What are the common risks of facial scar treatment?
How do I schedule a consultation? What options are there to improve facial scarring? The variety of surgical techniques available to correct facial scarring is extensive. Each patient must be evaluated on an individual basis, and the surgical plan always has to be tailored to the patient. To generalize, facial scar improvement often requires two procedures. The first surgery excises – cuts away – the scar and closes the skin using facial plastic techniques to leave a fine scar. Several weeks later, dermabrasion (skin sanding) is performed to help increase camouflage of facial scars. Acne scars can be treated in a variety of manners. Sometimes in-office removal of deep pockmarks is performed first. This is followed by skin resurfacing using CO2 lasers and/or dermabrasion. Only a complete consultation can determine which combinations or individual procedures are right for you. How long is the recovery period? Patients usually recover from facial scar surgery relatively quickly. If you’re
