What Is Scar Revision, Dermabrasion and Chemical Peel?
Scar revision is a procedure to lessen the obvious presentation of a scar. Although the elimination of facial scars is impossible, camouflaging them and lessening the degree of the deformity is often easily achievable. Scar revision surgery consists of thinning the scar, breaking up the visual pattern and reorienting the scar into normal skin creases. Dermabrasion is a procedure used to level uneven areas of face. Indications include scarring from acne, traumatic scars, sun and liver spots. The procedure consists essentially of leveling the affected areas with a small diamond wheel. Chemical peel is a facial rejuvenation procedure (younger appearance) often done for the skin aging affects of the sun. Wrinkles and sun spots (actinic keratosis), as well as acne scarring can be removed with chemical peeling. The procedure consists of the application of certain solutions to the involved areas of the face which function by removing the superficial layers of the skin. The solutions are appli
