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Keloid scars on hair bearing areas are difficult to isolate and treat. The mainstay of treatment should always remain conservative with intralesional injections and compression therapy.
There are many ways to treat keloids. But there is a high recurrence rate. SOmetimes excision with subsequent steroid treatment is helpful, sometimes excision with raditation may help. Usually excision alone has the highest recurrence rate. You should get evaluated before giving a definitive treatment plan.Steven Wallach, MD
You might be suffering from a condition called pseudofolliculitis barbae, in which the hairs of your beard become in-grown, loop around and cause irritation, inflammation and scarring.Frequently, the best treatment for this condition is laser hair removal. The keloid scars can be injected with cortisone.You should consult a dermatologist for a correct diagnosis first.Good luck.
Our treatments use combination therapy to improve the epidermis and dermis for most deep scars. The options available for acne scars depend on the character of your scars, in terms of topography and contour. We see atrophic and hypertrophic acne scars, as well as scars that have hypo and...
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...
Unless there is an obvious step off between the two skin edges, I would wait before considering any revision surgery. I would, however, recommend the use of lasers to tone the scar down and make it more subtle during the healing process. I would start as soon as a few weeks after...
Ivory white scars, as well other types of loss of pigmentation problemw often result from prior injury or treatments, such as trauma, scalpel surgery,lasers and chemical peels. They may be due to certain infections and inflammatory processes that damage the pigment producing layer of our...
Yes, you may have a chemical peel treatment for scars on your back. This exfoliation caused by the acne skin peel eliminates or reduces the appearance of acne blemishes and scars. A chemical peel treatment provides benefits in addition to acne treatment as they can improve the skin's...
After a full thickness wound is sustained, a scar continues to change and mature for 8-12 months during which time it MAY be able to be modified by external factors. Once it becomes white (like Stretch Marks do) the small blood vessels inside it were replaced by stable white scar tissue and...
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