Scar Revision
Our WakeMed Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery team is available to help patients who have unsightly scarring as a result of disease, injury or a medical procedure. Our team has access to the most innovative technologies and advanced procedures to reduce the appearance and location of scars.
We use scar revision to treat patients with a variety of skin conditions and collaborate with our multidisciplinary team to ensure the best patient outcomes.
Conditions
- Burn scars
- Contractures
- Hypertrophic scars
- Injury, infection, inflammation, surgery affecting skin tissue
Additional conditions may result in scarring due to treatment, removal, or lack of medical care for conditions to include the following:
- Congenital hairy nevi
- Keloid scars
- Mole
- Hedronitis
- Scleroderma
Treatments
- Burn scars
- Laser scar removal
- Keloid removal
- Hidradenitis removal
- Scar revision — including complex flap closures and W-Plasty or Z-Plasty techniques
- Skin flaps
- Skin grafts
- Tissue expansion/removal