The Do’s and Don’ts of Combined Scarring Treatments

Yesterday, we introduced the precautions for treating scars with injectable drugs. In addition to injectable drug treatment for scars, we often use surgical excision with subsequent radiotherapy and laser combination therapy to remove scars. This option, with its high success rate and low recurrence rate, is also the most commonly used method to treat scars. Today, we will introduce the precautions to be taken when using combined treatment for scars. First, changing medicine and removing stitches The day after the keloid is removed, you must go to the radiotherapy department to do the first electronic ray irradiation, and the second electronic ray irradiation is scheduled for about a week afterward. For non-specialized parts, the time to remove the suture is usually on the 8th-10th day after surgery. If you want to do the electronic ray irradiation on the day of suture removal, you can remove the suture first, and then go to the radiotherapy department for irradiation. After removing the stitches, if the scab is not very heavy, you can wash your face and take a bath the next day to resume normal life (the operation area can also be wet). Second, combined treatment Usually, surgical excision, drug injection, radiotherapy or cryosurgery are generally used in the treatment of scars. According to clinical experience, single therapy for scars has limited therapeutic effects and is prone to recurrence. Therefore, in clinical practice, a combination of multiple treatments is generally used to treat scars. Not only is the treatment effect ideal, greatly improving the cure rate, but also effectively control the recurrence rate. Third, in order to consolidate the effect of treatment, after treatment, try to eat less stimulating food, such as spicy, seafood, hair products, etc., tobacco and alcohol should also try to avoid. If it is a chest keloid, pay attention not to do head tilt and chest up and other fitness exercises (including swimming, weight lifting, yoga, etc.), so as not to pull the chest incision, increasing the probability of recurrence of keloid.