Hey guys, it's Patrice Adeline from BeautyTimeRN.com. I'm a registered nurse
And I specialize in plastic surgery and aesthetics and today I'm gonna be sharing with you guys eight effective ways to treat a scar.
The first step that I wanted to share with you guys is
That you might go online and find a bunch of different things saying vitamin E
Or other vitamins may be super helpful for your scar
But basically what I have seen in peer edited reviews, vitamin E
Actually doesn't do anything for your scar by itself
It does when used in conjunction with other modalities, but I theorize that vitamin E
Alongside with other oils such as coconut oil
will improve the appearance of your scar because of the massage itself so since you're
massaging it into the scar to put it on it. Helps break up the collagen and therefore improve the appearance of your scar
Next two things I want to talk to you guys about is silicone, silicone
has been used in treatment of scars since the
1980s and it has been shown in pure edited reviews that it's actually the gold standard for treating scars
Silicone sheets can be used for scars on your body
They're kind of like bandages
And you can cut them if you have a smaller scar or you can
Put them next to each other if you have a longer scar so they're very useful
they should be used for at least six weeks and
The only downside I want to mention about silicone sheets. It's that if it's summer or
You are using it on your body your skin can get irritated since it is kind of like a bandage that it's always on there
Because of the oils that are being produced or if you're sweating it can kind of irritate your skin
so it's not for everybody, but it is an
amazing option to try
So the second silicon thing I wanted to mention is the silicone gel the silicone gel is great in the use of
The face the neck anywhere that is visible
Maybe your hand the nice thing about it is the application unlike the sheets that you have to cut up and piece together
The silicone gel you just put on and since you are rubbing it in just like the first step that I mentioned is
You are getting also a massage because you're rubbing it in and also a lot of the gels also contain SPF
Which also helps in the provement of scars, so you're kind of getting three in one by using a silicone gel
And that's the great thing about it
Next thing you want to be talking to you guys about is SPF SPF obviously has a lot of great benefits, but also
specifically to scars
If exposed to the Sun scars will get darker even if you're outside and you have clothing on
The Sun can still travel through your clothing and therefore you still want to have SPF on you should be using at least SPF
30 and you should be doing it for at least a year to two years long
Another tip is to use steroid injections
This is obviously not something you can use at home you do have to go to a plastic surgeon or dermatologist
Office to do
but what they would do is just inject some steroid in it usually kenalog and what this does is it takes a
hypertrophic scar or a keloid that is
Elevated and flattens it out, so it smooths it out
The one negative thing about this is because the scar is flattened out it will probably get wider
Even though the elevation of it goes down, so it's not a treatment that everyone wants to do
But if you do have a keloid scar that it is painful it might help with something like that
So the next thing I want to share with you guys is lasers lasers is something
I do every day on my patients to help them with their scars and there's different types of lasers for different types of scars
so if you have a textured scar
Like it's hypertrophic or hypertrophic
You want to treat it with something like a Fraxel which will smooth it out if it's a red scar you want to treat it
Something like a V beam which will take out the redness
and if it's a brown scar you want to use something like TriVantage or
Lasers might have different names in different offices so something that treats a brown scar
The one downside to lasers even though they're so effective and may only take one or two or three treatments
They are pretty costly so out of all the modalities that I'm mentioning in this video lasers are probably the most expensive route
However, you're doing it one to three times
Instead of every day for a year or two
So another effective way to treat a scar is by doing micro needling on it micro needling is very effective
But just like the lasers can be costly because you do need to do a few treatments with it
Probably four to six depending on the scar your practitioner will be able to tell you what's best for you
It's very similar with Fraxel in terms that it does treat the smoothness it won't affect the texture it will affect the texture
but it won't affect the tone or the
pigment of the scar so it's great for things like acne scars stretch marks
Which may not have pigment and micro needling might be the best option for it
Final tip I have for you guys is the use of Botox?
because
Scars are caused because of the tension that it's put on the incision or the trauma that you've had it
Can widen the scar it can make the scar longer so because that area is?
Relaxed with Botox it can actually help heal the scar
So if you have a scar that is on the forehead or the cheek
Areas that are very high tension it may be a great way to treat your scar, but it has to be done immediately
Obviously while the scar is still fresh so that that tension is not put on in
In conclusion there are a lot of different effective ways to treat a scar for more information
Please go to my website BeautyTimeRN.com where I talk about different scars
Costs and how to effectively treat the different scars if you like this video
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Scar questions that you might have and I will definitely get back to you
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