The old scars are the most difficult to remove but all can be more discreet, flat and with good movement and here we tell you everything you can do to improve your appearance making it more discreet or almost imperceptible.
Scars longer than 60 days are usually completely healed, do not hurt, do not sting but can be darker than skin and embossed or glued to the muscle. Learn about some treatment options:
- The first step is to apply a little almond oil or moisturizer.
- Which are very thick.
- Which are harder to apply because the skin does not absorb as much.
Then you should press the scar and with your fingertips make circular movements, up and down and side by side along the entire scar. This massage will peel off the scar and the more it sticks to the skin, the longer it will take to invest in this massage.
In addition, during massage, you can also try to pull the skin which is 2 cm above the scar upwards and peel the skin also above the skin and still 2 cm below the scar.
See the steps and more tips in this video
There are small silicone “cups” that can be purchased in cosmetics stores or on the Internet that promote a small vacuum, sucking the skin, releasing any adhesion.
To use the vacuum to remove the scar, it is necessary to apply oil or moisturizer to the site, press the ‘cut’ and place it on top of the scar and then loosen it. The vacuum cleaner will lift the scar and to obtain the desired effect, it is recommended to suck the entire scar for 3 to 5 minutes.
There is also an aesthetic vacuotherapy device that uses this same method to promote better lymphatic drainage and eliminate cellulite, which can also be used to remove scars. This type of treatment can be found in aesthetic clinics.
Sometimes older scars are stained due to sun exposure without sunscreen and the skin eventually becomes darker. In this case, what you can do is apply a daily bleaching cream that can be purchased in pharmacies, drugstores or even on the Internet. However, it is important to make sure that you pass only the scar to level the tissue.
The dermatologist may indicate the use of a corticosteroid cream so that the scar is not as high and ugly, but it is also indicated when the scar is already very high. These high scars can be of two types, keloid or hypertrophic scar and although they are caused by different situations, treatment is similar and can be done with corticosteroids and for keloid, can be used as an injection directly into the scar and hypertrophic scar, just apply the cream daily.
The main difference in the hypertrophic scar is only high and does not exceed the size of the base of the scar, while the keloid scar is high and appears bulging and its edges are outside the base of the scar.
Cosmetic physiotherapy clinics have several treatment protocols to improve the appearance of the scar, make it smaller, with good mobility and finer. Some options include chemical peeling, microdermabrasion, laser use, radiofrequency, ultrasound, or carboxytherapy. The functional dermatologist physiotherapist must evaluate personally and indicate the best treatment for each case, achieving optimal results.
Subcision surgery is indicated when none of the cosmetic scar removal or removal procedures has the desired effect. Thus, it may be advisable to perform plastic surgery that aims to remove the scar or treat irregularities of texture or size, leaving the skin more even.
In this type of plastic surgery, the surgeon cuts the skin just above or below the scar, removes the adhesions below it and, using more modern techniques, creates a new scar much more discreet than the previous one. Learn about the types of surgery to remove the scar and how it’s done.