How to avoid scars after forehead stitches

When the body is traumatized and leaves a large wound, the best way to treat it is stitches. Stitches can help wounds heal better. However, stitches can easily leave scars. It is better if the scars appear in an inconspicuous area, but the problem is that the scars appear on the forehead, which will have a considerable impact. So, how to avoid scars after stitches on the forehead? Let’s take a look at how to deal with it.

Sutures do not leave scars. After sutures are done, suture scars are usually left. In mild cases, a white scar mark can be seen, while severe cases may induce scar hyperplasia. The preliminary medical diagnosis of this type of scar after sutures is a hypertrophic scar.

Larger hypertrophic scars can be surgically removed, and then free skin grafts can be cut from normal parts of the body and transplanted to the scar surface to repair the wound and restore skin function. Scar excision and free skin grafting is the best option. For smaller, tense, cord-like or webbed scars, the scar can be removed and the surrounding normal skin tissue can be used to form a skin flap, which can be cross-replaced to repair the skin defect at the scar site. Scar release and local reshaping has become the preferred technology for scar repair.

Scar excision and suture is a common surgical method in the common process of repairing surgical scars, and it can achieve the best effect for scars of smaller area. At the same time, dermabrasion can help repair the skin for superficial scars left over from acne, smallpox, chickenpox, shingles, eczema, trauma, burns or surgery.

How to avoid scars after stitches?

1. Stitches are necessary because the wound needs to heal. After the stitches are removed, post-stitch treatment is required. This is the best time to treat stitch scars. The earlier you treat stitch scars, the better the effect will be, the lower the cost and the more significant the effect will be.

If you delay for longer, the chance of scarring will increase several times and the cost will be high.

2. If it is not skin, you can apply some ointment to inhibit scar growth, which can be bought in hospitals and pharmacies. If you have a scar-prone constitution, then you should never touch these things to avoid stimulating the growth of scars.

Depending on the size, depth and other factors of some scars, when repairing small scars, they are surgically removed and sutured carefully, and some finishing surgeries are performed at the same time, so that the wound healing can be completed under the minimum tissue tension and the scar can be made into a linear scar. If the scar is too large, it may have to be removed multiple times. Scar repair still needs to be completed through complex surgery in a timely manner. Scars that cause limited movement must be treated surgically as early as possible to avoid permanent damage to joint function.

Judging from the surgical scar repair, relevant prevention work can be carried out well during the three stages of scars: inflammatory response stage, fibrosis stage and maturation stage. Therefore, when it comes to scar repair, it is better to wait until the scar has reached maturity, about six months after the wound is formed, for the effect to be significant. At the same time, relevant repair work should be carried out according to the nature of the scar. According to different physical conditions, the best way to repair it is to proceed with surgery.