Alternative to Mederma Scar Creme?

Try Vitamin E oil. It was fantastic for me. I used it faithfully after my hysterectomy and you can hardly see my bikini line scar now. I also had 2 minor office procedures done last summer and the Dr. told me to use Vitamin E oil.

Also, make sure the scar stays out of the sun or has heavy sunscreen on it.

Good luck

Shaklee C&E Repair helped me with scars ranging from a raging case of Poison Ivy to breast surgery scars. You can't even tell I once had scars. My husband used it after surgery on his chest, he has problems with keloid (overgrowth) scar tissue, the C&E Repair helped when the cortisone shots did not.

My son just had surgery to remove a birthmark last month. They told us to put zinc oxide on it. I honestly don't know if those ointments work on reducing the scar. The doc was mostly concerned with sun exposure, which wouldn't be a problem with your scar. I've heard vitamin E capsules are good - rubbing the gel on the scar, but that's just an "old wives tale" an dI don't know if it's actually true.

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Take care and God bless!

M.

I've been told by several different MDs to use Vitamin E Oil on the incision site/scar. Hopefully you won't be allergic.

Blessings,
N.

Wheat germ oil is good too.

Hello! I had my thyroid removed in January, and my Doctor also recomended Mederma. It also iritates me. It gets red and starts itching. So now I just try to use it once a day, and I use very little and make sure I only get it on the scar and not all over the skin. It seems to be a little better.

C.

I work for a board certified plastic surgeon (www.DrMichaelBogdan.com).

Mederma or Scar Guard is what he recommends to his patients. Vitamin E Oil is also an alternative that is less expensive. If you have a reaction to one, then discontinue use, and try another kind.

Scars that are pink are still healing, so using sunscreen is also VERY important. Scars turn white when they have finished healing.

Wishing you a smooth recovery! :)

Bio Oil ($12) same area of the pharmacy.