LAM FACIAL PLASTICS

I am a 38 yr old physician of east indian descent. I was recently struck on the right chin with a squash racquet and required sutured closure of a laceration. I had a colleague suture my laceration. He did his best to approximate the closure but did not use any buried stitches. I have been using kelocoate twice daily. I have a 3/4 inch by 1.5 mm linear scar running across my my right chin. In addition, I have lost hair growth in the region. I am wondering what my scar revision options are: early laser treatment, w plasty our geometric line closure after 6 months.

w plasties are truly a poor man's GBL. go with a geometric broken line. silicone can help but it won't do too much until you can actually do the scar revision. loss of hair is hard to fix and a scar revision has a potential for greater hair loss. as a hair transplant surgeon i am always careful with the hair follicles when i cut down through the skin but that does not mean that you will not have further loss.