For anyone that has seen scars on post LL'ers or anyone that has personally gotten LL, how bad are the scars? Is it something people would notice if you were walking around with shorts on?
I've googled this subject, but considering how LL is kind of underground, I didn't find much.
It varies depending on the person. I saw a lot of LL scars in Beijing, and some people's looked really bad while others' were barely noticeable. Same doctors, same devices, but some people had big brown scars and others had light little scratches.
I got scar revision surgery done by a plastic surgeon so mine are barely noticeable now. I posted pictures in the have questions for someone who had LL six years ago thread.
How much did your scar removal cost, Medium?
Scars are the least i worry about since you can permanently treat them, with cremes or laser.
Well this takes off yet another worry and doubt off my decision. Just looked up some scar revision before and afters, and they looked amazing. Some scars were ten times worse than I'd ever imagine an LL scar looking, and they were near to invisible in the "after" picture. I can't tell you guys how helpful ya'll have been. I wouldn't even know where to begin if it weren't for this forum.
Yay. 
Quote from: jamesizu on December 18, 2013, 10:50:26 AMWell this takes off yet another worry and doubt off my decision. Just looked up some scar revision before and afters, and they looked amazing. Some scars were ten times worse than I'd ever imagine an LL scar looking, and they were near to invisible in the "after" picture. I can't tell you guys how helpful ya'll have been. I wouldn't even know where to begin if it weren't for this forum.
Yay.
Hey Jamesozu,
Do you think you could post those pics you found in this thread? It would be very helpful. I've heard that the trick is to do a burn-removal surgery to get white line scars instead of the nasty pinhole scars, then get laser treatment on the white lines, which are the kinds of scars laser treatment was designed for. This makes your scars more or less invisible.
Quote from: jamesizu on December 18, 2013, 10:26:03 AMHow much did your scar removal cost, Medium?
-16 scars for $5000 by a plastic surgeon in Beverly hills.
-2 scars for $800 by a burn specialist (the difficult to remove osteotomy scars that the plastic surgeon wouldn't operate on).
The good thing is you can spread out the surgeries, getting a few scars done at a time rather than paying one big fee like LL. Also, this was like going to Paley for LL: top-notch but very expensive treatment done in the U.S. I'm sure it could be done for much less elsewhere.
Quote from: Tall on December 18, 2013, 01:21:46 PM
Hey Jamesozu,
Do you think you could post those pics you found in this thread? It would be very helpful. I've heard that the trick is to do a burn-removal surgery to get white line scars instead of the nasty pinhole scars, then get laser treatment on the white lines, which are the kinds of scars laser treatment was designed for. This makes your scars more or less invisible.
Excisions leave you with little red lines that will turn white on their own after a few months. Lasers target colors and wouldn't do anything to a white scar. This is why blonde-haired or dark-skinned people can't get laser hair removal.
@Tall
I just went on Google and looked up revision scar removal and went on a Google images "Before and after" spree. Here's a few, though.
http://www.sangitacpatelmd.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ScarBA1.jpg
http://www.thomaschicagoplasticsurgery.com/images/scar%201AB.jpg
I can't find the specific picture. But just go this review site and look at this ladies scar removal. http://www.realself.com/review/livingston-nj-scar-removal-scar-revision-11-months-after-tummy-tuck
To Medium, do you get better results with the scar revision when the scars are newer? Or does it not matter how old the scar is? Meaning, you would get the same results regardless of when you got the revision?
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