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Subject: cortisone injection into scars
Category: Health > Medicine
Asked by: mayaleah-ga
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Posted: 24 Jul 2003 18:16 PDT
Expires: 23 Aug 2003 18:16 PDT
Question ID: 234833

Cortisone injection into a scar caused a  dimple (some sinking of the
scar and the area around it). I want to know if the area will
eventually plump up or is it a permanent . I would like to find a
medical report or article about it.
Thanks

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Subject: Re: cortisone injection into scars
From: doctrish-ga on 16 Aug 2003 16:25 PDT

This is a well known complication of steroid injections, and is
usually permanent.  The only article I could find about it was this
one, which only mentions this in passing:

Look under "treatment"
http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic37.htm

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