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Case Reports
. 2017 Aug 3:10:285-287.
doi: 10.2147/CCID.S132626. eCollection 2017.

Treatment of a traumatic atrophic depressed scar with hyaluronic acid fillers: a case report

Syed Nazim Hussain  1 , Greg J Goodman  2   3 , Eqram Rahman  4
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Treatment of a traumatic atrophic depressed scar with hyaluronic acid fillers: a case report

Syed Nazim Hussain et al. Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol. .

Abstract

Background: Hyaluronic acid filler has been documented in the treatment of atrophic depressed acne scars relatively frequently in the literature but rarely in chronic depressed traumatic atrophic facial scars.

Methods: This case report discusses the use of hyaluronic acid fillers in the correction of a post-traumatic facial atrophic scar on the right cheek.

Results: The right cheek scar was substantially corrected with one session of two different hyaluronic acids injected in a deep and superficial plane.

Conclusion: Relatively accurate, simple and effective correction of this atrophic traumatic scar may suggest that fillers are a suitable alternative to surgery for such scars.

Keywords: facial scar; filler; hyaluronic acid; scar correction; scarring.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure Greg Goodman has served as an investigator, advisory board member and consultant for Allergan Inc. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work.

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(A) Patient before scar correction with hyaluronic acid fillers. (B) Patient after 2 mL of hyaluronic acid filler.
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