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Case Reports
. 2022 May 13;9(1):131-134.
doi: 10.1080/23320885.2022.2071275. eCollection 2022.

Oral isotretinoin (Roaccutane) use during incisional surgery: safe or risky?

Matthew J Davies  1 , Darrell Perkins  2
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Oral isotretinoin (Roaccutane) use during incisional surgery: safe or risky?

Matthew J Davies et al. Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. .

Abstract

Two cases are presented that demonstrate normal wound healing following bilateral reduction mammoplasty, in young female patients taking therapeutic doses of Isotretinoin (Roaccutane). Review of the literature does not provide evidence that Isotretinoin impairs would healing, nor that it promotes hypertrophic or keloid scarring in surgical patients.

Keywords: Isotretinoin; healing; hypertrophic; scar; surgery.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Patient 1, 9 months post bilateral reduction mammoplasty.
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Figure 2.
Patient 2, 16 months post bilateral reduction mammoplasty.
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