Embrace: A real breakthrough for post-op scar healing

Embrace: A real breakthrough for post-op scar healing

Posted on August 14, 2014
Getting a incision to look fantastic after surgery is a combination of several factors:
   a)  proper placement of the incision
   b)  tidy suture closure, done in multiple layers
   c)  avoidance of tension
   d)  … and a little bit of luck.
Recently, we’ve been using a new product at our office – and I wanted to share the early results with you.  It’s a special dressing, called “Embrace”, made by a start-up company called Neodyne.  Two plastic surgeons, Michael Longacre and Geoff Gurtner, are the brains behind the outfit.  (I know Geoff from surgical residency days.)
The dressing is a stretchy silicone material that is placed across the incision in the stretched position, then attached.  As the dressing retracts, it reduces the tension on the incision.  And when worn for 8 weeks after surgery, this off-loading of the tension not only causes less widening of the scar, it results in less thickening and a better cosmetic appearance.  This has been proven in several studies.
We’ve been recommending this dressing on all of our recent tummy tucks and body lift procedures.  And the early results have been impressive – it really works.  The people who use this product are seeing significant cosmetic improvements.
Here are some photos from the company – these are very similar to the results we are seeing.  The untreated scar is on the left, and the treated scar – from the same patient – is on the right.

Contact Board Certified Plastic Surgeon Dr. Thomas Fiala at Fiala Aesthetics in Orlando to Schedule and Appointment:

For more information of the treatments and procedures offered at Fiala Aesthetics Plastic Surgery Center & Orlando Medical Spa by Dr. Thomas Fiala please contact us here.
Serving patients in and around Greater Central Florida: Orlando, Altamonte, Lake Mary, Maitland, Winter Park, Clermont, Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood, Celebration, Heathrow, Windermere, Tampa, Jacksonville, Sarasota and more.
Voted the #1 Best Plastic Surgeon in Orlando, Florida by the readers of Orlando Magazine.
Orlando Magazine's Best of Awards
 
 
 
 

Location

Florida
220 East Central Parkway
Suite 2020
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
Phone
407-339-3222
Contact Us