My Six Year Old Has a Scar Above His Upper Lip. How Will It Heal?

September 29, 2011
Asked By:Willow wisp in Long Beach

The scar is about a month old and is still a little red. About the size of an adults finger nail clipping. A small metal pipe poked into his skin above his lip just under his nose. Just about where his mustash would grow if he was an adult. I put neosporan on it till the scab fell off and then started using Mederma faithfully. I am real upset about my sone face. Will it strech over time somewhere else on his face?

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