That was bizarre, Jerry Springer stuff. The answer for Liana was a tummy tuck which would hide even the C-section scar. Both the AZ and the C-scar disappeared with one additional surgical procedure, while the surgeon was hauled into court and thrown into the slammer. Unfortunately, there are times when a scar cannot be hidden with a tummy tuck. If a large area of skin has been lost, as with burn victims, a surgeon will have to remove the entire scar and shift a piece of healthy skin, complete with fat, blood vessels and muscles, to the injured site.
Biodegradable scaffolds improve the odds of scarless healing.
Biodegradable scaffolds are bandages made of synthetic polymers, crab shells, pig intestines and foreskins from circumcised newborns. Other treatments include silicone gel sheets, mineral oils and steroid creams, as well as a surgical sanding technique known as dermabrasion. But injuries are everywhere, and not every scar can be treated. Some five million wounds will occur this year in the United States alone. This does not count the wounds that are psychological, emotional and spiritual, wounds that ache and fester for so many years after an injury.