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Do hypertrophic scars flatten
A 44-year-old member asked:

Dr. Timothy Silveranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 25 years experience
It is possible: Discuss with your doctor, the massage technique is some times painful and prolonged. The dermatologist , may try injected the scar with steroids as a ... Read More
4.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A male asked:

Dr. Lori Semelanswered
Pediatrics 36 years experience
How?: Treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids includes occlusive dressings, compression therapy, steroid injections, cryosurgery, excision, radiation th... Read More
3.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 30-year-old female asked:

Dr. Cheryl Ebertinganswered
23 years experience
Hypertrophic scar: Actually, the ability to scar is in your dna. Sometimes where the scar is on the body predisposes a cut to scar thick. Rubbing the area may make it ... Read More
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago

Dr. Barry Pressanswered
Plastic Surgery 45 years experience
Yes, it can: I will often have my patients massage raised scars to help hasten their maturation. It may not help, but it certainly doesn't hurt.
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 25-year-old male asked:

Dr. Karen Butleranswered
Family Medicine 22 years experience
No good treatment: Really the best option would be to find yourself a very skilled and gentile doctor and scrape the area flat. Now hopefully your skin heals well and do... Read More
1.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 22-year-old female asked:

Dr. Joseph Barkanswered
Dermatology 50 years experience
"shot bumps?": This is a problem with the medicine sequestered in a very tight lesion. It is very hard to get a cortisone shot to expand the hypertrophic scar enough... Read More
4.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 26-year-old male asked:

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Most scars do tend: to flatten over time. If your specialist has recommended any further treatment, such as scar tissue massage, it's important that you do it. Scar tis... Read More
777 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 23-year-old male asked:

Dr. Anifat Balogunanswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 30 years experience
Hypertrophic scar: Please consult with a facial plastic surgeon to determine if the scar is hypertorphic versus a keloid. They are treated a bit differently. In addition... Read More
4.6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:

Dr. Marguerite Barnettanswered
Plastic Surgery 43 years experience
It depends: In general, the worse the injury, the worse the scar and the longer it takes to fade. That is why wounds must be treated gently and encouraged to hea... Read More
4.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 22-year-old female asked:

Dr. David Hardinanswered
Wound care 37 years experience
No: Warts grow in the epidermis, a suspected wart in a scar is usually either a hypertrophic scar or a keloid if concerned or it is changing see a dermato... Read More
4.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 24-year-old male asked:

Dr. Joseph Barkanswered
Dermatology 50 years experience
Lasers and scars: It is possible to treat some minor scars with laser, and some of us in Dermatology have chosen otherr methods such as partial laser ablation. But the ... Read More
315 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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