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Forehead Scar Revision Surgery - Long Island, NY
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My reason for surgery was I wanted to get rid of...
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My reason for surgery was I wanted to get rid of an atrophic scar on my forhead. Scar was formed this past August after someone accidentally broke a beer stine on my of my face while dancing at a wedding in Scotland- freak thing! The Scottish are wild! There happened to be a lot of doctors attending this wedding and they all told me I didn't need stitches. Alas none of these doctors were plastic surgeons. When I got back to NYC, I shopped around for a good PS and had procedure done in October. Doctor went to Harvard Med and did his thesis in scar revision. He was great and I trusted him fully, but not sure if it's currently in good shape. I use silicon cream twice daily. Would appreciate feedback from those 6 months out of surgery.
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December 19, 2015
I have Had a scar revision on my forehead[Please see my review], I just feel that there is no way to tell until you're fully healed which usually takes around one year. I am using silicone sheets not the gel. I don't know if either one has more benefits over the other.
I have darker skin complexion than yours I found my research the largest can you have the harder it is for you to notice the revised scar.
Please keep us updated with pictures
Good luck
I have darker skin complexion than yours I found my research the largest can you have the harder it is for you to notice the revised scar.
Please keep us updated with pictures
Good luck
December 23, 2015
I think it looks really good and should only get better w time!
December 23, 2015
Also wanted to say it looked like it improved a lot from 1 month post to 2 month post..I think in a few months you will be happy
January 8, 2016
I think it looks a lot better already, and these photos are only two months in. It should be massively better eventually - most people say give it a year, just treat it well. Wear silicone gel or sheets and keep it out of the sun!
UPDATED FROM Coconuts1785
5 months post
Update
Hi All,
I'm a little less than 5 months post-surgery and I'm very happy with the current results. The redness started to fade last month and the scar has begun to smooth out. I am now confident in saying that the surgery was 100% worth it.
Best to you all.
I'm a little less than 5 months post-surgery and I'm very happy with the current results. The redness started to fade last month and the scar has begun to smooth out. I am now confident in saying that the surgery was 100% worth it.
Best to you all.
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March 4, 2016
The scar looks good. It will fade. And will barely be noticeable over time. You will be able to completely cover it up with a little makeup.
I was in a bad car wreck and had 150 stitches on my face. After I healed, my mother took me to the best plastic surgeon in NY and he did a great job of taking jagged scars, recutting, stitching and eventually a light sanding procedure and they are barely noticeable. I can cover the flattened scars and you would never know it. Oh, stay out of the sun or they heal reddish/ purple. I had to wear zinc at the beach. My Dr. Was very firm about that. I had to do it for two years, but mine were way worse. A good sunblock will help. No tanning beds.
June 27, 2016
Hi Danellabella, who is your plastic surgeon? My daughter has a bad scar across the face and nothing has worked well so far. Thanks
June 27, 2016
Please can you tell me who was your plastic surgeon, I am in NY/NJ area and I need to take my son, he has a bad scar. Thank you,
March 21, 2016
It looks great! What a tremendous improvement in only 5 months...soon no one will notice it!!
April 11, 2016
What kind of surgery did you have. I have a concave scar on my forehead and am looking into treatments. I'm curious about yours.
April 12, 2016
Would you please let us know who was the dr. that treated the scar? I have similar problem, thank you. Yours looks great!
February 8, 2017
Her doctor is also my doctor, Dr. Richard Reish, he has about four or five offices, I went to the one at 1111 Park Avenue in Manhattan.
UPDATED FROM Coconuts1785
1 year post
April 2017
Hey Everyone! I apologize for this very late update. Many of you have commented and I'm sorry I haven't responded sooner. It's been a crazy year. TBC: My surgeon was Dr. Richard Reisch. He's young, somewhat unnerving, smart and ambitious. I don't love his bedside manner because I'm not very comfortable with people staring at my face looking for imperfections, but I do think he's good at what he does and he'll give it to you straight. I went back to him for an update about a year later and he didn't [RS bleep]. He told me he had hoped it would look better than it does, but that he didn't see much use in doing it again. Apparently I move my forehead a lot when I communicate so that's what inhibited the healing process. Who knows?
IMO my scar has healed pretty nicely in the almost two years since I had the surgery. I'm not as ecstatic as I was 2 months in, but I think it's aesthetically much better than it would have been had I not gotten the surgery. It's healing with a slightly white tint that I think is person to person depending on skin tone and dna- my mom's scars heal like this too. There's also some stitching scars that are more noticeable in fluorescent light. The photos below are taken without makeup after I worked out in soft lighting, but I did use the flash so you can see the whiteness. Hope this helps! I'll say this, I think I get more and more used to it and my face adapts to it or it's adapting to my face. Also, it's barely noticeable in candid photos which is great. Good luck to all of you!
IMO my scar has healed pretty nicely in the almost two years since I had the surgery. I'm not as ecstatic as I was 2 months in, but I think it's aesthetically much better than it would have been had I not gotten the surgery. It's healing with a slightly white tint that I think is person to person depending on skin tone and dna- my mom's scars heal like this too. There's also some stitching scars that are more noticeable in fluorescent light. The photos below are taken without makeup after I worked out in soft lighting, but I did use the flash so you can see the whiteness. Hope this helps! I'll say this, I think I get more and more used to it and my face adapts to it or it's adapting to my face. Also, it's barely noticeable in candid photos which is great. Good luck to all of you!
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April 25, 2017
You're first review was reason I decided to go with Dr. Reish. Finally travelled from Cali to NY and met him and did procedure earlier this month. I'm already happier with results and very optimistic. Thanks for your review, updates/photos and candor!
July 19, 2018
Hi! What procedure did you do with Dr. Reish? I am thinking about doing a mommy makeover with him
November 29, 2017
it looks good girl! no worries....put a little cocoa butter on it every night and you will be good!it is really barely noticeable.
February 28, 2018
I've gotta say that the scar looks MUCH better, and is barely noticeable.
Even if Dr. Reish says he hoped for better, believe me when I say it IS a good outcome.
Best wishes
Even if Dr. Reish says he hoped for better, believe me when I say it IS a good outcome.
Best wishes
I did go and have Fraxel restore 1550 on a medium setting with not too high a density (to avoid track marks, it was 50 or 5, not sure which). I did this at 6 weeks post op but you can do it at 4 and it took all redness out and made it look more mature. It cost me £50 to have a doctor do it on just the scar and nowhere else on my face so really worth the improvment. Do it every 4 weeks for 6 months and you will get great improvement. Don't touch with c02 for at least 4 months but I had great results from 1550 fraxel.
Note: make sure they spot treat it and don't treat the rest of your face as will cost you a fortune and risks messing rest of your lovely skin up! Some docs try and say you need to do whole face but you definitely don't!
Hope that helps, but it definitely looks much better and less indented, it looks pretty smooth and flat to me. Mine was very pink for first 6 weeks until I lasered it :)
Forgot to mention, worst case you can do it again but it looks really good! Good luck with it :)