What do they look like?

• These scars are often very thick, purple or red, itchy and can even be painful. 
• The trauma which caused them can be very minor, such as spots, insect bites or scratches, yet they can grow larger than the initial wound. 
• They can happen to anyone, but they also run in families and more commonly occur in people with darker skin types. 
• They can occur on any body-site, but are particularly common in earlobes (post-piercing), chests/breasts and shoulders/backs (trauma or post-acne). 

How can this scar be improved? 

• Scars like these are difficult to treat and have often had several attempts at treatments before. 
• Scars like this can respond well to a combination of laser, steroid injections and scar therapy; the combination of these treatments gives the most success in our experience. 
• In some cases these scars can be treated with surgical scar revision as well, usually in combination with laser and scar therapy.