Re: scar

[Guest guest]

I found that my scar hurt on and off for about 6 months. I used

Vitamin E oil on it and that really helped it heal up soft and nice,

and sunscreen on it as well. There are some scar products on the

market (myderma? something like that) and I think folks on this list

have had experience with them.

barb

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> Hello!

> I was wondering about my scar. it seems to be much bigger and

uglier than

> every other scar I've seen, and actually my doctor told me I seem

to have

> skin that doesn't scar very well. ( nice). Any one else out there

who can

> tell me what this will look like in a while? I had surgery in nov

2001 and

> my scar is this thick red line.... I'm not extremely very vain, but

you

> know,I've already received some weired looks.And then also it still

hurts

> quiet often, is that normal? My appendix or lung surgery scar

didn't hurt

> like this.

> Byebye

> Sofi

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[Guest guest]

Sofi,

My wife, Roxanne, had a pt in late October 2001 and a tt three weeks later

due to papillary cancer with a follicular variant that didn't show up on the

frozen section taken during her first surgery. She had the same problem with

scarring even though she used the vitamin E cream as told. Partly this may

have been from a very difficult first surgery because her thyroid was very

enlarged from hashimoto's which never showed up on previous tests.

Her doctor is a plastic surgeon as well as an ENT and kept after her to come

back saying he'd fix the scar. Since our insurance company changed and he is

now out of our insurance network, my wife was reluctant to spend the money.

Turns out he is going to do it at no charge because he didn't like the result

even though it seems to be a result of her very fair skin type.

She had her first dermabrasion treatment from him last Monday and has the

second of five this coming Monday 4/1/02. He uses an ammonium silicate

compound or something like that to gently " sandblast " the scar. She said it

is not uncomfortable and we can already notice some improvement.

Instead of letting your doctor shrug his shoulders and saying tough luck, let

him know that the scaring you have is not right. Most tt scars should be

barely noticeable after time. Fortunately for Roxanne, she had a very good

doctor who cared about the problem , even though it was cosmetic and not

something much more serious, and who is taking care of it at no cost. There

are non-surgical treatments for this and your surgeon should at least make a

referral to a dermatologist or plastic surgeon who can take care of a problem

that resulted from a surgical complication and is not just a cosmetic

problem.

[Guest guest]

I think these things take time. My scar was pink and purple and hurt some

for around a year. I was very embarrassed of it and tried to cover it with

a choker necklace.

Here is what worked for me: time, Vitamin E ointment and sunscreen

containing zinc oxide. Four years later I still use the sunscreen everyday

and my scar has faded to the point that I am probably the only person who

notices it. In fact, I had to point it out to another surgeon before an

unrelated procedure last fall!

Good luck.

At 09:50 AM 3/30/02 +0100, you wrote:

>Hello!

>I was wondering about my scar. it seems to be much bigger and uglier than

>every other scar I've seen, and actually my doctor told me I seem to have

>skin that doesn't scar very well. ( nice). Any one else out there who can

>tell me what this will look like in a while? I had surgery in nov 2001 and

>my scar is this thick red line.... I'm not extremely very vain, but you

>know,I've already received some weired looks.And then also it still hurts

>quiet often, is that normal? My appendix or lung surgery scar didn't hurt

>like this.

>Byebye

>Sofi

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