Scar Removal
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Description
What is a scar?
After any injury to the skin comes healing. Healing is a complex process that results in the formation of new tissue that closes the wound - the scar. The scar tissue is a less valuable than the original skin and its strength is only 80% compared to the original skin.
No surgeon can operate without scars. The advantage of plastic surgery is the suitable placement of scars, so they are almost invisible.
However, even such scars sometimes need treatment and correction.
Facts
- No anesthesia or local anesthesia
- Outpatient procedure
- Procedure takes up to 30 minutes
- Recovery within 7 days
Under normal circumstances, the edges of the scar are joined together, so we only see the scar as a fine straight line.
Problem scars have insufficient or conversely excessive growth.
- Hypotrophic scars (atrophic scars) are sunken scars with insufficient collagen production.
- Hypertrophic scars are scars with excessive collagen growth and appear as hard and rigid thickenings.
- Keloid scars (keloids) are scars with a pathological form of Type III collagen. This healing is caused by a hereditary type of healing (hereditary disposition) and can be very difficult to treat.
- Contracture Scars causing contractures above joints.
The laser is preferably used for the correction of atrophic scars (laser resurfacing – CO2 fractional laser), while scars with deeper penetration need to be treated in several sessions 6 weeks apart.
Hypertrophic scars are successfully treated with a laser, which can reduce excessive tissue and thus smooth the scar.
It is not possible to treat keloid scars with a laser, as they heal again only by the further formation of keloids.
Laser treatment is available for any location (face, body, breasts, caesarean section scars, limbs). The procedure is painless and takes up to 30 minutes.
In some cases, the scar has to be re-cut (surgical excision) and sutured again.
- If the shape of the scar limits movement (contracture scars)- for example, on the fingers and near the joints, the scar is corrected using local flaps (Z-plasty, W-plasty), or the scar must be replaced with a skin graft.
- Microneedling - is a newer method in which the scar is treated using a special roller that has many fine needles. With this roller, the integrity of the hard scar is broken and healing is activated. The result is a softer scar. The procedure can be repeated in several sessions.
- Filling of atrophic scars - sunken scars can be filled by applying hyaluronic acid or by using your own fat (Lipografting).
- Dermabrasion - the scar is grounded using a fine grinder.
- Other methods: mesotherapy, plasma therapy (PRP), liquid nitrogen, chemical peeling, application of silicone gels or sheets, corticosteroid creams and corticoid-injections, as well as various other methods.
