RE: Re: Post-Operative Advice/Myomectomy

[Guest guest]

Tish,

I completely agree.Why take this drug as some form of prophalactic against

regrowth.I'd say keep diet good and weight off and get ultra

sounded.If there's a problem then you can consider other things like Lupron.-but

later.

God sometimes I think doctors have rocks in their heads.

Bonnie

lkwetter@... wrote:

> Personally, I'd wait and see if anything grows before taking the

> risks of Lupron. Is your doc saying he/she missed some fibroids? The

> post myomectomy regrowth rate is about 25% with only 10% needeing

> further treatment. I don't think that protecting against " possible "

> future fibroid growth justifies the risks of lupron. Fibroids shrunk

> by lupron regrow in 6 to 8 months following stopping the medication.

> So, what would you gain from this even if you had fibroids? You are

> only 40? You might get a year maybe or a year and a half? It wouldn't

> help you make it to menopause. Lupron is not approved by the FDA for

> this type of treatment either.

>

> You can check out the NLVN (National Lupron Victims Network) to se if

> you want lupron's risks.

>

> Tish

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

This product is actually quite interesting -- as the docs don't really

know why it works to reduce scars at all. They just know it does. I've

seen the evidence based documentation on this stuff -- an it's slim

pickings in terms of science and a lot of guesswork.

It's simply silicone gel sheeting -- nearly the same stuff used in the

manufacture of silicone breast implants is used to make sheets of this

gel material (slightly different formula). A company I used to work for

manufactured a similar product and it was purchased primarily by

cosmetic surgery docs -- they don't sell it OTC like & Nephew does

with Cica-Care though.

Looking at this silly sheet of silicone in a plastic tray after it was

formed, it just didn't seem like it could do much at all for scars. But

the company sold an awful lot of it to doctors who swore by it.

Also, please note that it should never be used on an incision still

healing -- only on a closed scar. Using this product on an open

incision or oozing wound still healing can cause serious infection. It

is only effective on scars that are red or raised and must be used

immediately after the wound has completely healed.

http://www.smith-nephew.com/US/Wound/ProductDetail.asp?UniqueId=0%2E9%2E393%2E39\

6%2E400%2E569 & Tab=1

My daughter used this product to cut down on scar build-up in her feet.

As a ballerina, she was frequently developing horrific open wounds that

would then scar over something terrible. Most ballerinas have pretty

deformed feet that can get to looking pretty ugly after a couple of

decades or so on pointe. Anyway, after the oozing stopped and healed,

she'd wrap her toes/feet in this gel sheeting. Seemed to help. Today,

there are a variety of gel sheeting products that dancers use even with

oozing wounds to help them heal faster/better.

Carla

TroublTime@... wrote:

>

> I found the web-site for Cica-Care. It is also availaable at

> Walgreens. Hope this helps http://www.cicacare.com/usahtml/index.html

>

> > There's a wonderful thing called Cicacare - available in the UK and

> > elsewhere, no doubt available in the US - - it's a solid sheet of

> stuff

> > that you put over the scar. It's very expensive, but fantastically

> > effective- a friend of mine used it on two operation scars and

> after two or

> > three months they were virtually invisible.

> >

> > Carolyn

>

[Guest guest]

Is Cica-Care available without a prescription?

Therese

Re: Re: Post-Operative Advice/Myomectomy

This product is actually quite interesting -- as the docs don't really

know why it works to reduce scars at all. They just know it does. I've

seen the evidence based documentation on this stuff -- an it's slim

pickings in terms of science and a lot of guesswork.

It's simply silicone gel sheeting -- nearly the same stuff used in the

manufacture of silicone breast implants is used to make sheets of this

gel material (slightly different formula). A company I used to work for

manufactured a similar product and it was purchased primarily by

cosmetic surgery docs -- they don't sell it OTC like & Nephew does

with Cica-Care though.

Looking at this silly sheet of silicone in a plastic tray after it was

formed, it just didn't seem like it could do much at all for scars. But

the company sold an awful lot of it to doctors who swore by it.

Also, please note that it should never be used on an incision still

healing -- only on a closed scar. Using this product on an open

incision or oozing wound still healing can cause serious infection. It

is only effective on scars that are red or raised and must be used

immediately after the wound has completely healed.

http://www.smith-nephew.com/US/Wound/ProductDetail.asp?UniqueId=0%2E9%2E393%

2E396%2E400%2E569 & Tab=1

My daughter used this product to cut down on scar build-up in her feet.

As a ballerina, she was frequently developing horrific open wounds that

would then scar over something terrible. Most ballerinas have pretty

deformed feet that can get to looking pretty ugly after a couple of

decades or so on pointe. Anyway, after the oozing stopped and healed,

she'd wrap her toes/feet in this gel sheeting. Seemed to help. Today,

there are a variety of gel sheeting products that dancers use even with

oozing wounds to help them heal faster/better.

Carla

TroublTime@... wrote:

>

> I found the web-site for Cica-Care. It is also availaable at

> Walgreens. Hope this helps http://www.cicacare.com/usahtml/index.html

>

> > There's a wonderful thing called Cicacare - available in the UK and

> > elsewhere, no doubt available in the US - - it's a solid sheet of

> stuff

> > that you put over the scar. It's very expensive, but fantastically

> > effective- a friend of mine used it on two operation scars and

> after two or

> > three months they were virtually invisible.

> >

> > Carolyn

>