When is scar surgery appropriate for a minor child?

With the summer vacation coming, there are many more parents bringing their children to the clinic to inquire about scars. Normal scars can be treated normally and conservatively. There are a lot of serious scars that may need to be treated with surgery. Parents are concerned about when is the best time to operate on their children’s scars. Some doctors say, “The sooner you do it, the better the recovery will be!” Some doctors say, “The sooner you do it, the better the recovery!”, while others say, “Wait until your child has stabilized”. My suggestions on this issue are as follows, and I hope they will be helpful to parents who need them. First of all, we have to see if the scars on the minor patient affect the function and development. In particular, scars or atrophic scars located in joint areas, such as hands and feet, should be treated as early as possible. Otherwise, as the scars continue to proliferate and become larger, they may cause irreparable damage. Secondly, whether it affects psychological development. If the scars are located in more obvious areas, such as the face, neck, etc., it is likely to affect the child’s psychological development, and it is recommended to do it as early as possible, otherwise it may cause character defects, such as low self-esteem and autism. If it does not affect the child’s functional development and psychological health, you can wait until the child is a little older to do the surgery, because during the operation and post-surgery care need to be the child’s cooperation, with a good post-surgery recovery effect will also be better. Reminder: In general, scars do not affect children’s function and development initially, but with the development of time scars will gradually increase in size, and even accelerate when stimulated, causing scars to break out and become infected, painful and itchy, so parents must be carefully observed, and should be operated on as soon as possible once they find out that something is not right. Scars, hyperplastic scars and other difficult scars, one depends on the correct treatment, the second depends on daily care, do not ignore, so as not to cause physical and mental harm to the child.