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Surgical Scars and Summer
During pre-surgical consultations, patients often express concerns about how to deal with new surgical scars. This is especially top of mind in the summer when they want to go out…
Hate Your Scar? Revision is possible
Scars? Yuck! Some are just unattractive; others may actually interfere with your ability to move comfortably. Whichever is the case, you don’t have to put up with a scar…
Let the sunshine in, but NOT the UV Rays
Many of us enjoy letting the sunshine warm us. But, UV rays are bad for you in many ways. According to the American Cancer Society, in addition to cancer, exposure to Ultraviolet…
Protecting Scars from the Summer Sun
In pre-surgical consultations, I am often asked “will I have a bad scar.†As a plastic surgeon, I work hard at making incisions as small as possible and placing them in the…