I form awful keloid scars. I'm a little bit concerned about my laprascopic incisions when they heal. My cesarean scar looks awful, and even the tiniest scar looks terrible. Any suggestions for what I could do to minimize scarring?

The OB who did my cesarean said she would do something special during suturing to help minimize keloids...but whatever it was didn't work.

I'd like to hear from others who form keloids how they turned out and if you did anything special.

I have got one keloid from the surgery - the one just above my belly button. Everyday I put something called bio-oil on it (also oil used from stretch marks, scars etc - might be an NZ product not sure) and it seems to be starting to fade after five months.

My son has keloided scars. One of his biosiblings also has them. His is partially hidden by his eyebrow, don't ask, he arrived with it at the age of 3 1/2 yrs old.

Anyway the pediatrican recc. coco butter 3 times a day. After a year it started to look somewhat better, but it still looks like a keloid, ropey pink scar thing. Thankfully he's a boy and scars are cool.

BTW he's 7 1/2 yrs old now, so it's been 4 years of coco butter.

Yes...my scars do the same. I can say that even if I got down to 100 pounds I will not ever be wearing a bikini. They aren't terrible, but they are still there, still pink and still puffy. I did buy some Mederma, but I didn't buy it until about four months after surgery and on the back it says for older scars to apply three times a day. I'm going to try it out, but I really haven't been good with it yet. For new scars, I think that you only have to do it once a day for like three months. So...if you haven't been banded yet, you might want to check that out. I hear it's the best stuff out there for scars. I knew that my scars would do that, but I figured that a couple of scars across my tummy is better than breaking the scales with my weight. Good luck.

I recommend using Kelo-cote which you can purchase at this link:

Kelo-cote Scar Gel Skincare Product at SkinStore.com

Since you develop keloid scars, you may be well served by visiting a COSMETIC dermatologist and discuss your scar situation and your upcoming surgery. That's what I did, and my cosmetic dermatologist here in New York City recommended Kelo-Cote.

Go to the Scar Stages link. I posted my scar pics there, and you can see how well I have healed. I posted 3-day and 20-day scars. They are even better now that I am 8 weeks post-op.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/scar-stages-share-yours-6117/index29.html

My band scar is keloid while the lap scars did not. My plan is..after I have the skin removal surgery, I'll see what's there to work with and probably..maybe...have it tattooed.

I had major keliod scarring on my leg from a childhood accident. they finally are all flat, light, pale. So i guess when i have the surjery if i get them, i wont freak out beacuse my legs looked terrible for years. thhey are still very scared from27 operations but I can walk and hopfully when I loose the weight It wont be a big deal. but i'll buy some of the products mentioned before the months out...

Hopefully sch. at the end of the month... I have a approval!!!!!