Best cream for burn scars

[George79]

Hello all
We had a nasty accident 2 weeks ago when DD (7 months old) pulled some hot water over. She had second degree burns on her forearm and it was horrible. Very luckily the wound has healed well, though it is still very red, and the burns unit where she was treated has said we just need to rub cream on it three times a day for the next few months and then hopefully there will not be any mark in a year or so. Does anyone have a recommendation for which cream to use? Or any other general advice on how best to care for it?

Thanks very much

I had surgery on my face last year to remove a skin cancer (bcc). My scar was very red and I was feeling quite bad, when people were starring at it. My sister recommended "La crème de la Mer " which is terribly expensive, and I started to rub it on the scar and now you don't notice it at all.
I heard Elizabeth Arden 8 hours should be good as well.
Poor baby girl, I hope she'll get better soon

Ouch- poor dd and you. Hope she's pain free and on the mend now. Could this be suitable? It looks like it's designed/marketed as a cream to prevent/reduce scarring as far as possible. It doesn't say if it's ok for babies though.

Could the burns unit give you a recommendation, maybe? Or your GP? It would be awful to put something on it that irritated it.

Yes Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream

I spent some time in a burns unit and they used stuff that and feels like this but is in scented.

You might get some in the sales. It really helped with my scar which you can hardly see now.

I don't think it is good enough for the burns unit to just say put 'cream' on it. What does that mean? I'd either ring the burns unit or the GP as the poster above suggests because I think you need a proper medical recommendation, especially as it's a baby's skin.

Looks and feels

Unscented

Sorry phone!

I was told to use any plain unscented cream, and just used my dd's Dermol cream, which she has for eczema. I think it is just important to keep it moisturised.

I'm a nurse who used to work in a burns unit (left about a year ago, so hopefully advice hasn't changed too radically!) We advised any unscented moisturiser, as newly healed skin is delicate and you want to avoid irritation. We used to discharge people with a tube of aqueous cream to get them started.

The most important thing, though, isn't the type f the moisturiser, but stopping it drying out, which will worsen itchiness, and the massaging motions of applying it, which will help stimulate blood flow etc. It should be applied at least 3 times a day, but can be applied more often if needed for comfort.

In terms of the appearance of scarring, this is partially genetic (some people naturally make worse scars than others), but if a burn has healed within 2-3 weeks there should be no permanent scarring. One thing that does make a huge difference to scarring is exposure to sun, so apply sun block (factor 50 or higher) to it and keep it covered in the sun until it is faded, as it will be much more vulnerable to sun damage which will worsen the appearance of the scar.

Hope this helps, I'm happy to answer any other questions.

Brilliant thanks a lot for the advice, they did say any cream but I now understand the reasoning behind this!