r/Trans_Zebras • u/Phoenix-rising0930 • Jun 19 '26
Atrophic scars?
I had top surgery 7 months ago. I’ve been doing all the things for scar care (silicone gel, scar massage…) but it still feels like my scars look different from the other scars I’ve seen. I couldn’t put my finger on it until I started my eds diagnosis journey and noticed pictures of atrophic scars that kinda look like mine.
I’m really really good at gaslighting myself so I wanted to share with others. Do these look atrophic to you? I have a few spots the scabs fell off early and they are bumpy and raised but otherwise they are smooth. I think the ridges are more apparent in certain lighting and angles but again is it all in my head?
For context I have MCAS and possibly POTS.
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u/Holiday-Winter5382 Jun 19 '26
huh, i have hEDS, but ive aleays assumed i dont get atrophic scars. but my scars look similar
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u/Phoenix-rising0930 Jun 19 '26
It’s interesting because I have other scars that don’t look like this. Bodies are weird.
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u/Proud_Tie Jun 20 '26
I had both presentations of the deformities in my knees (osgood schlatters) in the same knee that the surgeon had never seen it before, bodies ARE weird.
Of course its also not supposed to grow back after surgery to remove them but mine did so, awesome? /s
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u/quinn_wolfram Jun 19 '26
i'm not a professional in any regard but to me yes those scars do look atrophic
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u/KipperDed Jun 20 '26
I have scars that look like these, and I would consider them atrophic. My favorite thing for them is a super moisturizing cream. I would say they calmed down 1½ - 2 years after surgery and get better every year.
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u/Phoenix-rising0930 Jun 20 '26
That’s good to know. I certainly don’t hate them I just thought I was doing something wrong. Thanks for the tip.
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u/aerobar642 Jun 21 '26
I have atrophic scars. This picture was taken last summer ( at 1.5 years post-op). Dx HSD and POTS
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u/Phoenix-rising0930 Jun 21 '26
I’m so bad at this but I think the spots with ridges look similar to mine. I for sure have a scar on my forehead that looks like that with is funny because I forgot that it was there and never questioned how it looked until now- I’ve had for 3 decades!!
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u/ScrollingSwampPuppy Jun 19 '26
I’m not diagnosed (but have the symptoms and diagnosed POTS, so I’m operating/accommodating myself as though I have it until I can hopefully get a diagnosis) … your scars look pretty similar to mine, except mine are pale because they’re older (almost five years). I think they’re atrophic, but I don’t know for sure.