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A scar is a permanent patch of skin that grows over a wound. It forms when your body heals itself after a cut, scrape, burn or sore. You can also get scars from surgery, infections like chickenpox, or skin conditions like acne. Scars are often thicker, as well as pinker, redder or shinier than the rest of your skin.

How your scar looks depends on:

How big and deep your wound is
Where it is
How long it takes to heal
Your age
Your inherited tendency to scar

Scars usually fade over time but never go away completely. If the way a scar looks bothers you, various treatments might minimize it. These include surgical revision, dermabrasion, laser treatments, injections, chemical peels and creams.

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Jessica Kaffenberger, MD

4.9 out of 5

Jessica Kaffenberger, MD

Dermatology

Physician

Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology

Dermatology West
Officenter Gahanna
Dermatology in Officenter Gahanna

(614) 293-1707

Spencer Dunaway, MD

4.8 out of 5

Spencer Dunaway, MD

Dermatology

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Dermatology West

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Mark Bechtel, MD

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Mark Bechtel, MD

Dermatology

Physician

Professor and Chair of Dermatology

Outpatient Care New Albany
Officenter Gahanna
Dermatology in Outpatient Care New Albany
Dermatology in Officenter Gahanna

(614) 293-1707

Jennifer Sopkovich, MD

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Jennifer Sopkovich, MD

Dermatology

Physician

Associate Professor of Dermatology

Officenter Gahanna
Dermatology in Officenter Gahanna

(614) 293-1707

Alisha Plotner, MD

4.9 out of 5

Alisha Plotner, MD

Dermatology

Physician

Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology

Officenter Gahanna
Dermatology in Officenter Gahanna

(614) 293-1707

Catherine Ulman, MD

4.9 out of 5

Catherine Ulman, MD

Dermatology

Physician

Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology

Outpatient Care New Albany
Dermatology in Outpatient Care New Albany

(614) 293-1707

Desmond Shipp, MD, MS

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Desmond Shipp, MD, MS

Dermatology

Physician

Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology

Outpatient Care New Albany
Dermatology in Outpatient Care New Albany

(614) 293-1707

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Ohio State Officenter Gahanna

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in Officenter Gahanna

540 Officenter Place
Suite 240
Columbus, OH 43230

614-293-1707

Ohio State Dermatology West

Dermatology West

1328 Dublin Road
Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43215

614-293-1707

Ohio State Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Hilliard

Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Hilliard

3691 Ridge Mill Drive
Hilliard, OH 43026

614-688-9220

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Martha Morehouse Outpatient Care

2050 Kenny Road
Columbus, OH 43221

614-293-3890

Ohio State Eye and Ear Institute

Plastic Surgery

in Eye and Ear Institute

915 Olentangy River Road
2nd Floor Suite 2140
Columbus, OH 43212

614-293-8566

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