Scars of the face and body from traumatic injury, disease or previous surgery may result in deep despair and sorrow from the loss of one’s normal facial appearance. The plastic surgeon’s ability to accurately excise the old scar, undermine the skin, and approximate the new skin edges affords you the best opportunity for cosmetic improvement of facial and body scars. This procedure is done on an outpatient basis . The length of the operation is usually around 1 hour, under local anesthesia.