A member asked:

My legs burned 3rd degree from the foot to the ass before 22 years. now i'm 28 years old and the scar is still on my legs do you have a solution?

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Burn scars: Burn scars may benefit from excision and repair .You really need to see a plastic surgeon to assess if you are a candidate for excisionand repair or the insertion of a tissue expander and later excision of the scar.

Answered 9/17/2013

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See below: It would be best to consult a dermatologist or plastic surgeon.

Answered 3/26/2013

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Dr. William Harris answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Acceptance: That was a bad burn. Fortunately, you lived through that horrendous experience; unfortunately, our current technology does not do very well with making old burn scars pretty again. If it did, it would be a major and expensive operation to replace your current skin with new skin. There have been experiments done with spraying on stem cells onto burn areas, but availability is a long way way...

Answered 9/28/2016

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