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How can i treat old hypertrophic scars?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Several options.: Dermatologist and plastic surgeons can both offer a number of approaches. An acupuncturist can do scar deactivation with or without electrical stimulation or scar injection (homeopathic solution - not steroids).

Answered 11/30/2015

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