Category Archives: Scaring

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Oct

Earlobe Deformities, Tears, Gauges and Scars

Published: October 3, 2014

This young man had medium size earlobe gauging for many years until it literally ripped through leaving him with a large earlobe tear. In addition, a keloid scar nodule formed. In an office procedure, Dr. Fechner performed comprehensive earlobe reconstruction under local anesthesia. Two and a half months later the earlobe has healed well and normal … Continue reading Earlobe Deformities, Tears, Gauges and Scars

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Apr

Acne Scaring Is Still Difficult to Treat

Published: April 6, 2009

Resurfacing options like facial peels, dermabrasion or laser resurfacing may all improve the scars a little. Personally, I focus first on options that address the deeper aspect of acne scaring as it is the deep scar that is responsible for the common scar depressions. We like deep fractional CO2 lasers (i.e., Encore DeepFX) or percutaneous collagen … Continue reading Acne Scaring Is Still Difficult to Treat

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