Wolf200's Guide To Improving Scars (Acne and Surgical)

[Wolf200]

Bro, found these that are much cheaper then Scarprin, also is 100% silicone gel:

http://www.amazon.com/ScarAway-Treat...DateDescending

They also have patches. Do you think they could work mate, really want these hypertrophic acne scars of my back.

Have heard of them. Not sure how they compare to SCARprin, but for the price I'd say they're definitely worth a try.

And as for the patches. I'm sure any patches would work tbh. I recommend Cica Care because (unless I'm mistaken) they have always kind of been the "original silicone patches" But any silicone patch would be better than none, and with the combination of a silicone gel I'm sure you'll see some really good results with your scars.


also, just got 30k negged for another post so gonna be answering questions best I can for the next hour or so try and make up for it.

[AvengeMe]

The sheets will raise sunken scars to an extent, if that's what you have. Either that or they will eventually go away if it's not a proper scar. My acne scars look like the 3rd pic on page 1. What you have may end up fading altogether, again depending how old they are.

They are at least a year or two old. wut do?

[Wolf200]

They are at least a year or two old. wut do?

Definitely the sheets then. Either that or you'll need something surgical/clinical if you want to improve them (and they're sunken in) (lasers, fillers etc)

[AvengeMe]

Oh Lawd, how much are the sheets? My body is ready.

[Wolf200]

Oh Lawd, how much are the sheets? My body is ready.

I think around $50 USD on Amazon? I posted the prices on previous page. Might be cheaper elsewhere, not really sure ( I buy mine from Aussie, but will be cheaper buying from America, but most don't ship here)

Also someone posted a link to a different brand who also make Silicone sheets above - they may be cheaper if money is an issue.

[Niveks]

I have some major scars and i never used anything to help prevent them. I kind of wish I would have but their already 5 years old. I figured if I was going to have three 14" scars there wasnt much use in hiding them. Theyre pretty intense looking but ive gotten used to living with them. Not much I can do now. This is my left forearm. I have identical scars on my left knee and the outer side of my right leg.I also have two 6" scars on my right forearm. Scarred for life brah.

The round area in the middle is a skin graft btw

[Wolf200]

I have some major scars and i never used anything to help prevent them. I kind of wish I would have but their already 5 years old. I figured if I was going to have three 14" scars there wasnt much use in hiding them. Theyre pretty intense looking but ive gotten used to living with them. Not much I can do now. This is my left forearm. I have identical scars on my left knee and the outer side of my right leg.I also have two 6" scars on my right forearm. Scarred for life brah.

The round area in the middle is a skin graft btw

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Thanks for posting a photo, makes things easier than trying to imagine everyone's scars.

Not sure if you were really asking for advice or not, but I'll give my 2c on it anyway if you want.

That's certainly a long scar, but in saying that it looks like it healed pretty well. Doesn't look raised or too red. Top bit looks like a bit of an indent? Honestly it looks like it would've been a PITA to try and use something on, especially if you have other ones as well. Wouldn't be worth trying to use silicone sheets on it, unless you bought a couple packs of them. A gel/cream may help, but if you've learned to live with them then it might not be worth the hassle.

Scars are just one of those things that you can do the best you can to make them look nicer, but you just have to learn that you're always going to have them. And it sounds like your a good inspiration for that. So props for that

[seatbelt]

Hey OP I dunno if you've answered this yet or not but out of the products you mentioned which one do you think would be the best for acne scars?

[Wolf200]

Hey OP I dunno if you've answered this yet or not but out of the products you mentioned which one do you think would be the best for acne scars?

Everything in the OP can be used for acne scars (unless otherwise specified)

As I've said in almost all my posts now, I currently use Mederma + Cica Care Silicone Patches on both my surgical and acne scars.

[Wolf200]

bump

[Neto472_old]

your scar is tiny OP... i have two 10cm keloid surgical scars. what can i do?

[Wolf200]

your scar is tiny OP... i have two 10cm keloid surgical scars. what can i do?

My scar? Or my 15 scars? I've got 3 on my face, 4 on my head and the rest are on my body.

Read the OP.

[Wolf200]

Last bump

[Neto472_old]

My scar? Or my 15 scars? I've got 3 on my face, 4 on my head and the rest are on my body.

Read the OP.

the pics that you posted show very small scars.

my doctors recommended a few treatments, including getting a tattoo on top of it (skin-tone tattoo). have you looked into this?

[Wolf200]

the pics that you posted show very small scars.

my doctors recommended a few treatments, including getting a tattoo on top of it (skin-tone tattoo). have you looked into this?

Never heard of it.

Just looked it up, and it appears you need really small, (to be honest) hardly noticeable scars for it to work. It says you're not a candidate for it if you have:

Keloid Scar
Raised, Dark Edges
Hyperpigmentation

Sounds good in theory, but I guess there's a reason why it's not a widely recommended treatment.

[pechorin]

I had surgery on my head,



The scar from the surgery isnt that bad honestly, but right along the line its slightly pink and hair doesnt really grow so it kinda looks awkward when I have really short hair.

I hate having longer hair, what you think I can do to make it more the color of my skin, even with all the hair surrounding it? Any way to make my hair start growing back there too?

[Glarch]

in for later

[Wolf200]

I had surgery on my head,

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The scar from the surgery isnt that bad honestly, but right along the line its slightly pink and hair doesnt really grow so it kinda looks awkward when I have really short hair.

I hate having longer hair, what you think I can do to make it more the color of my skin, even with all the hair surrounding it? Any way to make my hair start growing back there too?

The pinkness should fade over time. As far as hair growth - AFAIK hair will never grow where a scar is. If you look on the first page at my photos, one of my scars is a chunk out of my sideburn. When my hair gets long (and like you I prefer it short) the hair above it comes down over it, but where the actual scar is I'll never have hair grow there.

I have heard you can get hair implants (which leaves a scar elsewhere on your head normally) but there is still a chance the implanted hair will die and not grow at the scar site.

Because your scar is in your hair, sticking silicone sheets to it would be a PITA. You could certainly try it, and it may help with the redness (Not sure if that photo is recent, but it looks like a fairly "nice" scar, so if it's less than a year old I'd say it will eventually fade into being less and less red and barely noticeable quite possibly like the small whiter one behind it) otherwise one of the creams/gels in the OP may help.

[Wolf200]

Bumping this since I've had a few PM's about this lately.

You can PM me, but post ITT so others can see the thread.

[Wolf200]

Last bump before I remove link from sig.

[sieusc]

Respect for taking the big amount of time to write this post

[Wolf200]

Respect for taking the big amount of time to write this post

Thanks bro.

Didn't really take off like I had hoped though. Had too many people PMing me and then I had to keep bumping the thread for others. Gonna let it die now.

Hope it helped some people.

[KingofLifts]

Going to bump this, good info in here

[Wolf200]

Going to bump this, good info in here

Appreciated.

Though I'd add - had a PM from someone who tried the silicone patches and he said even after 2 1/2 weeks he was seeing great results.

[KingofLifts]

Awesome, i think ill get them soon, i just got some mederma another week ago, lets see how this goes.

[Wolf200]

Awesome, i think ill get them soon, i just got some mederma another week ago, lets see how this goes.

Let us know how you get on. Good luck.

[Wolf200]

Random bump.

[Piranha89]

Wonder why OP got banned...

I saw this thread a week ago and bought Cica Care. Should come in a day or 2...

I have an 11 year old 35 stitched scar from an accident on my forehead. I used Mederma on it 2 years ago for approximately 1 year. Since I've just used my retin A cream to put on for massaging. One half of scar is fine but the other half is still raised even though I've seen a 40% improvement since 2 years ago.

Will let you guys know

[Piranha89]

Wonder why OP got banned...

I saw this thread a week ago and bought Cica Care. Should come in a day or 2...

I have an 11 year old 35 stitched scar from an accident on my forehead. I used Mederma on it 2 years ago for approximately 1 year. Since I've just used my retin A cream to put on for massaging. One half of scar is fine but the other half is still raised even though I've seen a 40% improvement since 2 years ago.

Will let you guys know

It's only been 9 days but it's improved tremendously! (Knock on Wood) Hopefully it keeps pregressing. Can't believe it's working on a mature scar, even after seeing some improvement with mederma/massage for 1 a year before. I had been massaging the last 8 months, 2 times per day for 5 minutes with no improvement and now I use this silicone sheet and I'm seeing daily progress!

[Wolf200]

It's only been 9 days but it's improved tremendously! (Knock on Wood) Hopefully it keeps pregressing. Can't believe it's working on a mature scar, even after seeing some improvement with mederma/massage for 1 a year before. I had been massaging the last 8 months, 2 times per day for 5 minutes with no improvement and now I use this silicone sheet and I'm seeing daily progress!

Good to hear man. I have yet to hear from someone who hasn't seen results with the silicone sheets. And speaking from personal experience, the results I had were permanent. ie when I stopped using the sheets, the scars didn't go back to how they were.