Scars anyone?

amylydia23

I recently had shoulder surgery and even though my scars are tiny I am worried about the scars and my strapless wedding dress next summer.  Can anyone recommend a good scar treatment cream? 

[Deleted User]

use Vitamin E oil every day or even twice a day. It really helped the scars on my stomach from when I had my gallbladder removed.

Anysunrise

I've heard good things about this stuff:

http://www.bio-oil.com/uses.html

pirategal03

Dito the vitamin e oil.  You can get it in the herbal supplement section of most stores. 

[Deleted User]

I thought this was going to be a scar-telling competition. I am now disappointed. Not that I have any good stories, but I was fully planning on living vacariously through others.

AllAboutTheBenjamin

My dad had a pretty bad accident about a year ago now, where he fell face first onto some frozen mud.  He had some pretty bad scars from it, but he used Mederma and today, you can't even tell.

kd.joseph

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[QUOTE]I thought this was going to be a scar-telling competition. I am now disappointed. Not that I have any good stories, but I was fully planning on living vacariously through others.
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

Me too Sesh.

amylydia23

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[QUOTE]I thought this was going to be a scar-telling competition. I am now disappointed. Not that I have any good stories, but I was fully planning on living vacariously through others.
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]
Sorry to let you down!  I don't really have any cool scars, just surgery ones.

betrothed123

I ditto the Vitamin E suggestion.  I used it on my ankle after my operation it it worked pretty well.  It's also usually less expensive than any of the scar fading treatments you see advertised.

LessThanZero

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[QUOTE]My dad had a pretty bad accident about a year ago now, where he fell face first onto some frozen mud.  He had some pretty bad scars from it, but he used Mederma and today, you can't even tell.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]

I read ths like a commercial testimonial, haha.

But for realsies, I'm glad your Dad is ok.   : )

amylydia23

Thanks for the suggestions,  I think I might try the bio oil.

AllAboutTheBenjamin

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Scars anyone? : I read ths like a commercial testimonial, haha. But for realsies, I'm glad your Dad is ok.   : )
Posted by LessThanZero[/QUOTE]


Haha, nice!  Thanks though. :)  He looked pretty rough from it... he needed stitches and both of his eyes were black and blue.  He looked like he'd gotten into a bar fight.  My grandpa hadn't passed yet and a couple days after my dad's incident, my grandpa "escaped" from the house and went on a walk and slipped on some ice, so HE had a couple stitches in his forehead.  We were giving both of them a hard time on Thanksgiving because they both looked so banged up :) And we were telling my uncle "Hey, you need to go get the shiit kicked out of you so you can match."

But seriously - the Mederma worked.

paprika28

Ditto the bio oil. I used it on a few scars that I had gotten over the years and they've faded drastically. I really helped to even my skin out- especially in the winter when it gets dry. It made a huge difference.

LessThanZero

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Scars anyone? : Haha, nice!  Thanks though. :)  He looked pretty rough from it... he needed stitches and both of his eyes were black and blue.  He looked like he'd gotten into a bar fight.  My grandpa hadn't passed yet and a couple days after my dad's incident, my grandpa "escaped" from the house and went on a walk and slipped on some ice, so HE had a couple stitches in his forehead.  We were giving both of them a hard time on Thanksgiving because they both looked so banged up :) And we were telling my uncle "Hey, you need to go get the shiit kicked out of you so you can match." But seriously - the Mederma worked.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]

That's a good Thanksgiving story.

I'll have to look into the mederma or vitamin E oil too. I have a pretty bad surgical scar on my ankle. It's gotten much better but I still think it's yucky.

TheCranberry

Make sure you use sunscreen on it so you don't get hyperpigmentation.

amylydia23

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[QUOTE]Make sure you use sunscreen on it so you don't get hyperpigmentation.
Posted by TheCranberry[/QUOTE]
That was my problem with my femur surgery scar.  I used vitamin E with that and it seemed to work but I also hit the tanning bed a little too soon and didn't protect it the way I should have.  It's been about 5 years so it doesn't look as bad anymore but I definitely don't want the scar right on the front of my shoulder to darken.