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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks, PPs. (And I'm sorry for what your kids went through.)  The doctor said that the scar will be permanent and there's nothing that can really be done about it afterward or down the road.  I will definitely add the "bad ass/survivor" view to our conversation![/quote]

He sounds like a real peach.  [b]Is getting a plastic surgeon involved an option?[/b]

And while it may always be there, I will echo the other PP - staying out of the sun and religiously using Maderma and Vitamin E for a long time does help.  [/quote]

He's a pediatric dermatologist who deals with vascular malformations, and he was sympathetic but direct, so I assumed he was telling it straight and not sugarcoating. :-([/quote]

It is my understanding, and I may be wrong, that having a plastic surgeon there to perform the incision and closing - not the actual surgery - can help with scaring.  [/quote]

Yes! I had an accident as a teenager that split my face, barely missing my eye. Luckily for me they had a plastic surgeon stitch me up. Once the area healed you could barely see it. Now that I’m over 40 I have faint laugh lines and you can see the scar where they intersect, but barely the rest of it. Good luck to your daughter!
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