Scar treatment for child

[Suzi888]

Posting for traffic, asking for a friend.

Her DS fell over Christmas and attended A&E with a nasty cut to his face. Its on his face and he is only five.
It’s been glued and currently stitched, he is worried about being left with a scar. Hopefully he will forget about it or it won’t be that bad once healed.
Once she is able to apply a treatment, can I ask if anyone can recommend anything suitable that could reduce scarring please? Has anyone had any success with improving a mark?
Thank you in advance.

Bio oil is supposed to be good for scars

Vitamin E oil is supposed to work, but I find it hard to believe a 5-year-old boy is worried about a scar.

Tell him:
Pain is temporary
Wounds heal
Chicks didscar

Gah, it posted too early

Pain is temporary
Wounds heal
Chicks dig scars
And glory is forever

Get the toxic masculinity in young ;-)

bio oil is really good. It's not cheap but it goes a long way so you only need the smallest bottle.

@MaskingForIt it’s his nose, painful and in fairness looks very nasty. He’s a sensitive boy, he may well forget all about it in time, hopefully. I don’t think he’s that interested in the ladies right now! but thanks for the replies so far.

Elastoplast Scar Reducer patches. Other brands also do them.
Remembering that different skin types (ethnicities) scar differently.

There is a specialist gel used for scar therapy called Silgel, you need a prescription for it though. My plastic surgeon told me it is the massage action rather than the product that makes a difference, he recommended piercing a vit E capsule and spending a few minutes daily massaging it in.

My mum used silver plasters and says they're great he could use them at night time?

Another recommendation for Bio Oil

Dd split her top lip right up to her nose when she 5 it was really bad and needed the maxifacal team to close it under a general they gave us a tub of vasileen to cover it with and honestly you can't even see a mark anymore admittedly we're now 14 years on but it will fade surprisingly fast

Try a cream called Maderma, made in America. Very good on scars. Worth the money!

@jamesfailedmarshmallows

There is a specialist gel used for scar therapy called Silgel, you need a prescription for it though. My plastic surgeon told me it is the massage action rather than the product that makes a difference, he recommended piercing a vit E capsule and spending a few minutes daily massaging it in.

Yep, massage is important for reducing the risk of keloid scars forming. Also good for reducing tenderness and encouraging blood flow and nerve healing. Once it has healed enough to be touched, of course.

Thank you all for the responses, much appreciated and I’ll send them on to her. It’ll probably look much better once the dressings come off. It’s just very tender at the moment which doesn’t help his reaction!

Kelo - Cote is great, I had a fifteen stitch gash in my forehead and you can barely see it now. Whether I got lucky or it was the gel I don't know. The plastics team recommended it to me.

Dermatix gel is brilliant

Yes our plastics team also uses Kelocote

Try actual scar massage therapy. Look up ScarWorks and find a therapist in your area. I refer all my oncology patients to this therapy, and also anyone having scarring from operations.

I was given this by a doctor (not in the Uk). It's apparently super good!! (My scar was in a hidden place... but have been told looks fantastic!) ingredient is polysiloxane. Maybe you can research it

I have had problems with scars all over my body due to chronic eczema from childhood which still crops up from time to time now and I found bio oil did nothing except make my skin soft.
If I was still bothered by them I would be trying silicone gel and silicone patches, sounds like they work really well, wouldn't cause any allergies (as pretty much insert), cost effective as reuseable/washable, and the research is there too.

I second bio oil, I have scars on my face that I used to massage it into and they aren’t really noticeable anymore. The massaging it relieved the pain as well. I also have scars on my body and my mum used to put bio oil into the bath for those. It can depend on the severity of the scar, I have one scar which was reopened for a second operation which never really faded but something like this sounds like it should be fine, especially as he’s so young so plenty of time before he’s into his looks!

You need silicone gel
Kelokote or similar

My DS has an injury when he was about 8 that needed a lot of treatment under the burns team. Once the wound was adequately healed, we did twice daily massage using a variety of prescribed emollients (the variety was mainly down to finding one that best suited his skin and provided the most effective moisturisation, rather than any specific medical need).
We'd spend about 5 minutes every morning and evening doing gentle massage of the new tissue especially where the new tissue joined the old skin. It was a long journey but he's left with scar which is now barely noticeable and which has remained smooth and flat as he has grown (massively).

I can't recommend anything specific but I guess my message is just to reinforce that regular moisturising and gentle massage should help to minimise any scaring.
(He does also wear his scar with pride, although less so these says as he's a good as forgotten about it. He just shows it off every now and again!)

Thank you all I have made a list to give her and noted the importance of massaging.
I might get one of these gels for my c sec scar, as that’s a bit bumpy!