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Scar Therapy & Acupuncture

11/12/2016

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Post surgical scar therapy. Read my older post on how acupuncture can help with scars here
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Scar therapy after surgery with acupuncture

8/20/2016

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Scar formation is a normal response following any injury or surgery; it is the way the body heals injured structures. Scar tissue may involve only the superficial skin, or it may involve the deeper tissues beneath the skin, including nerves and tendons. Scars can become overly sensitive and can limit motion and function. 
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Benefits of scar therapy with manual therapy and acupuncture: 
  • reduce sensitivity and loosen any adhesions to deeper structures, especially tendons and joints.  
  • produce a scar that is smooth and moveable.
  • prevent stiffness of nearby joints and keep tendons gliding under the skin.
  • help overly sensitive scars, which occur when the nerves in the skin and deeper tissues are affected by the injury or surgery. The goal of this treatment is to reduce scar sensitivity and to help the skin and nerves become tolerant of the normal forces of everyday living.  This process of “desensitizing” the scar can take up to 4 months and is best initiated as soon as the skin and repaired tissues have adequately healed. 

An active scar may be red, raised, firm, and thick. While scars are young and in the healing phase (pink, red, raised, thick, and sensitive) they should be protected from the sun (in my opinion medical tape is best) as sunlight cause the scar to hyper pigment or turn darker than the surrounding skin. Keep your scars away from the sun for at least one year following your surgery. Scars have completed the healing process when they are light in color, smooth, supple, and no longer sensitive to touch.  

Besides massage and acupuncture, Silicone Scar Sheets help to soften and diminish the appearance of scars. It's cheap and you can get them in any drug stores. 
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