Guest guest Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 Hi All, I have a friend - non-EDS - who just had his thyroid removed hence will be dealing with a nice scar right out in the open. His doc told him to just keep rubbing cream on it and he wondered if I might have any creams I'd recommend. I haven't had any experience with any scar reducing creams so I'd like to ask you all - anyone have good results with a particular scar reducing cream? Thank! Hugs, B. HEDS, New Jersey, USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 Dear : Please relay our good wishes to your friend & let him know he's now " adopted in to " a entire HUGE family that will be with him all the way. AND from my personal experience (post 50 operations) and from what I have heard from others, that the best thing is simple, VITAMIN " E " OIL. it's also very inexpensive & easy to get. And, he can use it liberally. It's generally available, 2 ways. It's easiest to find, in gel-like capsules (look in the vitamin section). You break each one open & use it that way. The best though, instead of breaking open the capsules, if you can find it, (sometimes my food store even carries it, ask the pharmacist or a place like CVS, Walgreen's, etc.,) is from a a small clear bottle & simply says Vitamin E oil (IT'S CLEAR). Don't get any kind of creams or lotions, etc., that say that have Vitamin E in them or call themselves something with Vitamin E, even something that might say " Vitamin E creme, etc. You want the plain old, nothing added, Vitamin E oil, just like the oil that comes out of the capsules. If you look at the ingredients on any lotions, cremes, etc., you'll see that they usually list water first, then all kinds of other junk. The plain old Vitamin E oil, is all he needs & again, this is from my personal experience & from what I've also known from many other people & is my opinion only. Wish him well for us. I also usually tell woman who have this surgery that another nice option after using the Vitamin E oil, is to tell their " significant other " that they need a full choker style necklace made out of diamonds. It does a really nice job of hiding the scar!!!!! But I guess that wouldn't be the best thing for a guy. And as for girls, I don't think I've met anyone yet who could convince anyone, that they really needed that diamond choker for medial reasons. But hey, a gal can always try, right? Seriously, wish him well. Take care, In a message dated 5/23/2004 7:16:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, powerplug@... writes: Hi All, I have a friend - non-EDS - who just had his thyroid removed hence will be dealing with a nice scar right out in the open. His doc told him to just keep rubbing cream on it and he wondered if I might have any creams I'd recommend. I haven't had any experience with any scar reducing creams so I'd like to ask you all - anyone have good results with a particular scar reducing cream? Thank! Hugs, B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 Hi, I use various creams from Derma-E--very good for sensitive, allergy-prone skin. They have a scar reduction cream that is supposed to be very good, though it takes dedicated application. Lenore in Seattle > Hi All, > > I have a friend - non-EDS - who just had his thyroid removed > hence will be dealing with a nice scar right out in the open. His doc > told him to just keep rubbing cream on it and he wondered if I might > have any creams I'd recommend. > > I haven't had any experience with any scar reducing creams so I'd > like to ask you all - anyone have good results with a particular scar > reducing cream? > > Thank! > Hugs, > B. > HEDS, New Jersey, USA > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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