Scar Revision Surgery

Scar revision surgery improves a scar that is wide, raised, sunken, tight or badly placed. The old scar is cut out or rearranged and the wound is closed again under better conditions.

It can make a scar thinner, flatter, less tight and better hidden in natural skin lines. It cannot erase a scar: you exchange one scar for a better one. Keloids in particular tend to return unless surgery is combined with other treatment.

What Scar Revision Surgery involves

The scar is assessed for type, direction relative to skin tension lines, and tightness. In simple fusiform excision the scar is removed as an ellipse and the edges are closed in layers, with deep stitches taking the tension so that the surface heals as a fine line. A Z-plasty or W-plasty breaks a straight scar into small angled segments; this lengthens a tight scar and turns it towards natural creases. Very wide scars are removed in stages months apart, or after tissue expansion. Sunken scars may be released underneath and filled with fat. Afterwards, silicone sheets, taping, steroid injections or laser help the new scar mature well.

Who is a good candidate for Scar Revision Surgery?

Surgery is for mature scars, generally at least 12 months old.

• Your scar is wide, stepped or runs across natural skin lines
• A tight scar restricts movement of a joint, eyelid or lip
• The scar is sunken or tethered to deeper tissue
• Non-surgical measures such as silicone, steroid injection and laser have not helped enough

It is usually not the right choice if:

• The scar is under 6 to 12 months old and still red; many improve on their own
• You have a keloid and cannot attend for steroid injections or radiotherapy afterwards
• You smoke or have poorly controlled diabetes
• You expect the scar to disappear

الخيارات التقنية

• Fusiform excision and layered closure: Wide or uneven scars with enough loose skin.
• Z-plasty: Tight, contracted scars across joints or the neck.
• W-plasty or geometric broken line: Long straight facial scars, to make them less noticeable.
• Serial excision: Very wide scars, removed in 2 or 3 stages.
• Fat grafting and subcision: Depressed, stuck-down scars.
• Steroid injection, laser and silicone: Used alone for raised scars, or to protect the surgical result.

ماذا يحدث خلال علاجك

Most revisions take 30 to 90 minutes under local anaesthetic and you go home straight away. Large scars, children and scars needing flaps are done under general anaesthetic. You feel the injections and then only pulling.

الإعداد لرحلتك

Plan for 5 to 10 days in Istanbul. Your surgeon reviews photographs and your medical history before you book, and you meet in person the day before surgery for examination, marking and consent with a professional interpreter.

• Stop smoking and nicotine at least four weeks before and after surgery; it is the single biggest avoidable cause of wound problems
• Tell the team about every medicine and supplement you take; blood thinners, some herbal products and hormone treatment may need to be paused on your doctor's advice
• Arrange for someone to travel with you or to be reachable, and keep the first days at home free of work and lifting
• Book a changeable return flight; your surgeon confirms when you are fit to fly

التعافي والنتائج

Facial stitches come out at 5 to 7 days and body stitches at 10 to 14 days. Tape the scar for 6 to 8 weeks and then use silicone gel or sheets for 3 to 6 months. Avoid stretching the area for 6 weeks. The new scar looks red and firm at first, peaks at about 2 months and then softens. Judge it at 12 months, and protect it from sun throughout.

• Back to everyday activity: A few days to 2 weeks
• When results show: Improvement judged at 6 to 12 months
• How long they last: Permanent

سياسة السلامة والمخاطر والتنقيح

The main risk is that your skin heals in the same way as it did before.

• The new scar stretching or thickening again
• Keloid recurrence, sometimes larger than the original
• Infection or wound separation
• Altered sensation around the scar
• Pigment change, particularly in darker skin
• A longer scar than before, as with Z-plasty

Every written proposal arranged through Clinic-Y states what the clinic covers if a correction is needed. Ask for it before you book, not after.

Cost of Scar Revision Surgery in Türkiye

Clinic-Y does not publish a single price for Scar Revision Surgery, because the honest figure depends on your case. What moves it:

• Length, site and complexity of the scar
• Local or general anaesthetic
• Need for staged surgery or tissue expansion
• Additional laser or injection sessions

Send your photographs or reports and you receive written, all-inclusive proposals from suitable teams, side by side. Reviewing your case is free.

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