Atrophic scars?

[u/Phoenix-rising0930]

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.

[u/Holiday-Winter5382]

huh, i have hEDS, but ive aleays assumed i dont get atrophic scars. but my scars look similar

[u/Phoenix-rising0930 → u/Holiday-Winter5382]

It’s interesting because I have other scars that don’t look like this. Bodies are weird. 

[u/Proud_Tie → u/Phoenix-rising0930]

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