Your purple scar is called a keloid. The following information is an excerpt taken from <http://www.medicinenet.com/keloid/article.htm>: "What is a keloid? A keloid is a scar that doesn't know when to stop. When the skin is injured, cells grow back to fill in the gap. Somehow, they "know" when the scar tissue is even with the contour of the skin, at which point they stop multiplying. When the cells keep on reproducing, the result is a what is called a overgrown (hypertrophic) scar or a keloid. A hypertrophic scar is a thick, raised, smooth area that is confined to the site of injury. It diminishes over a period of one year or more. A keloid, by contrast, may extend beyond the site of injury. Keloids do not subside. How are keloids treated? It is difficult, if not impossible, to remove keloids completely. Cutting them out, though tempting, is not a good idea. Doing so often results in another keloid and sometimes a larger one. Treatment methods include: Injections of cortisone -- Safe and not very painful, injections of cortisone given once a month can significantly flatten keloids, especially small ones of recent onset. Surgery -- Surgery, as we've said, can be counterproductive and accomplish little or nothing except to cause a second keloid to form. Surgery plus injections of cortisone -- Some doctors cut keloids out and inject the healing site to help prevent recurrences. Laser -- Other doctors may treat keloids with lasers. Lasers may lessen the redness but, unfortunately, they do little or nothing to the bulk of the keloid. Laser plus injections of cortisone -- Still other doctors may zapp the keloids with lasers and then inject the site. Cryosurgery -- Freezing keloids with liquid nitrogen may flatten them, although sometimes this method produces discoloration of the skin. Silicone sheeting -- For reasons that are not clear, applying a silicone sheet (which is available in pharmacies without a prescription) nightly for several months can gradually and safely minimize some keloids. Persevering with this routine can, however, be difficult. Compression -- Long-term compression of keloids with pressure bandages can help soften them, too. " For further information about keloids, then please see the following website url, where this information was taken: source: http://www.medicinenet.com/keloid/article.htm Good luck and I hope this helps to answer your question!

Mederma..takes a while but works pretty well.

Well you could get the scar removed by a laser treatment. But then that will be the same thing.