Not only surgical interventions, but also various injuries leave traces behind. With proper wound treatment and normal healing, normotrophic scars form and look like thin light stripes on the skin, no more than 1 mm wide.
However, sometimes wounds heal slowly and poorly, leading to the formation of rough, deformed scars. Keloid scars are not only unsightly, but they can also cause psychological and physical discomfort.
In most cases, plastic correction of keloid scars is performed no earlier than six months after surgery or injury, but sometimes plastic surgery is performed earlier.
Scars can be divided into several types:
- atrophic (below skin level)
- normotrophic (at the level of the surrounding skin)
- hypertrophic (above the skin)
- keloid.
Keloid scars usually have a star-shaped or fan-shaped appearance and protrude above the skin with sharp edges. This defect is often accompanied by itching, pain, and burning.
Keloid scars can continue to grow and recur frequently after treatment—the size of the scar can be much larger than the size of the wound. Most often, keloids occur on the back of the earlobe after piercing or after otoplasty.
Keloid (colloid) scars are the most difficult to treat. The treatment regimen for such scars is usually combined and includes injections of Kenalog or Diprospan (corticosteroids). In some cases, tight bandages may also be required.
One of the most effective methods of treatment is considered to be the injection of Kenalog-40 or Diprospan into the scar tissue – its use significantly reduces the volume of the external part of the keloid scar, and in some cases brings it to normal size.
Only after therapeutic treatment can you move on to surgical correction of scars by a plastic surgeon. The indication for plastic surgery, i.e., removal of a keloid scar, may be its excessive size, which looks unaesthetic. The operation is performed on an outpatient basis and does not require hospitalization. During the operation, special attention is paid to the precise planning of surgical incisions, careful treatment of the skin, and suturing without tension on the edges of the wound. A delicate and sophisticated surgical technique ensures excellent results and the formation of a beautiful postoperative suture.
To prevent recurrence, all doctor's recommendations must be strictly followed during the postoperative period.
Honored Doctor of Ukraine, Head of the Plastic Surgery Center
Prices
- Price, in uah
FAQ
In such an area as plastic surgery, prices depend on a number of factors: the level of the clinic, equipment, operations, and most importantly, the qualifications of the surgeon. One thing is for sure - this is not a case where you need to save money. After all, you can get to an unprofessional surgeon and get at least ugly scars and stitches, and at most a low-quality operation, which will then have to be redone by a professional.
Qualifications
Dr. Slosser Dmitry Vladimirovich is the only plastic surgeon in Kyiv and the CIS who received an academic education in this specialty at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem and whose foreign experience spans 23 years. And his membership in ISAPS and EAFPS only emphasizes his high professional level as a plastic surgeon.
Unlike many other clinics, institutes and centers of plastic surgery located in Kyiv, Donetsk, Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovs'k, Luhansk, Mariupol, Lviv and other cities of Ukraine, in our center all prices for plastic surgery in Ukraine are fixed and specified in the price list. All prices for services are indicated in UAH.
Our plastic surgery clinic in Kyiv allows you to perform any plastic surgery of any level of complexity. After all, Dr. Slosser was not in vain involved as an expert on the country's leading TV channels, where he performed the most complex reconstructive plastic surgery as part of television projects that everyone else refused.
The level of qualification of the staff, the presence of an intensive care unit, a plastic surgery center, and the first Karl Storz intelligent operating room in Ukraine allow us to successfully perform not only such popular plastic surgeries as nose surgery, face and neck lifting, breast augmentation, but also complex ones, including breast reconstruction and nose reconstruction. Plastic reconstructive surgery is at the highest level of performance.
We apply the most advanced techniques, use absolutely harmless anesthesia (which is used in pediatric cardiac surgery), which will allow us to be leaders in simultaneous operations. For example, when nose and breast surgery is performed simultaneously. At the same time, almost all of our patients are provided with an easy recovery from anesthesia, which allows them to be discharged from the clinic the very next day after surgery.
Our clinic performs both adult and pediatric plastic surgery in Ukraine, and the prices are affordable. On the before and after photo gallery page, you can see the results of plastic surgery. Plastic surgery of the breast (augmentation, reduction, lifting), nose, face, lips, ear(s), abdomen. Scars, keloid scars and their removal, otoplasty (ear reshaping), chin augmentation and reduction (chin reshaping).
A contract is concluded with each patient of the clinic, and after a detailed consultation, Dr. Slosser signs an informed consent for surgery (not a general one, but for a specific operation), and an informed consent for anesthesia. Before being discharged, each patient is provided with a certificate of completion and a statement. Payment is made in UAH at the clinic's cash desk. All medical records are kept in written and electronic form. All of these measures, including the professionalism of Dr. Slosser's team, provide the highest level of guarantees for the patient. We remind you that Plastic Surgery Kyiv performs all plastic surgeries only in Kyiv. In other cities of Ukraine - Odesa, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovs'k - we do not provide consultations or perform surgeries. However, in Lviv, we provide plastic surgery consultations on a monthly basis on a regular basis.
All operations are performed by the famous plastic surgeon Dr. Slosser Dmitry Vladimirovich, who is one of the leaders in his field and is rightfully included in the rating of “the best plastic surgeons in Ukraine”. He has more than 23 years of experience in plastic surgery (since 1997) and more than 10 thousand successfully performed plastic surgeries. His foreign experience in plastic and reconstructive surgery is
- 8 years of practice in Israel. Of these, 6 years - specialization (residency) in plastic surgery at Hadassah University Hospital.
- 11 years of work in Moscow as a leading specialist at the American Medical Center.
Nowadays, the level of plastic surgery in Ukraine is very high, and the plastic surgeries performed in Kyiv meet the highest international standards. That is why the flow of foreign patients seeking to improve their appearance is increasing every year. As of 2019, the clinic's plastic surgeons have successfully performed more than 480 plastic surgeries, the vast majority of which were performed under general anesthesia.
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