If I have a very thin piece of scar tissue on my skin, and then I surgically cut the skin open right along the middle of the scar, and ensure that I do all the best scar healing practises (like holding the skin on either side of the wound together), what will happen? Will the scar get smaller or bigger?

  • catloaf@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    It will certainly not affect the existing scar tissue, if anything, the new wound will scar at worst, and heal with no new scar tissue at best.