POST TUMMY TUCK | SCAR MANAGEMENT

All incisions after a tummy tuck. I think it helps, especially in Asian population, to lessen the risk of hypertrophic thickened scars or keloiding event. We don't really know what the mechanism of action is, but there is some theories that it's because of contact inhibitions. But I know that experience has shown me that it does make a huge difference. So I'm going to take it. The tape is simple to put on. So actually hypoallergenic, most people don't have. And you can leave the tape on for like a couple weeks. It can get wet. It's a nice taste. I tell my patients, and they use it. I can sort of tell when the scar is stabilized. So maybe about six weeks to eight weeks in some patients. I have it done up to three months. Patients seem to be really tolerating well because you don't have to change it. It's just a couple of weeks, every couple weeks. So it's a nice little. And it makes them feel that they're doing about their scar, makes us feel that we're doing something about it. And we also incorporate other things like scar guard or steroid creams. Sometimes I do the laser. We pay attention to our patient's scar.