. So, buyer beware. IPL is unlikely to do much, if anything at all, for this kind of scar. Surgical revision in areas, such as this, under tension run the risk...

I'm really sorry that this has happened to you. It's frustrating to me, however, since I continually caution people to exercise a healthy dose of "buyer beware" when considering treatments with "bells and whistles" lasers and other so-called energy-based gizmos. At least from the photo provided,...

Our office has many different treatments for acne scars depending on the depth of atrophy or hypertrophy. Acne 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...

Injecting compounds that decrease healing in the first couple weeks when the wound needs to ramp up inflammation to heal appropriately probably isn’t a great idea, I’m sure the merits of this could be debated, but you risk having the would breakdown or not heal appropriately by doing that. In...

It is difficult to give advice without photos. For eyelid surgery revision I wait until at least 6 months after surgery. Things that would make you a good candidate would be remaining excess skin, wide scar, or asymmetry. Good luck!