Category: scar revision

A common term that is used in plastic surgery, and one that patients know little about, is a dog-ear. It is an uncomplimentary and perhaps misleading name for a common plastic surgery deformity. Patients may become aware of it when they learn they have it and may need to do something about it for the Read More…

Most grafts for hair restoration come from the back of the head or the occipital region. This is most commonly done with a horizontally-oriented excision, resulting in a straight-line closure from one side of the occiput to the other. Most hair transplant donor scars have a width of just a few millimeters, but wide donor Read More…

  1. I recently had a car accident and have a very ugly scar on my chin. Will scar revision help me? The revision of scars is rarely done prior to 6 months following an injury. This is simply because it is too early to intervene as the tissues have not sufficiently softened to handle Read More…

  Surgical incisions and the scars they create are a concern for many patients. Nowhere is this more true than in the plastic surgery patient. Because it is a cosmetic procedure, most people ask how to take care of new scar so that it ultimately looks as obscure as possible. This raises the important question Read More…

  Unsightly neck scars from a previous tracheostomy are not uncommon. The prominent location in the center of the neck and the nature of the placement and removal of the tracheostomy often leaves a visible depressed scar. The classic appearance is that resembling an umbilicus with the circular skin edges tethered down to the deeper Read More…

  Scars are a source of frequent concern, whether they be young just after an injury or a surgery or whether they have been present for years. Lasers have caught much fascination for many applications and their use in medicine is not exception. In my Indianapolis plastic surgery practice, I get frequent in-office questions and Read More…

  Scars of some sort are the inevitable result after all plastic surgery procedures. Some scars are considerable in length and others are much smaller and more obscure. Regardless, they are of concern to all patients given the elective nature of the surgery. Most patients want to know how to take of a surgical scar Read More…

  Certain types of scars are particularly problematic, not only because of the way they look, but due to their tendency to become raised, thickened, and painful. Keloids and hypertrophic scars represent an abnormal scar healing process. Many different treatments have been tried for these difficult scars including surgical scar revision, steroid injections, and radiation Read More…

Scars are a common concern for many people, particularly when they are on your face. Whether they have just happened or are years old, scars are unsightly reminders of a traumatic event. The desire to remove scars is evident by the many over-the-counter treatment products and the endless scar treatments touted on the internet. As Read More…

Surgical incisions and the scars they create are a concern for patients of all kinds. After surgery, most people ask how to take care of a scar so that it looks as unnoticeable as possible. While time and the mature healing of wound tissue is a major element in the ultimate appearance of a scar, Read More…