http://www.scartreatmentassociation.com/scar-treatment Scar Treatment Reviews Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:25:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Scar fading is the number one goal of scar patients, especially people who have had plastic surgery. The doctor promises a tidy scar. He can't be certain it will be. He can't promise it won't turn colors. Why scar fading?  Reducing color makes a mark look smaller. Scar fading gives the appearance of ... http://www.scartreatmentassociation.com/scar-treatment/2009/12/scar-fading-youll-never-erase-a-plastic-surgery-scar-you-can-fade-it/ Here’s the rundown on natural scar treatment options.  1. 100% Silicone gel or cream. Keeps moisture around the wound. Speeds healing. Fast healing cuts scar formation. Silicone is an infection barrier. Infection stops normal healing, which means more scar tissue piles up. Silicone reduces scar color and size. It's used by doctors following scar surgery. Doctors recommend ... http://www.scartreatmentassociation.com/scar-treatment/2009/12/best-scar-treatment-a-comparison-of-which-natural-therapies-work-and-those-that-dont/ A keloid scar removal cream does not trigger keloids. Not true of surgery. The removal cream is frequently the best option for keloid treatment. Surgery activates more keloids. Silicone removal creams can’t. Cream does not break the skin. It does not awaken the tendency to form keloids. A silicone keloid scar removal cream encourages ... http://www.scartreatmentassociation.com/scar-treatment/2009/12/keloid-scar-removal-cream-not-just-an-option-to-surgery-it-can-be-the-best-option/ To reduce scarring you must protect a wound and its scar from infection. This is the conclusion of a medical investigation in Italy.  Why? Infection brings healing to a standstill. The longer a wound or incision takes to heal, the more scar tissue builds up. The body is just trying to hold the wound together when ... http://www.scartreatmentassociation.com/scar-treatment/2009/12/home-scar-treatment-how-you-will-get-good-results-without-surgery/ Researchers now think a layer of healing silicone is a good option to surgery. And they say applying a simple layer of silicone scar removal cream or gel can be just as good as silicone sheets on some kinds of scars. All of this started with a study of how well pressure ... http://www.scartreatmentassociation.com/scar-treatment/2009/12/scar-removal-cream-a-silicone-layer-get-the-job-done-without-sheeting/ Stitches Scars         No matter who does the stitches, there will be a scar. It may be a tidy white line, a prominent red scar, or heaped-up scarring known as keloids. This is thick scar tissue growing far beyond the confines of the original wound. Scarring is the body’s natural response when ... http://www.scartreatmentassociation.com/scar-treatment/2009/12/scars-from-stitches-fading-and-reducing-the-size-of-stitches-scars/ Tummy tuck scars will always be there. They are just like any other scar - permanent. Sure, your plastic surgeon makes the incision "below the  bikini line". But you see it in the mirror, and romantic partners see it, too. What to do? You can have additional scar "revision" surgery. There is dermabrasion ... http://www.scartreatmentassociation.com/scar-treatment/2009/12/tummy-tuck-scars-you-like-your-results-more-when-you-fade-tummy-tuck-scars/ Women who have breast augmentation want their larger breasts noticed. That's why they had the surgery. But many don't want any visible reminder of the surgery. They prefer romantic partners don't see scars. They don't want that great new bikini top to reveal anything more than their breast size.  They think, "Why admit ... http://www.scartreatmentassociation.com/scar-treatment/2009/12/breast-augmentation-scars-how-to-hide-the-evidence-of-breast-augmentation-scars/ Piercing wounds may be small. They are not simple. You may be surprised to learn that doctors consider body piercing is “high risk trauma". The reason is pierced skin is very prone to keloid scars. Piercings have resulted in a jump in the number of serious keloid scars. The areas of the ... http://www.scartreatmentassociation.com/scar-treatment/2009/12/piercing-scars-scar-treatment-at-home-for-piercing-scars/ Keloid scar treatment is especially tricky for people with darker skin. Darkly pigmented people are exceptionally prone to forming keloids.  Some ethnic groups are at more risk of developing them. You are 16% more susceptible if you are African-American or Hispanic. A keloid is  “scar tissue that won’t stop growing”. It ... http://www.scartreatmentassociation.com/scar-treatment/2009/12/keloid-scars-why-darker-skin-is-a-definite-candidate-for-keloid-scar-treatment/