Dontgiveupitsonlyscars

14 hours ago, shei514 said: Natural lighting for my right cheek. Should I book a trio or is it a waste of money and in this lighting is excision a good option for me. I will be booking a treatm...

9 minutes ago, BoatShoe123 said: Did you find tarzotene helped with your atrophic scarring? Also, do you apply it daily even though it’s more irritating? Yes and yes. It was irritating a...

2 hours ago, jen5508 said: I have a bottle left from my son and was wondering if it would improve my pitted scars? Jen Tretinoin is inferior to Tarzotene. I have used Tarz for 6 y...

Forgot to mention, I have surgical dermabrasion scheduled for August 3rd 2022 in the afternoon by a plastic surgeon. Doctor's office manager originally quoted me $3,400 but I got it down to $2,700....

Update: I got my excision March 28th of 2022, which is exactly one month and 21 days. I've seen slight changes in the excision here and there but still a long way to go. I have noticed the silicone sh...

6 hours ago, Candy Says said: anyone know something about excision on jowls? yes doctor Davin lim has performed punch excision on jowls for “tighting”. He has more that I’ve seen somewh...

dermabrasion may help you if you go to a proper plastic surgeon who is experienced with it. Not sure if your skin type is too dark but it’s worth a shot to have a consult. Dermabrasion is deeper than ...

Skin update; Photos taken April 27th in overhead lighting and the last one taken May 2nd in overhead elevator lighting.  Using the siligen scar gel frequently. Doc says to use the entir...

7 minutes ago, xander_33 said: Yeah I am ready to start progressing into laser treatments for my texture. You likely have more experience and knowledge in this area than I do. I am learning the...

1 hour ago, xander_33 said: I have another phenol cross procedure scheduled next month. During that visit I plan to discuss with Dr. Rullan what would be the best course of action for my scars....

Found this about dermabrasion, posting it here.

On 4/17/2022 at 3:01 AM, xander_33 said: I appreciate the advice. I remember your comments from last year and I also have been following your scar journey quite closely, since our scarring was ...

On 4/13/2022 at 2:41 AM, xander_33 said: Bumping this thread again. It's been some time since my last treatments. Was content with my scars for a bit after healing from my phenol cross with Dr....

11 hours ago, Candy Says said: no matter how low we are setting our expectations, deep down inside we all hope that miracle will occur and scars will be gone after the very next tre...

Additionally, I wanted to post this. Where I have my current excision, on the same cheek towards the top I have a large boxscar similar to this patient here. Notice how he explains the reasoning behin...

1 hour ago, Candy Says said: hope you will feel better tomorrow. And I know you will feel great when you will get subcision and fillers. Don't give up as there is no point in it. Your skin is n...

On 4/10/2022 at 8:03 AM, Scarsmakemewanttodie said: Can we see an update on the excision of possible Here’s the update. My morale is low today based on my scarring. Som...

14 hours ago, Scarsmakemewanttodie said: Can we see an update on the excision of possible Yes. I will post photos some time this week.

I’m thinking of doing TCA cross next instead of dermabrasion. I’m really scared of the pigment issues that dermabrasion may bring since I’m olive toned. There are two doctors that perform TCA cross in...

12 hours ago, laserorange said: dr jason pozner is good for fully ablative erbium. he calls it a micro laser peel have you gotten results from Pozner? I remember him quoting me $3,000 fo...

Is there a thread here that documents dermabrasion on acne scars? I’m thinking of doing dermabrasion and then filler a few months from now. Need to do more research. I have some ice puck scaring on...

22 hours ago, Candy Says said: why dont you do more subcisions with fillers? you did only 2 and one filler? I am not telling you what is best for you (and i didnt read the whole thread) just cu...

On 3/22/2022 at 9:53 PM, ScarfromtheLionKing said: Lots of bad news. 1. Verteporfin apparently doesn't work. This plastic surgeon says it's not helpful. I understand it hasn't been throu...

44 minutes ago, Scarsmakemewanttodie said: Is that not huge compared to the scar that was there From what I have learned, the excision is always bigger than the original scar because its...

It has been a full 24 hours since the scar surgery by Dr. Mascaro (facial plastic surgeon). Here’s what it looks like. I washed and put aquaphor after this pic. I canâ€...