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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Forehead Scar Revision

Background: Improvement of scars is a common request for which a variety of techniques exist to do so. Surgical treatment is indicated when the scars are hypertrophic (raised and wide) or have a depressed contour to them. Laser and various injection therapies have a role when scars are generally flat and improvement is needed in Read More…

Treatment of Self-Harm Forearm Scars with a Rotated Ultrathin Autograft

Self-harm scars are a well known form of deliberate injury, usually to the forearms and in young people. These scars are often not an attempt at suicide but an expression of emotional/psychological distress. Their appearance is classic in that they are multiple and in a perpendicular direction to the longitudinal axis of the forearm. There Read More…

Product Review – Silagen Scar Refinement System

Scars are the result of all elective aesthetic incisions or any method that wounds the skin’s surface. How well any scar will heal depends on a wide variety of factors from its anatomic location, skin thickness, natural degree of pigmentation, and the method that was used to both make the skin injury as well as Read More…

Does Botox Improve Facial Scars?

Botox is the miracle aesthetic drug of the past half century. Since its introduction as an FDA-approved injection for aesthetic indications for the treatment of undesired facial expressions and wrinkles, it has been applied to numerous other applications from migraines to anal fissures with positive responses. It seemingly is being tried for just about any Read More…

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