I'm going thru this now, just had a diagnostic mamo in that breast, ThankGod no new cancer, I have follow up with my dr on thursday.

Massage the scar with an emollient such as Vitamin E or Castor oil. The massaging helps “break up” the scar tissue. If you are prone to keyloid (sp?) scarring you would need to see a doctor. Generally, scars become less pronounced over time. It all depends on your own skin. In my case, the doctor said it would take 6 months, but from experience I knew 1.5 years was more realistic, and it was.

I've had 12 breast cancer related surgeries and have massive amounts of scar tissue in my chest and right armpit. Ever since my double mastectomy, which was totally botched by the reconstructive surgeon (who did 3 more surgeries before I wouldn't let him touch me again), I ended up with a couple of chest muscles that he left only partially attached and tons of scar tissue from him rummaging around in my chest. My chest has had so many surgeries that I can't really say if my scar tissue has grown worse over time, but it does get worse with each additional surgery. I've learned to ask my reconstructive surgeons to cut out as much of the pre-existing scar tissue as they can each time my chest is operated on. They can never cut it all out and I always develop new scar tissue with each surgery. I've also learned to have them cut out the scar tissue from the drain lines. For some reason I always have a lot of pain from the drain line scars. Radiation can also cause scar tissue of it's own and make existing scar tissue worse, but for me it's worth it to kill off the cancer cells that might be alive and lurking. From my past endometrial cancer experiences I learned chemo didn't kill my cancer, but radiation did.

I just finished up radiation and once and once I’m done peeling, I am going to use surgical tape for the lumpectomy and lymph node surgery scars. I’ve heard great things about it.