Types of scars

The size of your injury / wound and what casued it will determine what type of scar is formed.  Here we list the most common ones:

  • Flat Scars: The classic pink/reddish, slightly raised lesion. These scars usually flatten and lighten over time.
  • Hypoertrophic scars: These are raised from the skin initially, but over months or years will usually flatten.
  • Atrophic scars: These scars sit lower than skin level and usually occur on the face (especially after severe acne).
  • Keloid Scars: These scars are raised and significantly larger than the initial wound that caused them. They usually appear well after the injury and do not resolve without intervention.
  • Contracture Scars: These form most often after severe burns. They cause the skin to thicken and tighten becoming resistant to stretching, which can impact the range of motion of the area.
  • Stretch Marks: Most often associated with pregnancy, stretch marks  can form with any rapid changes in size. Puberty, weight loss, and bodybuilding can cause these marks.

Keloid Scar Injections

An overgrowth of fibrous, thick and dense skin tissue on top of your original wounded area may form resulting in raised scar referred to as Keloid Scar.

Scars are usually permanent unless treated.  They can appear on any part of your body where skin had severe trauma. Patients with darker fitzpatrick skin type may me affected more as they tend to not heal as well after injury or trauma to the skin tissue.

Our Cosmetic Doctor may suggest a course  of cortisone injections to reduce the swelling and help flatten the raised scar tissue. This further prevents  the scar from spreading.

Priced upon consultation

Quanta Co2 You Laser

Our CO2 You Laser with Double wavelength technology is the first and innovative CO2 10600 – GaAs 1540 nm dual laser on the market using Quanta System’s exclusive Quanta Mixed Technology® to establish treatment synergies between the lasers.

Our CO2 laser as the ability to break down the scar tissue. The laser  emits a beam of energy that vaporizes the skin cells. This vaporization then causes the skin to release the collagen fibers that are trapped in the scar.

Scars  can be treated efficiently for advanced results with minimal or no down-time for the patients.

Call us on 5539 9534 to find out mor on our scar treatments.