Scar Revision (San Antonio, Canadian, Anton: dermatologist, area, pictures)

[BestintheWest]

Has anyone been to a plastic surgeon for scar revision in San Antonio?

Had out patient removal for a cyst, the dermatologist must have been a trainee. Actually a Canadian here with a work visa, my mistake I guess.

Looking for a plastic surgeon to do a scar revision to fix the scar.

Thanks

[BestintheWest]

thanks for all the views, I guess no one has any experience with the subject.

[Hedgehog_Mom]

Well, I was one of those views without a response. I almost wrote one, saying that if your surgery was really recent, you should give your body a chance to heal up the scar and see how it looks...but it doesn't sound like you want to wait, and I guess some of that would depend on where the scar is.

Personally, I have a large scar on my lower leg. It looked like a pot roast when the bandages came off...shiny and purple and pink, with holes from the stitches everywhere. Six months later, it looked a lot better, but was still dark pink and the holes were visible all along both sides. Three years post-surgery, it's a faint flesh-colored ridge.

If you can't find any personal recommendations for a plastic surgeon, maybe calling area plastic surgeons and asking if they specialize in scar revision would be a start. Then ask to see before and after pictures.

[doss1]

I can tell you that the sooner you get a dermatologist to look at the scar, the better idea he will have in telling you whether a revision is going to make much of a difference. I had stomach surgery when I was like 13 and I waited until I was 29 to ask for a revision opinion, lol. He said that he could've revised it nicely if I had asked a few months/year after the surgery. Now it won't make a difference.

ZGood luck!