Hi,

I was just banded on 10/27 and would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on what is best thing to use for the scars.

Time is the only thing that works for me......

I've been using Mederma gel. It has worked great!

Hi,

I was just banded on 10/27 and would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on what is best thing to use for the scars.

Vitamin E oil & don't expose scars to sun for 6 mo.

I used Mederma exactly as suggested faithfully for 4 months and feel like I wasted my money. Now I am using a face sunscreen with Retinol on my body scars and see a difference...plus my skin is very soft!!!! Time is your biggest factor, I think. I just got rid of my original port scar and had a port revision last week...as soon as my incision is healed I am going to start the cream with Retinol.

Mimi

Hey there.. I am a nurse in a dermatology office- mederma is not something we recomment to anyone for scars. Sure, for some it may work....

I am in the pre-op process of getting a lapband, and will hopefully be banded in January... I personally will be buying some Neocutis Restorative Cream to put on my scars post-op.... before you research it i will warn you that it is EXPENSIVE- like $100 or so... to me, it is worth it. The doctor I work for even puts that on her children when they have fallen and gotten big cuts and such- they have NO scars... That's all I have to recommend, but i hope whatever you use works for you!

I was told to put sunblock on them once they are healed because sun with change them colors

Keeping your scars COVERED and out of the sun is going to be the biggest help- and is best to do so ALWAYS, but at the minimum for the next 4-6 months...

i bought band aid like scar removers from a drug store. It says it take 8 weeks to notice change and the box is 40$. You can cut them to size so it lasts a long time. A friend of mine said he has been using them for awhile and they work great!

Rose hip seed oil. They did studies with women who had mastectomies with remarkable results. Rose hip seed oil actually regenerates cells.

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Vitamin E cream and Bio Oil (not sure if you can buy that where you live, but it's quite popular here in Australia).

When I crashed my motorcycle a few years ago I had a road rash the size of a salad plate on my leg, I used Reten A (sp?) and there is no trace of a scar.

You could always just tell people you were in a knife fight, and they should see the other girl!

*my wife won't let me tell people that. sigh.

You could always just tell people you were in a knife fight, and they should see the other girl!

:thumbup:

*my wife won't let me tell people that. sigh.

LOL. I'm going to start telling people that. Not that I show off my wiggly stretch marked stomach to anyone so not sure when it will come up, but at some point someone will see it and ask and then I can say knife fight and look menacing.

I've been using Bio Oil and I see a difference!

You could always just tell people you were in a knife fight, and they should see the other girl!

*my wife won't let me tell people that. sigh.

LOL... that was such I guy thing to say. My hubby told me to say that.

Love it!!!