Scar revision question.

[Turbo]

Regarding scar revision the question I have is: when the incision is made are the cuts made at a different angle to those made with a normal strip surgery incision.

I mean would I be right in guessing that there would be an inverted v incision rather than a flat bottomed u incison as there wouldnt be the need to capture hair grafts?. I ask this question as it seems logical to do this but I can't find info on it..

 

From a guy that wants to look at his options before flying to the USA in the next few months:

 

If anyone needs a better explanation, please don't hesitate to ask.

[Dr. William Lindsey]

Yes, we typically excise the scar in an inverted V and then using long lasting sutures, close the deep tissue. The skin edges are approximated in an everted, tension-free fashion with sutures that come out around day 6-8. The local hair then grows out through the scar in what has been termed Trichophytic closure. That closure technique originated with forehead lifts (search a different thread started by me at least a year ago on this network if interested) and is now used by many hair surgeons to get better donor scar results.

 

Dr. Lindsey McLean VA