Therapeutic Scar Injections-
the key to resolving old bothersome scars
Weird Scars: Apply Here
Do you have a bothersome scar? Often a surgical scar, or a scar that forms after a trauma is an imperfect form of our original skin and can create its own unpleasant after-effect.
A pulling or tugging sensation is quite common, as the scar tissue that forms shrinks and pulls on the surrounding tissue, often worsening over time (particularly following burns). This pulling has a compressive effect, which can cause a 2nd set of after-effects (like Russian nesting dolls of unpleasantness), such as numbness, tingling, altered sensation or pain. Even scars that are just 'ugly' or hypertrophic (excess scar tissue build-up) can be a serious problem to our daily life.
What can be done? Scars are forever right? Well, not exactly. After that surgical incision or traumatic wound heals, the skin tissue tried its best to patch you up. A little collagen here, a little fascia there. Ok, that looks about right.
Except scar tissue isn't all that great at replicating non-injured skin. It's much thinner and weaker and like I mentioned above, will often pull, tug or otherwise interrupt the normal tissue flow. Looking under a microscope we can see that while the original skin has a nice, orderly pattern to it, scar tissue has a very haphazard and unorganized look to it.
There are measures that can be taken post-surgery, to aid in tissue repair, but after a few weeks, the scar seems set in stone. Except it's not so much.
With therapeutic scar injections (technically called neuroplasty via hydrodissection) we get a second chance. With a simple, quick injection in and around the scar, we ask that connective tissue to restart the healing process. We ask very persuasively- with a needle and a mildly numbing solution. Scar tissue tends to comply, since it knows what's good for it.
What does this look like in the office? In one short appointment involving a few needle pricks, the skin tissue in and around the scar will absorb some of the injected solution, causing temporary numbness. Depending on the size and extent of the problematic scar tissue, one to three sessions are needed for maximal scar tissue re-training.
The result is a less visible scar that is more smooth and even with the surrounding skin. Often the scar tissue bumps melt back into the skin tissue and as the tension on the skin and nerves heals, the nervy symptoms resolve as a result.
So if you have a hard, bumpy, unpleasantly taut or nerve pain-causing scar, call to get in with Dr. Cortal and see if therapeutic scar injections are right for you.
A pulling or tugging sensation is quite common, as the scar tissue that forms shrinks and pulls on the surrounding tissue, often worsening over time (particularly following burns). This pulling has a compressive effect, which can cause a 2nd set of after-effects (like Russian nesting dolls of unpleasantness), such as numbness, tingling, altered sensation or pain. Even scars that are just 'ugly' or hypertrophic (excess scar tissue build-up) can be a serious problem to our daily life.
What can be done? Scars are forever right? Well, not exactly. After that surgical incision or traumatic wound heals, the skin tissue tried its best to patch you up. A little collagen here, a little fascia there. Ok, that looks about right.
Except scar tissue isn't all that great at replicating non-injured skin. It's much thinner and weaker and like I mentioned above, will often pull, tug or otherwise interrupt the normal tissue flow. Looking under a microscope we can see that while the original skin has a nice, orderly pattern to it, scar tissue has a very haphazard and unorganized look to it.
There are measures that can be taken post-surgery, to aid in tissue repair, but after a few weeks, the scar seems set in stone. Except it's not so much.
With therapeutic scar injections (technically called neuroplasty via hydrodissection) we get a second chance. With a simple, quick injection in and around the scar, we ask that connective tissue to restart the healing process. We ask very persuasively- with a needle and a mildly numbing solution. Scar tissue tends to comply, since it knows what's good for it.
What does this look like in the office? In one short appointment involving a few needle pricks, the skin tissue in and around the scar will absorb some of the injected solution, causing temporary numbness. Depending on the size and extent of the problematic scar tissue, one to three sessions are needed for maximal scar tissue re-training.
The result is a less visible scar that is more smooth and even with the surrounding skin. Often the scar tissue bumps melt back into the skin tissue and as the tension on the skin and nerves heals, the nervy symptoms resolve as a result.
So if you have a hard, bumpy, unpleasantly taut or nerve pain-causing scar, call to get in with Dr. Cortal and see if therapeutic scar injections are right for you.