 - Fitzpatrick Skin Type I-VI and either a fresh surgical scar with sutures still present or dissolving sutures within 7 days of surgery for facial scars or within 14 days of surgery for scars on the trunk or extremities of at least 2cm in length or an erythematous andor hypertrophic scar of at least 2cm in length and of greater than or equal to 18 months in duration 