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Scar Removal Cream – A Silicone Layer Get the Job Done Without Sheeting

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 prevents scarring.  
• Until now, doctors treating burns have assumed they need to use pressure to prevent scars.
• And they know silicone helps reduce scarring.
• They put the two together. Silicone on pressure sheets helped.

So can a layer of silicone without the sheets.

This work was at a major Institute of Surgical Investigation. Doctors keep proving silicone reduces scarring. They still haven’t figured out why. Or why applying a layer of silicone can be as helpful as sheets when surgery is not an option.

Here is how the medical investigators put it: “Improvement has been observed in recent years by many researchers using silicone gel treatment in hypertrophic burn scars.  (Why it works) remains to be determined, but it is not due to pressure, temperature, oxygen tension…” – Journal of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery

It may be that it’s the protection of the silicone – not the pressure - that works on hypertrophic (raised) burn scars.  A layer blocks infection. It reduces irritation. Yes, a silicone sheet protects. And a flexible layer of silicone gel protects just as well. Plus it won’t come off when skin flexes.

Pressure is essential and silicone sheets are the standard after surgery for large burns. But for smaller wounds with smaller scars, a scar removal cream made with silicone can be enough. No pressure needed. 

Scars silicone will help.

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Scar Cream – Five Reasons Scar Tissue is So Different from Normal Skin

The skin that grows as a wound heals is very different from the skin it replaces.

1. Scar tissue has no sweat glands.
2. There are no hair follicles in scarred skin.
3. Scars are less resistant to sunlight. UV rays change the color of scars.
4. The tissue is thicker and fibrous.
5. The pigment is different: either lighter than surrounding skin, or a different color.

Can You Impact Those Differences?

• There is nothing to be done about the first two differences in scar tissue. Scars are simply inferior quality skin.
• You can use an SPF 30 on a scar, if you go in the sun at all. A day of UV rays can erase months of scar fading treatment.
• The last two can be influenced by scar treatment. Surgery removes thicker tissue, shots can reduce fibres below the skin. Silicone encourages size reduction, and promotes color fading over time.

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Scar Cream – Four Ways to Get a Head Start on Scar Treatment

Many doctors advise getting started on home scar therapy as soon as a wound is no longer open.

1. Silicone scar cream or gel is one of the few products proven to help improve scars. Use it consistently for the first two months at least. The longer, the better.
2. Massage the scar for 5 minutes, 3 times a day until it is soft and flat.  This may take a few months. Scar cream, used as a massage ointment, can double the effectiveness of this self-therapy.
3. Keep the wound moist.  Scar creams made of silicone promote moisture. A moist wound scars less.
4. Protect against infection.  An infected wound is slow to heal, increasing scarring. Scar cream forms a defensive barrier against infection.

Your surgeon won’t touch a scar for many months.  A head start on treatment is recommended.

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Scar Management – Treatment From Wound To Wellness Should Begin Early

A new term among medical professionals is, “scar management”. It’s just as it seems.  We can manage the growth and appearance of scars.

It’s best if scar management begins early.

Without scar cream treatment, a scar will look worse before it looks better, especially in the first two to four months. Left alone, it can look red, and appear raised for up to one year. 

Scar therapy can begin as soon as the surface of the wound has closed. Doctors instruct patients to begin therapy at least twice a day for at least two months.  In that time, the initial fading may begin. Scar tissue formation will have been inhibited.

It can be a full year before a plastic surgeon will attempt scar revision. In the meantime, scar cream treatment helps.

For a review of immediate scar treatment products, see Scar Cream Reviews

There is a wealth of information from the Scar Treatment Association.

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 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.”

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