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I previously had a deep chicken pox scar that I had excised by a plastic surgeon (about a year ago). The revision was between my eyebrows, a place with lots of tension so it widened a bit. Over the course of the last year I™ve had:
2 profractional lasers
2 RF microneedling
1 70% TCA Cross
I definitely see progress being made, it™s a lot less deep and has a smoother transition to my healthy skin. But I™m still very upset. Does it look as bad as I think? I have fractional CO2 laser booked for this week and was wondering if you think That™ll be beneficial? Please let me know!
The scar by your eyebrows you mean?
It's really not bad at all. Sure it's noticeable but definitely shallow and not that visible to a bad degree, very flat. I don't know if I would choose needling or TCA because I don't like those but maybe the laser worked a bit.
I tend to think fractional will just result in some minor progress too but it's a very thin area in general, hardly any fat. I'm not sure there's an easy way to keep injuring that area any more aggressively than what you're currently doing.
30 minutes ago, Scarredscars said:@harmlessboy1441I appreciate your opinion on it! I may just take the risk and try CO2 on a lower setting. If that doesnt work Ill stick to something simple like peels or microneedling.
Yeah I mean I wish there were more viable solutions out there to be honest, but in many cases scars really have diminishing returns and risks go up. The thin areas are more risky and harder to work with as they have less margin of error. There was an response on a thread on someone who got something near their eye which turned out really well but I honestly forget where that was. It was in the last month or so.
1 hour ago, harmlessboy1441 said:Yeah I mean I wish there were more viable solutions out there to be honest, but in many cases scars really have diminishing returns and risks go up. The thin areas are more risky and harder to work with as they have less margin of error. There was an response on a thread on someone who got something near their eye which turned out really well but I honestly forget where that was. It was in the last month or so.
I guess Im going on a hunt for that thread. I see what you mean about scars having a point where progress kind of plateaus and the scar doesnt look as wanted, none of us want to get to that point so I hope I havent reached there.
17 minutes ago, Scarredscars said:I guess Im going on a hunt for that thread. I see what you mean about scars having a point where progress kind of plateaus and the scar doesnt look as wanted, none of us want to get to that point so I hope I havent reached there.
Here's the thread. Basically scroll down to "dorkab" on page 1 it shows before/after and her thoughts/similar stuff. I bring this thread up because it's in a sensitive area and she had some stuff and laser too. It might yield some clues on how to handle imperfect scars in sensitive areas, including what laser she used or any sutures etc. Because the results were fantastic. It's really helpful that they shared their experiences.