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This fellow has had a few hair procedures elsewhere in our area. He presented seeking improvement in his right lateral scarline which was fairly wide. I expect to get a 50% improvement with today’s procedure and he may want to return at a year and have a few grafts FUE’d into the scar. Given his curly hair, and skin color, even a few of his hairs give pretty decent coverage.
We excised his old scar, and although he’d been doing scalp exercises, he was quite tight. Shown in the intraop pics is my assistant’s finger for size reference. Note how wide the wound retracts. Then note the improvement with a very deep layer closure. Next a subcutaneous closure takes the tension off of the skin edges, and the skin sutures simply align the skin level. Sutures are out at day 7 and he’s to followup in 30 days and use vitamin E twice a day, and to refrain from any activity which stretches my scar. While there is never a guarantee with these cases, I’m hopeful that after a year, we’ll show significant progress. We got about 40 grafts out of his scar and these were placed up front at no charge.
Dr. Lindsey McLean VA
We excised his old scar, and although he’d been doing scalp exercises, he was quite tight. Shown in the intraop pics is my assistant’s finger for size reference. Note how wide the wound retracts. Then note the improvement with a very deep layer closure. Next a subcutaneous closure takes the tension off of the skin edges, and the skin sutures simply align the skin level. Sutures are out at day 7 and he’s to followup in 30 days and use vitamin E twice a day, and to refrain from any activity which stretches my scar. While there is never a guarantee with these cases, I’m hopeful that after a year, we’ll show significant progress. We got about 40 grafts out of his scar and these were placed up front at no charge.
Dr. Lindsey McLean VA
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