Scars can always be improved! We offer the most advanced and up-to-date treatment options to improve the texture and color of your scar.
Conservative Treatments
- Sun Protection – Sun is known to make scarring worse, so make sure to protect from the sun!
- Scar Massages – Scar massages improve the final appearance of the scar. Wait to start these until instructed by your surgeon.
- Scar Creams - Keeping the scar hydrated with various types of scar creams or plain Vaseline has been shown to improve the final appearance of the scar.
- Time - Scars take about a year to mature and reach their final form, so giving the scar time to heal will also improve the appearance.
Procedural Treatments
- Botox – Botox can be injected immediately after surgery to decrease movement around a scar. This has been shown in recent studies to improve the final appearance of a scar. Not all scar locations can be injected.
- Dermabrasion – Dermabrasion involves “sanding” the surface of the scar to smoothen the appearance.
- Intralesional Kenalog Injection – Intralesional kenalog injection can treat a thickened scar, causing it to flatten out.
- Lasers – Laser therapy can be used to treat redness and texture.
- Microneedling – Microneedling is used to treat depressed or indented scars.
- Subcision – Subcision can also be used to treat depressed or indented scars.
- Surgical Revision – Surgical intervention may be used to deflate a puffy scar, to recreate natural creases, or to remove an unsightly portion of the scar.
Photo Gallery
* The following images contain graphic surgical content. Viewer discretion advised. Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Mohs Micrographic Surgery, Skin Cancer Surgery, and Reconstructive Surgery
Face
Case 1
Mohs Micrographic Surgery on the forehead + reconstructive surgery with a flap + 1 week post-op photo. The scar will become less red and puffy with time.
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Case 2
Mohs Micrographic Surgery on the cheek + reconstructive surgery with a straight line closure + 3 month post-op photo. The scar will become even more subtle time.
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Case 3
Mohs micrographic surgery on the cheek + reconstructive surgery with a linear closure + 1 week post-op + 12 month post-op photos
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Case 4
Mohs micrographic surgery on the forehead + reconstructive surgery with a flap + 12 month post-op photos
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Case 5
Mohs micrographic surgery on the forehead + reconstructive surgery with a linear closure + 1 week post-op + 6 month post-op photos
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Case 6
Mohs micrographic surgery on the forehead + reconstructive surgery with a flap + 6 month post-op photos
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Case 7
Mohs micrographic surgery on the cheek + reconstructive surgery with a flap
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Case 8
Mohs micrographic surgery on the nasal crease + reconstructive surgery with a linear closure + 12 month post-op photo
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Scalp
Case 1
Skin cancer excision + reconstructive surgery with a flap + 2 week post-op photo. The scar will become less red and puffy with time.
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Neck
Case 1
Mohs Micrographic Surgery on the ear and neck + reconstructive surgery with straight line closures + 10 month post-op photos.
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Nose
Case 1
Mohs Micrographic Surgery on the Nose + reconstructive surgery with a flap + 1 week post-op + 4 month post-op photos
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Case 2
Mohs Micrographic Surgery on the nose + reconstructive surgery with a straight line closure + 1 week post-op photo + 2 month post-op photo.
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Case 3
Mohs micrographic surgery on the nose + reconstructive surgery with a full thickness skin graft + 1 week post-op + 12 month post-op photos
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Ears
Case 1
Mohs Micrographic Surgery on the ear + reconstructive surgery with a flap + 2 week post-op photos. The scar will become less red and puffy with time.
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Case 2
Mohs Micrographic Surgery on the ear and neck + reconstructive surgery with straight line closures + 10 month post-op photos.
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Case 3
Mohs micrographic surgery on the ear + reconstructive surgery with a linear closure + 1 week post-op + 9 month post-op photos
* Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.
Scar Revision
Scar Revision - Nose
Case 1
Depressed scar greatly improved after treatment with just one session of microneedling.
*Patient consent obtained for use of de-identified images for educational purposes.