Scar Revision is a surgical or non-surgical procedure employed to improve or reduce the appearance of scars caused by an injury, wound, poor healing, or previous surgery. Dr. Moulthrop and Dr. Jacob can assess facial scars and develop a treatment plan to improve appearance. Most often it is best to allow a scar to mature fully before consideration of a revision surgery and this can take up eight to twelve months. After approximately six weeks scars should be tending to remodel resulting in less fullness, tightness, and redness. Throughout the healing process application of topical scar creams, massage, and sun protection are important. We can also assess if the scar is tending to increase in size or width (hypetrophic scars) or even grow beyond the bounds of the original injury (keloid). In these instances, patients may benefit from injections of steroids or applications of silicone sheets to scars that appear to be “over healing”. Other non-surgical methods that we employ involve laser treatments that especially aid in improving scar color to allow them to better blend with the facial skin. When considering revision surgery it is important to remember that you are always trading an old scar for a new scar. The techniques we employ plan for the new scars to be less apparent by decreasing size, orientating in natural creases, and decreasing skin color changes.