Scar Healing Timeline
Understand your scar's healing phases and exactly when to start each treatment — personalised to your procedure, skin type, and risk factors.
Your Procedure
Leave blank to see week/month milestones
Your Skin Type
Select the skin tone closest to yours. This affects your risk of hyperpigmentation, hypertrophic scarring, and keloid formation.
I
Very fair
Very fair
II
Fair
Fair
III
Medium
Medium
IV
Olive
Olive
V
Dark
Dark
VI
Very dark
Very dark
Risk Factors
Your Scar Healing Timeline
This timeline is an educational guide based on published scar science. Individual healing varies. Your surgeon's post-operative instructions and any in-clinic scar assessments take priority over this tool. If your scar is thickening, spreading, or causing distress beyond what is described here, contact your practice.
Evidence: Esthetica San Diego 2025 · Claytor Noone PS 2025 · PMC Fitzpatrick & Scarring PRS Global Open 2024 · Int. Wound Journal 2026 (Nguyen et al.) · Mayo Clinic Silicone Review 2026 · Mr Foiz Ahmed Scar Management 2025 · Rejuvaskin 2025 · BIOCORNEUM Silicone Evidence 2025
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