scar repair

Hello all. I'm usually a lurker here, but I've recently had a surgerical procedure that's left me with a scar. Can anyone recommend a good scar treatment?

Thanks for your responses.

Most would say silicon sheets.   You can get them in different sizes and even large sheets to cut your own from.   No messy creams or oils this way and no massaging needed because of how the silicon works with the body.

Thanks. I hadn't considered this. Where can I purchase them?

Hi Terry - Amazon.com seems to have the biggest selection, drugstore.com has many too. Some drugstores carry them (I've found them at CVS but not Rite-Aid) but none around my area do so I had to order them online.

They come in many shapes and sizes so you can get those that best fit your needs.

Note: They are expensive - BUT the only thing that really seems to work. Also, you can wash and re-use them quite a bit more than is usually recommended on the package, so you can make them last as well.

Thanks. I'll try it out. This will come in handy whenever I finally have my plastics done too.

 

Angie

You're welcome! And sorry, Angie, I don't know why I put your name as Terry when that is clearly your surgeon's name!

Hey Sweetie-pie!  How do you get them to stay stuck on you?  I've been using them since right after surgery, because I have nasty keloids, but they fall off during the day or night, and I lose them.  I've tried paper tape but it doesn't stick well either.  Suggestions?

Hi cutie! Hmmm, since I'm wearing my really binding and secure compression garments, they tend to stay put with no problems...

When I was looking around, some of the kits from a brand called Rejuveness that I found on Amazon that I looked at (that were more expensive) had some sort of tape that came with them (4 feet worth!) but I'm not sure if that's different than paper tape - which I agree, never ever sticks to me. Maybe if you buy extra-extra large bandaids, then stick them over the sheets?

Hmm, thanks I'll try the bandaids.  Buying new bandaids every day would be much cheaper than buying new scar sheets so often.  Thanks Honey!