It’s been almost 10 years. I’ve given up on the hope of them being less jarring to look at so covering is the only thing I can do…

  • EABOD25English
    7·
    3 days ago

    I’m ignorant to the whole thing, but I would imagine they’re deep scars. Have you tried getting lotions with salicylic acid? It’s a sking steroid that is supposed to help with scars, stretch marks, and psoriasis

    • SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de
      12·
      3 days ago

      Hope I’m not intruding. If OP is like me Salicylic acid will not work for some strange reason, metabolism maybe. I am currently in month 2 of 6 of trying silicon scar sheets like these and my scar is getting less pronounced and smaller. I usually put these on the scar right before going to bed and leave it on for the night. Sometimes even forget it and it stays on for the day too. So far I can recommend these.

      • EABOD25English
        4·
        3 days ago

        Your comment certainly seems more experienced than mine. I’ve used it on shallow scars ony inner arms and knees and it took care of the scars. Just figured I’d try and share what I’ve experienced

        • SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          2 days ago

          I think yours is a good recommondation. Definitely recommend trying out, this was in no way meant to discourage. I have had this pesky scar on my inner thigh for over 10 years and kinda gave up trying different things, these scar sheets are new to me and so far worked amazingly well.

      • Chuymatt@beehaw.org
        1·
        2 days ago

        As another poster said, silicone scar gel (or personal lube, if you don’t care) works well.

        It works best on hypertrophic scars, or those that are thick and raised. Age of the scar can be a factor, but even 20 year old scars can be modified by application to and massage (5 min a day) of the area.

        Atrophic scars, ones that are sunken are a bit more difficult to address without more invasive work.