Facial scar surgery

Plastic surgery is a trend in our modern times. Many people would improve their faces through plastic surgery in order to make them look more perfect. Not only that, facial plastic surgery can also help us remove facial scars. For many people with facial scars, it is simply a second spring. So what are the common ways of facial scar plastic surgery in life? Let’s take a look at it now.

1. Scar plastic surgery treatment methods

1. Cryotherapy

That is, a low-temperature cold source such as Freon is used to directly contact the lesion. The lesion tissue will necrotize and fall off after 7-10 days, and the epidermis will heal. Cryotherapy is mainly used clinically to treat freckles, age spots, etc. It only produces a few freckles and has disadvantages such as changing skin pigmentation, slow wound healing, and not being able to completely remove scars.

2. Surgical method

That is, scar tissue is transferred and repaired with a scalpel. This method is complicated to operate, painful for the patient, and easily causes scars. It is mainly used to treat concave-convex scars and atrophic scars.

3. Chemical peeling

That is, use the chemical agent carbolic acid and apply it to the surface of the scarred skin. After the skin on the scar falls off, fresh pink skin will appear, achieving the purpose of scar removal. However, this method can change skin pigmentation and is not suitable for most yellow people.

In cosmetic plastic surgery, deep skin grinding is often used to remove scars. This is a surgery that grinds the epidermis and superficial dermis. After grinding, the remaining skin appendages (hair follicles, sebaceous glands, sweat glands) will quickly form a new epidermis to achieve the purpose of scar removal.

2. Scar plastic surgery classification

1. Depressed scars

Depressed scars are caused by atrophy of subcutaneous fat, tissue loss, or suturing the wound only by suturing the epidermis without suturing the deeper skin tissues. Common depressed scars are often caused by acne, chickenpox, etc. In addition to dermabrasion, there are seven non-surgical treatments for depressed scars.

2. Expansive scars

Expansive scars are wider but not raised, they are flat. It is caused because the wound is located on the extension surface of the joint or the direction of the wound is perpendicular to the skin texture, resulting in high skin tension.

3. Hypertrophic scars

Although hypertrophic scars are raised above the skin surface, they are still within the range of the wound and do not expand outward. The occurrence of these scars is related to the body structure, wound direction, degree of injury, suturing technique, etc. Scar plastic surgery can treat hypertrophic scars with methods such as intra-scar injections, topical medications or silicone sheets, pressure therapy, and laser therapy.

4. Keloid edema

Keloid pedis is a further step towards hypertrophic scars, spreading beyond the wound area to the surrounding areas. It is more common in people with darker skin and has a genetic tendency. The specific cause of the disease is unknown.