Neck Scar Revision - 10 Years After Injury

Retired after 50+yrs of hospital floor nursing...and still loved it, looked forward every time I went in. I was checking the tile roof work at my home and walking on my very evenly laid stone patio. I was walking sideways (crossing one foot over the other) and looking up. I have one total knee replacement and the other knee is starting to rarely "buckle" but choose that moment to do it..I went face first into the stone patio! I rinsed out the wound as best I could as it was full of dirt, twigs, leaves, you name it. ER MD was not a plastic surgeon but took tons of time to clean and then sew the scar together..also used glue on some areas BUT I was missing a piece of skin in the "center" of the Y shaped scar. He said to not do a thing to it for 1 year. Put me on antibiotic capsules as the wound was so dirty and had me use antibiotic oint for about 2 wks but after that he said Vaseline was fine,,,just keep it lubricated. I posted here about care after the initial wound and sutures,,,responses were to not only lubricate(forget for how long) but a good sunscreen and reapply every single day. I have a facial moisturizer that has a 30 rating in it,,but for the scar area I got a hypoallergenic one rated 50. A year later scar was basically gone. I'm red haired with very fair skin and freckles (they hide a multitude of sins!) I had an "eye lift" at 28 due to lids rotating inward and scratching eyeball. At 76 they were doing it again plus 65% vision loss from hanging over eyes. Had another upper eye lift and plastic reconstructive MD asked who had revised my forehead scar! Told him the story and he said the ER MD did an excellent job. At first I had considered a revision after a yr but at this point not going to bother with it as it turned is 3 very fine white lines and doesn't bother me..BUT I asked him to ck out a lump on my forehead..to me it felt like a little rock. Other MDs, including dermatologist said it was skin growth as it was a good distance from the scar. This plastic surgeon said he would take it out...IT WAS A SMALL ROCK !!! Apparently was hiding when ER staff used about 5 qts of saline to flush that filthy wound and then started to move around. The plastic surgeon's closure of that wound is absolutely invisible !!! So I feel that if he had done the "fall on my face" scar you probably couldn't see it at all...I think you will be very pleased with a plastic surgeon revision of your scar. Follow all instructions carefully (we nurses tend to not do that!) and most importantly lubricate and then sunscreen every day! Oh and try to avoid putting tension on the area,....I posted pic of original ER wound care under 13Alexie74 if you want to ck out original suturing..too bad can't post pic here to show you about 2yrs later result..You cannot even see the scar that the plastic surgeon did a year later to get the rock out! Good luck..

Wow, I'm sorry that you had to experience that. I think you look perfect but it's all about what we want. Best of luck with your journey. Not sure if you tried lasers but they do help improve textures and color.

Maybe I’m strange but I think some scars are cool. They show we’ve lived! And I don’t think they’re ugly at all! The way you got your scar must’ve been traumatizing indeed but it healed well and you have a lovely neck! Whatever your result, if it’s perfect: great but even if it’s not ‘perfect’ (plastic surgery isn’t a perfect science), you’ll always have that story and you already look really beautiful. :) I wish you the greatest success with your surgery!