Scar Revision Before & After Photos
Scar Revision Before & After Case 1
Dog bites and other traumas can lead to problems with muscle retraction, excess scar tissue, or mismatch of key landmarks that can cause problems with cracking, bleeding, or unnecessary negative attention.
Often, this can occur despite meticulous repair at the initial injury because of the trauma to the tissue from the original injury.
Skin and fat can atrophy and heal unpredictably. An anatomic and meticulous primary repair is best, but sometimes a revision is inevitable no matter what.
The timing is best done once the foundation and acute injury has stabilized, usually 6-12 months after the initial injury.
Here, release/resection of the scar tissue and re-repair was able to take care of her lower lip concerns, with bunching that can cause problems with chewing, speaking, and bleeding in dry weather.
Scar Revision Before and After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.
Scar Revision Before and After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.
Scar Revision Before and After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.
Scar Revision Before and After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.
Scar Revision Before & After Case 2
Sometimes we surgeons find golden nuggets in old papers and texts, as we read and continuously hone and fine-tune our techniques.
Here, a straight scar across the left cheek, and a second one over the upper lip, had predictably shortened and become depressed.
The upper lip scar had also disrupted muscles in the area, leading to a droop of the upper lip.
Using the geometric broken line revision, the cheek scar was made less noticeable. The changes in scar contracture vectors also helped to minimize visible secondary contracture as well, at least at this 7-week timepoint.
The upper lip was also made more symmetric with imbrication of the underlying muscle and scar tissue.
Scar Revision Before and After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.
Scar Revision Before and After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.
Scar Revision Before and After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.