The 8 best remedies for scars and scars

Review of the best according to the editorial board. On the selection criteria. This material is subjective and does not constitute advertising and does not serve as a purchase guide. Before buying, you need to consult with a specialist.

Scars and scars are mostly cosmetic defects, but in some cases, they lead not only to the appearance of body dysmorphic disorder and dissatisfaction with their appearance, but also to a real decrease in the quality of life. So, cicatricial contracture that occurs on the small joints of the hand after injury or burns leads to a limitation of the range of motion in the fingers, and this can even lead to a transfer to another job and the loss of a profession (for example, among pianists, watchmakers).

Modern medicine, including plastic surgery, has a rich arsenal of various methods for eliminating already formed scars and scars, but the most effective and timely way will be to prevent their formation, or to combat them at the stage of their formation. It is at this time that the scar of fresh connective tissue is most susceptible to the effects of various topical agents, which include various ointments, gels and creams.

It is very important that everyone can use these drugs at home, and not spend large sums on visiting a beautician. First of all, this rating of drugs will be useful to those who have fresh and shallow scars and scars. In the event that the scar tissue has existed for a long time, then an initial consultation with a plastic surgeon is necessary, since such scars become the most difficult problem.

This review will also be shown to those completely healthy people who often, for mysterious reasons, develop various small keloid scars at the site of ordinary, banal scratches, wounds and cuts.

Why do you need a consultation with a dermatocosmetologist?

Before moving on to listing the ranking positions, you need to remember that rarely a scar will disappear completely without any traces. Treatment is considered successful when a scar or scar is less visible on the skin, it has lost its luster, increased range of motion in the affected joint, or the feeling of tightness disappears. If the scar or scar is fresh, then a big plus will be the elimination of the surrounding inflammation, and the arrest of its growth.

It must be understood that the scars and scars that do not protrude above the surface of the skin are best affected by local remedies. If they protrude significantly upward, or, conversely, look sinking and flabby, then the professional participation of a cosmetologist is necessary.

In addition to the usual keloid scars that occur at the site of various skin injuries, burns or operations, these funds are used for fresh stretch marks, as well as for various small focal scars that occur at the site of pustular skin lesions: carbuncles or boils. Nevertheless, it is advisable to start treatment with a consultation with a dermatocosmetologist. This is necessary because some of the agents listed in the rating are more suitable for prevention, and more help preserve the wound without secondary microbial infection and contribute to its normal healing. Other remedies are shown in the case when a scar has just begun to form, but it is easy for an inexperienced eye to miss this moment.

The rating of real drugs for the treatment of scars and scars includes those products that can be bought in domestic pharmacies at a reasonable price. Online reviews often mention products that are expensive and can be purchased only in a few pharmacies in Moscow and St. Petersburg, or in specialized clinics or beauty salons.

Rating of the best remedies for scars and scars

Nomination	a place	Name of product	price
The best creams for scars and scars	1	Clearwin	105 RUB
	2	Epitonex	491 r
	3	Kelofibraza	RUB 1,500
The best ointments for scars and scars	1	Dexpanthenol	139 RUB
	2	Solcoseryl – ointment	RUB 318
The best gels for scars and scars	1	Contractubex	569 r
	2	Fermenkol	588 r
	3	Dermatix	RUB 2100

The best creams for scars and scars

Creams are light in texture, and most often have the form of an emulsion that does not penetrate into the depth of the skin as deeply as an ointment, but deeper than gel-based preparations. The cream can be applied several times a day, after a few minutes of massage, it does not stain clothes and does not leave greasy marks on it, unlike an ointment, which is therefore advisable to apply at night or under bandages.

Clearwin

Rating: 4.9

This cream is indicated for the treatment of scars and scars in children and adults, and is a dietary supplement. It is formulated by specialists in Indian or Ayurvedic medicine and contains various phytoextracts and antioxidants. Therefore, this tool will most likely be used to prevent the appearance of fresh scars and scars in those people who have a tendency to their appearance on the site of scratches and minor skin injuries.

When applied, this cream penetrates well into the depths of the epidermis, improves oxygenation of skin tissues, and slows down the formation of melanin, therefore, after injury, the spot or scar will not undergo increased pigmentation. Also, the cream is successfully used in the treatment and prevention of stretch marks in pregnant women. It can be used on the skin of the face, with age spots, with puffiness under the eyes and in complex therapy for the treatment of acne. The product is applied to cleansed skin twice a day. Klirvin is produced by the domestic company Realcosmetics, and is surprisingly inexpensive. One tube weighing 25 g can be purchased for 60 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantage of the cream will clearly be its low cost and wide distribution in most pharmacies of various forms of ownership. The tool is used in children, and, perhaps, the only inconvenience will be the necessary preliminary preparation of the skin, using ordinary soap, scrub or makeup remover. Also, Klirvin can be successfully used in pregnant women, on the skin of the face, but sometimes an allergic reaction can develop to it due to individual intolerance to the components. Therefore, if the patient is allergic to aloe, turmeric, and other ingredients listed in the instructions, then you need to be careful and check the skin reaction by applying the cream to the elbow area.

Epitonex

Rating: 4.8

Epitonex is also a domestic parapharmaceutical agent, and is a phyto cream specially positioned against scars and scars. It contains herbal ingredients: rosehip, sophora and aloe extract, onion extract irritating the skin, which improves blood circulation in the epidermis, as well as allantoin, which has a softening and moisturizing, nourishing effect and beeswax to improve the skin's ability to regenerate.

This remedy is prescribed not only for flat, but also for protruding and atrophic scars, with the appearance of fresh scars and stretch marks, including after boils and acne. The cream is well tolerated, and the instruction recommends rubbing a small amount of the cream until it is completely absorbed into the desired area of ​​the skin. The frequency of application during the day is regulated only by necessity, and can be repeated more than 3-5 times. Epitonex is produced by the Russian cosmetic company Fitoros LLC, and you can buy a 30 milliliter tube at an average price of 380 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

As in the case of other forms for topical application containing herbal and natural ingredients, this cream acts gently on the epidermis, and is recommended more as part of complex therapy, in the event that there are old scars and stretch marks, or scars protrude significantly above the skin surface. But on the other hand, this cream is very good, like the previous remedy, for preventing the formation of minor scars, as well as for treating the freshest of them. Individual intolerance to the natural components of the cream rarely develops, and it can deserve its place in the home medicine cabinet, especially in the summer, when various microtraumas occur most often, especially when working in the garden.

Kelofibraza

Rating: 4.7

Kelofibraza is already considered a 'heavy artillery', and is produced by the famous German pharmaceutical company Sandoz. This cream contains highly refined urea. Everyone knows that it softens dry skin very well, and there is even a well-known cosmetic line of products Uryage of the highest quality, based on this action of urea.

In addition to urea, Kelofibraza contains sodium heparin. We have already met with this substance when we described local remedies for the treatment of varicose veins, for the prevention of edema and reduction of the vascular network. Heparin not only improves blood circulation, but also promotes blood flow and eliminates bruising. It is able to prevent thrombosis, improves tissue regeneration, reduces the tightening effect in the formation of scars.

The third active ingredient in this cream is camphor. It cools tissues with a menthol-like effect, relieves pain and reduces symptoms of local inflammation. Camphor activates capillary blood flow, and everyone knows that the scar is formed the more intense and coarse, the less blood flows to it, since fibroblasts and connective tissue generally develop most intensively under conditions of tissue hypoxia.

Kelofibraza is applied on the skin with fresh stretch marks, any scars and scars, will be highly effective in preventing scar formation, and is also indispensable in the presence of dry skin. It is dryness that can contribute to the formation of micro-tears and the continued growth of the scar. It is necessary to apply Kelofibraza 2 to 4 times a day, to the desired area, followed by a gentle massage until the cream is completely absorbed. In the case of old or hard scars, complex treatment is required together with hardware techniques, pronounced massage and the use of compresses with cream. The cost of one package of Kelofibraza in 50 g is high, and is, on average, 1,700 rubles, and a package of 25 g is not half the price, as one might expect, but on average, 1,400 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantages of Kelofibraza include a unique balanced composition that helps to relieve pain, reduce swelling, prevent thrombosis, simultaneously activate blood circulation in the thickness of the skin and significantly soften it. The disadvantage of this tool is the very high price, with a small volume of the tube, and the availability of components. But some craftsmen get around this too, simply applying homemade 'cream' from pharmacy camphor, urea of ​​the required concentration, heparin cream or ointment according to their own prescription. According to reviews, such, in the highest degree, self-treatment can be no less active than when using Kelofibraza.

The best ointments for scars and scars

Ointments for the treatment of scars and scars are recommended to be applied in the morning and in the evening, and if possible, it can be applied once at night if the ointment has a fatty base. The best option for using the ointment is a night ointment dressing, which will allow any remedy to be absorbed deeply and take effect within a few hours. It is among the ointments that the most popular and cheapest representatives are found, which are indicated not only for the treatment of scars and scars, but also for accelerating the regeneration and healing of wounds in the stage of scarring and the appearance of granulations.

Dexpanthenol

Rating: 4.9

This drug is known for its dermatotropic and provitamin effect. Dexpanthenol helps to improve tissue nutrition, increase the regenerative capacity of the skin, and improve cellular nutrition. This means that Dexpanthenol is able to prevent hypoxia in the depths of the skin, it normalizes the consumption of oxygen by skin cells, which reduces the synthesis of collagen by fibroblasts. As a result, the growth of newly formed scars and scars is reduced.

Dexpanthenol is widely used in various sprays, creams for the treatment of burns and wounds. In this case, the ointment will be light yellow, with a slight odor, and is a source of pantothenic acid. In addition to treating fresh scars and preventing them, Dexpanthenol is applied to burns and scratches, to postoperative sutures, to trophic ulcers. It is used for diaper dermatitis and pimples in children, for the treatment of cracked nipples in nursing mothers. Dexpanthenol ointment can be applied simply to dry skin to moisturize it.

The dosage regimen of this drug is on average 3 times a day, it is possible – at night, you should lightly rub the ointment into the skin surface. It is advisable not to apply Dexpanthenol to weeping wounds. This product is produced by the domestic company Vertex, 100 g of ointment can be purchased for 500 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

Dexpanthenol can be considered not only an ointment exclusively for scars and scars, but a universal cosmetic and therapeutic agent. It can be used in children and pregnant women, and has long proven in practice its high safety in various branches of medicine. Side effects and allergic reactions to it rarely develop, but it should only be borne in mind that this ointment should be applied to those infected, and even more so, festering wounds and trophic ulcers should be done only after their thorough cleaning with preparations containing antiseptics or antibiotics. After all, Dexpanthenol is a remedy for improving skin trophism, but it is not able to fight microorganisms, especially in the active phase, alone.

Solcoseryl – ointment

Rating: 4.8

Solcoseryl ointment belongs to a group of drugs, or agents that are also able to restore skin trophism and accelerate healing, or epithelialization. Healing involves skin restoration, not scarring. With normal healing, there should be no scarring, and Solcoseryl, like other reparants, for example, methyluracil ointment, helps physiological healing. Solcoseryl is produced by the Swiss company ICN, and Solcoseryl consists of the same substance as the well-known Actovegin in ampoules for intravenous administration. It is a purified and protein-free blood serum of dairy calves, dried, standardized and distributed over an ointment base.

Such a protein set is necessary for the skin to stimulate healing, and solcoseryl ointment has a protective, regenerating and wound-healing effect. It is applied, in addition to fresh scars and scars, with minor skin damage, with mild burns of 1 and 2 degrees, including sunburns, and frostbite. The drug is applied two to three times a day, possibly overnight application for several hours under an occlusive dressing. Before use on possible infected wounds, it is necessary to perform surgical treatment, or wait for the appearance of granulations. One package of ointment in 20 grams in a tube will cost from 260 to 310 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

Solcoseryl is considered to be a biological drug that is completely safe, applied topically, has low allergenicity, has no symptoms of overdose, and practically no individual intolerance occurs. The disadvantage of Solcoseryl is the absence of an antibacterial component in it. Therefore, the ointment can be a tasty prey for pathogenic microbes, especially if the newly formed scar tissue has signs of inflammation. In this case, treatment with Solcoseryl should be discontinued, and antibacterial and antiseptic treatment of such scars and scars should be started.

The best gels for scars and scars

Gels, unlike ointment and cream bases, dry quickly, are not absorbed into the surface of the skin so deeply, therefore their purpose is to 'work' with young scars and scars, or to prevent their appearance. In the case of pronounced, protruding keloid scars, old scars and stretch marks, or vice versa, atrophic and retracted scars, for example, in systemic scleroderma, the effectiveness of the gels will not be very high. In this case, it will be necessary to apply them in combination, and, most likely, combine them with hardware techniques and various types of cosmetic massage. But gels have their own benefits. They are absorbed the fastest, do not stain clothes at all, and can even rub into nylon stockings.

Contractubex

Rating: 4.9

Contractubex is considered a highly effective gel, which is often found in pharmacies and contains ingredients that are already familiar to us: they were found in other representatives of the rating. These are heparin, onion extract, and allantoin. The combined action of these components of Contractubex promotes normal skin healing. Shown for application Kontraktubex, in addition to skin fibrosis and various scars and scars, in the event of joint immobility, in the occurrence of rheumatic lesions of tendons and synovial membranes, as well as when applied to postoperative sutures to prevent scarring.

Kontraktubex is a transparent light brown gel, due to onion extract it produces an anti-inflammatory effect, heparin prevents thrombosis, allantoin moisturizes and promotes the destruction of the stratum corneum, that is, it is a keratolytic. The proven slowdown in the proliferation of fibroblasts, which make up the scar, is considered important in the action of Contractubex.

This gel is applied to the required surface and rubbed in easily. The shortness of application is up to three times a day, and a monthly course is usually sufficient to treat fresh scars. The German company Merz produces Kontraktubex, and a 20 g tube costs from 500 to 650 rubles. A similar tube with a dosage of 50 g will cost an average of 950 rubles. Also, Kontraktubex is available in the form of a convenient plaster, with an area of ​​12 by 3 cm, that is, 36 square centimeters, and a package of 21 such plaster for application to the skin at night under a bandage averages 1140 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

This drug, despite its relatively simple composition, is distinguished by an affordable, although not the lowest price, as well as the ability to apply the product to the skin previously steamed after a hot shower or bath, which contributes to an even greater reduction in scars and scars. Contractubex is in the form of a plaster, which is convenient for night dressings, and hypersensitivity rarely develops to the drug. It has been found that the preparation is able to penetrate deep into the dermis within 4 hours, which is quite unusual for a gel, since gels are usually surface agents. This is the role of heparin. In general, Contractubex has a good rating for the treatment of uncomplicated scars and scars, and can be recommended for use, both for the treatment and prevention of these unpleasant formations.

Fermenkol

Rating: 4.8

Fermenkol stands out a bit because it doesn't contain any herbal ingredients, but a set of animal enzymes that break down collagen. And, as you know, scar tissue consists of collagen, since collagen is produced by active fibroblasts. Active enzymes are produced from sea creatures, and most of all they show their activity precisely for abnormal, pathological or cicatricial collagen, of which hypertrophic scars and keloid formations consist. It is for such pathological cicatricial collagen that the vortex and nodal arrangement of individual fibers is characteristic. Healthy collagen, which is characterized by a linear distribution pattern, is not destroyed by this preparation. Fermenkol has a selective effect on pathological scars and scars.

Fermencol is indicated for use for the care of a wide variety of forms of scars and scars, But, of course, it is preferable to start treatment as early as possible. In the event that there was an open wound, then no earlier than 3 weeks after the appearance of granulation, this gel can be applied. Fermencol is applied in the form of a gel, and usually the frequency of application is up to 3 times a day, and the course of application is up to one and a half months, with the recommended repetition of the courses. Also, the drug can be used as part of professional treatment, this is a method of electrophoresis and phonophoresis. Fermenkol is produced by the domestic company Biopin, which also produces a very good agent of the same name against burns and microbial contamination of wounds. The cost of a tube of 30 g of gel is on average 1,500 rubles, and a small package of 10 g can be purchased at a minimum price of 740 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

The obvious disadvantage of this tool is considered to be too high a price. However, the high activity declared in the instructions, a specific selective action against pathological scar tissue, and the possibility of using it in a variety of ways allows this agent to be both in the home medicine cabinet for the treatment of fresh scars and scars, and to be in demand in the office of hardware cosmetology. This drug is well tolerated, individual intolerance develops very rarely. Even in patients with allergies to various marine organisms (shrimp, crabs), as a rule, such an allergy is not observed, because the gel does not contain a suspension of fragments of organisms, but only special enzymes – proteases, of a certain set of molecular weights from 23 to 36 kilodaltons.

Dermatix – gel: high price with the usual composition

Rating: 4.6

It is an American parapharmaceutical product manufactured by Hanson Medical Inc and is the most expensive in the ranking. So, a package in the form of a 15-gram tube costs at least 2,100 rubles, and a maximum of 3,160 rubles in August 2018 prices for a large city of the Russian Federation. What caused such a high cost?

This gel contains a mixture of polysiloxanes, or polymeric organosilicon compounds. This is confirmed by the fact that the gel has neither color nor smell, it is transparent, and resembles in its structure the well-known sorbent Enterosgel, and various silicone pastes, no matter how strange it sounds. According to the manufacturer, Dermatix prevents the formation of scar tissue, and is applied immediately after wound healing, as well as when immature and fresh scars appear. The product softens and smoothes ripening scars, reduces inflammatory symptoms such as itching, pain, discomfort notification. Dermatiks can be used for a long time, including up to 2 years after the closure of wounds. The gel is applied twice in the morning and in the evening.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantages of silicone gels include inertness and safety. But what is the effect, and how is it explained? The manufacturer does not explain or comment on the anti-inflammatory properties of organosilicon compounds in any way. In the YouTube video, which is called: 'Dermatiks', the magical effect is explained by the fact that, like the most common gel, it creates a protective film on the skin. But there are a great many silicone gels for hand protection, silicone creams that are used for the same purposes, and none of them even costs 3000 rubles for a small tube at 15 g. Therefore, each of us can make our choice and try apply this tool in practice. But in any case, obviously, a two-year course of using this drug will be extremely costly, even if this gel contains know-how and heals like no other gel in the world. The choice is yours.

In conclusion, it should be said that before you start to heal yourself, you should evaluate your strengths and capabilities. So, if the scars are on a large area, then, most likely, self-treatment will not bring much result. Only under the supervision of a specialist using a variety of means, including hardware techniques, can a pronounced positive effect be achieved.

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