gel strips for scars

I got a pack of these sheets and used them on both a new scar and an old scar. I wash my skin twice a day and pat dry with a clean towel, then apply the sheets. So far the new one is healing way faster kêu ca scars usually heal for bủ, and the old one's even looking a little better after a few weeks. I've tried other scar gels and strips, and none worked quite this fast or well. I'm not excited about the price, but I don't want to tát use anything else because these work ví well.

A few tips:

- These don't stick to tát my skin very well. I tried using a bigger size sheet but it still falls off halfway through the night. So I found 3M Micropore tape (paper surgical tape that doesn't pull on skin, and has tiny pores in it to tát let air through) on the NewGel trang web, you can also get it on Amazon. I cut the silicone sheets to tát be a little bit larger kêu ca the scar, then I tape them down. It holds really well, I don't have the issue anymore where the sheets fall off.

- If you're washing and reusing these, and they're losing stickiness, wash them one more time with a dish soap and then use a hairdryer on really low heat. It seems to tát make the stickiness come back a little.

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I lượt thích the thickness of this silicone, but needs to tát be 1” longer!

My dermatologist recommended this product with cortisone treatments, and it helped to tát dissolve several keloids I had from surgery on my neck. After the cortisone treatments stopped a few months later the keloids started to tát reappear and using the strips alone did not help. I am currently getting additional cortisone injections and using NewGel+ patches and gel 24/7. Everyone’s skin reacts differently. NewGel+ is worth trying.

These might work better for others but for bủ, they are really too thick. I needed them for my nose and for an incision along my upper back. Once I saw them I knew I wouldn't use them during the day but thought maybe they'd be okay at night. With the thick edges they get pulled off really easily. Woke up with the piece I'd cut for my nose attached to tát my arm. :-/.

I'll be trying them along my back in a couple days, but I'm guessing I'll need to tát cover them with some sort of tape to tát get them to tát stay put.

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The other brand I've been using is very thin, stays put and, if you'd lượt thích, you can just leave them on until they finally lose their adhesion. On my back that was nearly 2 weeks (they say 10 days). On my nose, I take them off more often but the first piece was in place for about a week before I changed it. Plus, the other brand is a LOT less expensive and available at my local drugstore. It was the brand recommended by my surgeon.

<Follow up> After my review was posted the seller contacted bủ with some suggestions. I appreciate that they took the time to tát tự this.

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I had major shoulder surgery, left bủ with a 6 inch scar, and 1/16 inch keloid! After two weeks the scar is pencil thin, flat against my skin, and redness is almost completely gone.

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Made a difference in the appearance of my chest scar! Use it early & daily as your surgeon directs.

I've bought both the clear and flesh colored. I purchased after an arm lift ví I need it from above the elbow to tát the armpit. Clear - better looking, less obvious but it rolls badly. Flesh color - more foundation to tát the gel backing ví it doesn't roll as badly. But it will still roll. If you're active, the strip will grab and retain dirt along the border. This does not wash away. If you sweat, it will come loose and need to tát be reapplied. If you're not lucky, it will fall off and adhere to tát whatever it hits. You may never find it again. As far as improving the scaring, it seems to tát be helping. At this point, I've only used it about 3 weeks and it seems to tát have improved the scaring somewhat.
To keep the strips from rolling and/or falling off I try to tát hold them in place with a tight sleeved top. That has been very effective.

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Getting these gels to tát stick was very difficult. They were constantly falling off. I expected better ease of use for the money. Some help with scar reduction and I would recommend them for someone with more patience kêu ca bủ.

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