Scar Cream in the News: Once Again, Doctors Prefer Delivering Scar Treatment via a Cream

A technique to permanently prevent scars will rely on a topical scar cream, just as silicone therapy is currently applied directly to a wound or scar.

New research from the University of Bristol may prevent the “scar gene” from switching on.

• The experiment relied on cream applied directly to the scar.
• This is the technique proven to make silicone scar treatment effective.
• Clearly the researchers saw no need to improve on cream as an effective conduit for healing.

It should be stressed that gene therapy is in the experimental phase.  For now, topical silicone treatment is the standard for direct scar treatment.

Says Professor Paul Martin,the doctor in England heading up the study, “We hope that it won’t be too long before (gene) therapies are available.”