We are on the good side of this ordeal! Our daughter had her removal surgery three weeks ago. This picture was taken one day after surgery, when the tape was still covering the incision. She did great, the procedure was done by a pediatric plastic surgeon (Dr. Steve Kasten at U-M Mott--Loved him!) Dr. Kasten did a GREAT job on the scar, now that the tape is removed the area is still red (and may remain that red for up to a year after the trauma from the infection swelling) but the scar itself is less than a centimeter and almost invisible to the naked eye. AMAZING! My visions of a Frankenstein-style scar on her face were completely off. Three weeks post-operation, her face looks great and after they removed the stitches (a painless tug on a nylon thread) we were released from even having to go back to check on the incision. The biopsy of the mass actually showed neither pilomatricoma NOR a cyst--just a dermal fibriosis, or a bit of tissue living somewhere it shouldn't under the skin and causing problems. Strange. So, life goes on, and hopefully THIS is the worst thing that ever happens to our child--we'd be so lucky!
