However a number of children still have visible scars even as they grow up toward adulthood. Missing or unusual belly buttons, large scars across the back or stomach, smaller but still visible scars on the feet and neck, and more can be consequences of procedures performed on these small babies. In some cases scarring seems to recede over time. In other cases it becomes more prominent or stretches across large areas as children grow. A small scar on a baby may become be a rather large scar on an older child, depending upon the circumstances.
Placement is one of the biggest factors in any concern over scarring when our children grow older.
A scar on your child s neck may be visible all the time. A scar on the belly or unusual bellybutton can create problems for swimming season, or with today s fashions for girls when wearing a shirt. Parents may consider plastic surgery for their children as these grow older, especially for very obtrusive scarring. Of course those are the first visible scars. Take off his shirt and you get the G-tube hole and fundo scar, his back has the SDR scar and now his legs will bear the scars from the adductor lengthening.