Hello I’m struggling with a white wide scar in the face. I really would like to do a surgery to remove it, but I’m scared that it will affect the symmetry or my face.
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Answer: For Hypopigmented Scars: Consider Professional Microneedling Accompanied By Prescription Pigment Enhancing Medications
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,...
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