Hi Merry Losers!

I have been meaning to post this question for some time now.

I will be asking at my doctor's office on Wednesday also.

Just can't remember all that I want to ask.

I even write it down.

C.N.:smile:

I don't have my post op till 1/28 but I will be asking about this also. 3 of the tiny insicions are almost invisable and I have 1 larger and then 1 where the port is that is pretty visible. I'd like to use something on them too.

Hi CN and Cgailee,

In Australia we have a product called Bio Oil. It reduces stretch marks and minimises scars. YOu can't use it on broken skin and have to wait until the wound has healed, but it is good for lightening scars/stretchmarks. Would also be good to use to prevent stretchmarks if you were pregnant.

Good luck finding a product,

Jen

Oh, forgot to add - happy to post some to you if you decide you want to try it. It's about $13 aussie dollars for a bottle. It smells nice too.

I recently had Plastic Surgery. The surgeon reccomended using a Vitamin E Cream with a minimum of 10,000iu of Vitamin E. I was able to find it at a local CVS but not Walgreens. He said to use vitamin E lotion NOT vitamin E gel though I didn't get a very good explanation as to why. He also said that massaging the scar was as if not MORE important than the vitamin E. He instructed me to massage the scar in small firm circular motions for 1-minute twice a day. My plastic surgery scar is still red along the incision line right now but has no lumpy scar tissue as of 3 months out. He didn't have me start massaging it until several weeks post surgery and has instructed me to keep massaging it for at least 3 months.

I only wish my band surgeon had given the same advice as my port scar is VERY raised and UGLY. Though luckily my PS says when I get my breast reduction later this year he will do a quick scar revision at the port site as well.

One last note. The surgeon & his nurse who had also had Plastic surgery both said NOT to waste money on expensive creams like Mederma. They didn't feel they gave any better results than the much cheaper CVS store brand vitamin E lotion.

I have been using Contractubex, I paid 60 at the Dr's office then came home and found it on ebay for 10, errrr. In the "scar stages" thread, there is a picture towards the end of the thread of a patient 14 days out. You can't even see her scars!! She used a product called Keto cote from skinstore.com and a homeopathic medicine called arnica montana (GNC). I have been taking the arnica and using the gel my doctor gave me and my scars look fabulous at this point. Don't waste your money on mederma or scarzone.

One last note. The surgeon & his nurse who had also had Plastic surgery both said NOT to waste money on expensive creams like Mederma. They didn't feel they gave any better results than the much cheaper CVS store brand Vitamin E lotion.

Thanks for this advice. I was just getting ready to go out and by some Mederma...I'll look for Vitamin E instead. Thanks!

I have been using Mederma. I actually used this when I first got all the crazy itching and it helped me get through that. My scars are shrinking, so I am happy.

I have been using Mederma. I actually used this when I first got all the crazy itching and it helped me get through that. My scars are shrinking, so I am happy.

Sorry, I wasn't trying to suggest that Mederma doesn't work. My PS just said he thought it was too expensive and that I would get good results with a strong Vitamin E Lotion. If I found it on a good sale I'd still love to try it though at 3 months out my scar is already looking much better than I ever expected.

greeneyez

Thankyou for the offer of shipping the Bio-Oil.

That was so kind of you.

I was so surprised to see an add for Bio-Oil in a magazine the other day...so we have it now in the U.S.

I will be looking for it.

You are only a few days banded now 1/15/08.

I hope you are starting to feel better.

C.N.

AudrucIan

Thanks for the recommedations - I will have to look into these too.

Just found out I could use something several days ago.

Sounds like everyone starting using it much earlier than me.

Hope I haven't lost precious time.

C.N.

I had seen this advertised in a magazine also and wondered about it. I checked drugstore.com and it is 11.99 plus s/h. I will have to check at a local drugstore to see how much it is to buy it local and save any s/h.

Hey CN. THanks, I'm feeling better. First 2 days were really hard and I wondered what I had done to myself.

I have started to use the bio oil on my old stretchmarks and places I think I may have excess skin later on - hoping that it will make it more elastic - I can always dream!

Jen

Jen,

Glad to hear that things are going better.

I think so many of the thoughts are so typical of most of us.

Hold on to - it does get better - within a few days -all at once you will notice your day is pretty good.

I think day 6 was a turnaround day for me.

Rest and take care of yourself.

C.N.

CN, I felt pretty good from Day 3-4, now Day 5 and I feel good.

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