Scar Removal Options The Best Scar Removal Products Are Silicone Based Scar Treatments
By: Jennifer Relot
Submitted: 2009-11-24 02:40:12 | Word Count: 514
The effectiveness of home scar removal leapt ahead when doctors confirmed the impact of silicone on scars. Silicone works during scar removal by flattening and fading scar tissue. Prior to the silicone breakthrough, home scar removal depended upon ingredients including vitamins and even onion extract.
Then chemists discovered the properties of the man made compound silicone. It is now increasingly viewed as an effective ingredient in the best home scar removal products.
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In fact, some doctors in Great Britain prefer to use silicone scar treatment products alongside laser medical scar removal, surgery and cortisone shots.
During scar removal, silicone promotes healing by helping the scarred cells draw and hold moisture from surrounding healthy tissue. Moisture is essential to healing.
You find silicone in scar removal cream, patch and gel. Any of the “delivery systems” can provide immediate soothing as scars can be painful or itchy. When you stop rubbing or scratching redness subsides. Silicone also protects the sensitive scar tissue from wind, rain and any other outside irritants.
How does silicone work? In a home scar removal product, it goes to work at the cellular level, encouraging healing. This results in a flatter scar which fades into the surrounding skin.
Scientists may confirm another cellular impact of silicone on scar removal. It may facilitate the realignment of damaged fibers. It’s a fascinating theory. Silicone causes static electricity, and static electricity may persuade damaged cells to realign. These cells re form as softer, more normal tissue. The hard bumps of scar tissue fade.
We mentioned earlier that UK doctors adopt silicone treatments as a complement to medical scar removal. That is due, in part, to the fact that surgery, cortisone shots and lasers sometimes make scars larger, and frequently make them look worse before they improve. A silicone product helps.
People prone to thick, red keloid scars are advised to avoid any elective surgery or body piercing as the outcome is often a new keloid. Topical home removal becomes an appealing option, one some see as their only alternative.
Direct application of a home removal cream makes sense. The silicone reaches tissues directly. You will see numerous products called silicone sheets. They protect well but can come off during activity. A coating of cream or gel also offers protection and adds flexibility during the removal process.
Wearing silicone sheets for months at a time can call attention to home removal especially if it is one a part of the body that people frequently notice such as one the face. Unfortunately, some people affected by scars suffer real shame concerning their scar, making a silicone gel removal option more discreet and ultimately less distracting and less embarrassing for the user.
You’ll also hear about vitamins, moisturizers (and that onion extract) used in over the counter, scar creams and gels. However, while these ingredients are effective, the reality is that when you combine the affordability and superior effectiveness of using a silicone based scar treatment, the best removal option may very well be using an at home scar product such as a silicone scar gel.
Author Resource:-
Jennifer Relot specializes in skin care. She suggests learning more about the (http://www.scarprin.org) Silicone Scar Treatment Scarprin. Additional information can be found at the Scarprin blog (http://scarprin.wordpress.com).
