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Hypertrophic/keloid
scars are thick red scars that
usually occur at the site of injury or surgery.
Development is dependant upon heredity as well
as the kind of trauma and especially the site.
They tend to be much more common on the neck
and the chest.
They are treated with a triple therapy consisting of
injections of the scar with a cortisone preparation,
treatment of the scar with the laser usually either
the pulsed dye laser or the V-Star laser followed
by topical silicone gel therapy. |
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With 8-9 treatments, one should see a very
significant improvement in these
scars.
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