treatyourscars The treatments mentioned above are for immature scars that are in the process of healing and remodeling. Plastic surgeons perform scar repair when the scar does not heal as the patient wants or when the scar causes pain. Excessive, deep scar tissue can significantly reduce function and mobility for several months after surgery.
While knee, wrist, or ankle surgery is designed to improve movement and function, excessive scar tissue around the joints can backfire. When a surgical wound occurs, scar tissue quickly forms in the body. When the short-term effects of surgery, such as bleeding wounds and pain in the incision, are long gone, an invisible complication, surgical scar tissue, may lurk under the skin. Scar tissue can form from skin breaks or wounds resulting from accidental trauma, inflammation, burns, and surgical incisions.
Hypertrophic scarring can occur anywhere on the skin where you have had a wound or skin wound. Hypertrophic scarring can also occur after many other injuries, such as accidental trauma or piercings, in addition to surgery. Timely and effective treatment of the skin condition can help prevent hypertrophic scarring.
Tips: Hypertrophic scars often resolve on their own over time, but some treatments can help this process.
Surgery attempts to heal the injury again by first addressing the problem that may have caused the hypertrophic scar, such as infection, inflammation, or tension. After the wound is closed, your doctor may recommend topical scar treatment. Your doctor may recommend one or more of these treatments to flatten and reduce your scar. Injecting steroids into the scar every six weeks can help smoothen and soften the scar.
Scar loosening may be more comfortable when the skin is warm (for example, after a shower). Wait until the skin has healed before massaging the scar. You can start over once your skin has healed from radiation therapy.
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If you have already had a cesarean section, you can give the first injection as soon as the scar has healed. A doctor may give an injection at the incision site during a cesarean section to (hopefully) prevent hypertrophic or keloid scarring. It is possible to wet the incision (and stitches), but soaking the cesarean section scar in a bath or pool should be avoided for the first two weeks. While the C-section scar is fresh, usually within the first few weeks. you will be asked not to lift anything heavier than your child so as not to interfere with the healing process.
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After about six weeks, the C-section scar will heal, which means you may be able to resume all normal activities without affecting the C-section scar. Silicone pads can be started three to four weeks after a C-section (consult your doctor); you may see results within a month (although you may need to use them longer for more severe scars). I like to evaluate your scars between 6 and 8 weeks to let you know if they are healing properly or if I would recommend silicone sheets. To help scars at this stage heal, I recommend aggressive scar care.
The job of a scar is to close a wound on the skin as quickly as possible, even if the wound was created as a result of planned surgery. Large incisions are more prone to scarring than small incisions. The deeper and longer the incision is, the longer the healing process and the greater the chance of scarring. In addition, larger incisions may be subjected to greater exercise pressure, which may result in slower healing.
If you’re overweight, you may be at greater risk for scarring because the fat under the skin actually prevents the surgeon from closing the incision as close as possible. Not only does smoking increase the risk of scarring, it also slows the healing process. Long-term inflammation due to wound colonization and infection can also lead to hypertrophy and keloid scarring as well as delayed wound healing and potential dehiscence of postoperative sutures.
Studies have shown that scarring can last up to 1 year after surgery. It’s important to remember that scars can take up to a year to mature. As the body injury heals, the scar becomes flatter and clearer. Your skin heals when the edges of the scar are pink, tightly closed, and free of gaps and drainage.
Sunlight can make scars more visible, making them darker or brighter than the surrounding skin, so try to avoid direct sunlight for the first year and then apply sunscreen. While it’s impossible to completely remove a scar, there are several options to improve its appearance. Gels, silicone scar patches, and related products may be sufficient to even out skin tone and improve the texture of superficial surgical scars.
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Like steroid compounds, injections can change the appearance, texture, and size of raised scar tissue. While we cannot change the amount of scar tissue the body produces, we can change the flexibility of the scar. Substances such as Juvederm or fat can be injected to remove sunken scars immediately. There are many other types of skin scars, each with its own appearance, causes, and treatments.
Side effects may include darkening of the skin in and around the treatment area. Pressure directly on the scar can also become uncomfortable and painful. Sometimes your body produces extra collagen, resulting in a raised scar. Cryotherapy can be combined with other injection treatment options to further reduce the scar.
If the incision is open to the air and you see a scab, I recommend a topical antibiotic cream such as polyisoprene or bacitracin for the first 10-14 days after surgery.
