Skip Navigation

Can I remove a scar by cutting it open and then healing it?

If I have a very thin piece of scar tissue on my skin, and then I surgically cut the skin open right along the middle of the scar, and ensure that I do all the best scar healing practises (like holding the skin on either side of the wound together), what will happen? Will the scar get smaller or bigger?

16 comments
  • I know nothing about the medical issues involved, but my gut is telling me that this is a horrifically bad idea.

16 comments