Improve the color, texture, and visibility of scars that continue to stand out long after your skin has healed. At New You Center, we closely examine what makes your scar unique and personalize treatment based on our extensive scar revision experience.
Smooth Uneven Texture and Visible Marks
A scar is your skin’s natural way of repairing itself after an injury, surgery, acne, or another form of damage. As your body heals, it produces collagen to close and strengthen the area, but that new tissue doesn’t always match the surrounding skin. Your scar may look raised, indented, thick, red, dark, or lighter than your natural skin tone. How it develops depends on factors such as the original injury, location, genetics, and how your body heals.
Signs & Symptoms of Scarring:
- Raised or thickened areas of healed skin
- Indented or depressed marks, including acne scars
- Red, pink, brown, or darker discoloration
- Scars that appear lighter than your surrounding skin
- Rough, uneven, or irregular skin texture
- Tightness or firmness within the scar tissue
- Persistent marks following acne, injury, surgery, or other skin damage
Treatment for Scarring
No two scars behave exactly alike, so treatment begins with a close look at yours. During your consultation, we’ll assess its color, texture, depth, location, and how it healed, while discussing its history and what you hope to improve. Depending on these findings, treatment may involve BBL®, fractional laser treatments, full-field erbium resurfacing, or a combination. We’ll explain why each option may help, what to expect, and how it fits into your scar revision plan.
FAQs
Why Do Some Scars Become More Noticeable Than Others?
How your skin heals depends on the injury, its depth and location, your genetics, inflammation, and collagen production. Your scar may become raised, indented, discolored, or texturally different from the surrounding skin.
Can Old Scars Still Be Treated?
Yes. A scar doesn’t necessarily need to be new to benefit from treatment. The options available to you depend more on the scar’s characteristics, your skin, and what you hope to improve.
Which Treatment Is Right for My Scar?
At New You Center, we’ll examine your scar and explain whether BBL, fractional laser, full-field erbium resurfacing, or another approach may best address its specific characteristics.
Advanced Aesthetics, Centered on You.
Schedule Your Consultation for Scarring Treatment in Columbus, OH
If a scar still bothers you, there may be more than one way to improve it. With more than 25 years in medical aesthetics, Dr. Mary Beth Mudd can evaluate what makes your scar unique and walk you through options that may help, from BBL to various laser treatments.
New You Center is located in the Polaris area of Columbus, just minutes from I-71. Schedule your scar treatment consultation today and let’s find the right approach for your skin.
