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Fixes for scars

JOY NO WRY

08:29 / 29.07.05

I got some old scars, I got some new scars, and I got some scars in between. The new ones, however, are facial, so I'm more concerned about minimising them. My doctor says nothing is going to help except vitamin E cream, but it seems to me that I have the background knowledge of myriad well educated, magickal, critical, scarred 'lithers to draw on. Help me out guys; my mum is all upset because she says I look like a thug.

Supaglue

08:56 / 29.07.05

Keep 'em. Scars are cool:

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09:53 / 29.07.05

I've heard people recommend silicon scar patches. Some are under the ReJuveness brand name. I don't have personal experience, though.
And I only just noticed, I don't have any large interesting scars. So unfair! Am calling Barbelith out for a duel. With decorative pastry-cutters.

09:55 / 29.07.05

In the UK, there are some silicon patches called Savlon ActivHeal. They cost a bit but you only buy them once.

astrojax69

22:13 / 29.07.05

convert to buddhism, then wait til the next reincarnation where they will become, if you move towards enlightnement in this life, lotus petals and scent the air about your next life.

(ok i made that up, but it seems as good advice as any)

22:33 / 29.07.05

I have heard lots of people recommend the silicon gel (in sheets or as a topical gel from a tube) from their personal experience with surgical scarring; it's supposed to work better than Vitamin E alone.

A google search turned this up: http://www.clinicalanswers.nhs.uk/index.cfm?question=843

22:34 / 29.07.05

Er. Fancy link that works, for those as lazy as myself.

JOY NO WRY

22:44 / 29.07.05

Thanks a lot guys. I had searched around but was inundated with sites trying to sell their own products. I might do my own test and use silicone gel on one scar and normal dressings on another and see which improves most.

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