Scar tissue

Congratulations on the 10 yr anniversary.
I finally had enough of my scars 2 yrs ago and found a plastic surgeon to fix them. I had the 15in main-line scar + 3 horizontal stoma scars that were very long an puckered.
I should have had the surgeon mark my scars pre-op to make sure that he would do what he promised.
I had an unexpected surprise when the nurse came to change my dressings and I discovered that he had only done 1/2 of what he said he had done. The middle of the long scar, 1 out of 3 stoma scars.
I was devistated.
Since then I have had him fix them correctly (3 more surgeries under local anesthetic) and the result is not bad. Still red after 8 months but it is getting better and I hope that in another year or 2 it will look ok.
I must admit that it is less 'perfect' than I had hoped but much better than it was. All in all I am satisfied but not thrilled.
You must adapt your expectations to the reality of surgery and be patient...you will not really see the final results for about a year so be prepared to be patient.
I hope that you get what you want done.
good luck
Sharon

I had my scars fixed a couple years after my surgery. The round stoma scar is gone, in its place is a straight, flat, very narrow scar. It looks much better, but is still not perfect by a long shot. But certainly better. Good luck!

My original j-pouch scar was horrible...looked like Frankenstien. I needed surgery for an obstuction and the surgeon who performed it went through the original scar and it turned out waaay better then the orginal one...lucky me.

Isn't that a keloid scar ? Like a raised scar, that's what i immediately assumed I'm sure you can improve it, maybe not completely but i would be very skeptical of cosmetic clinics . I would look at the NHS website before doing anything.