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amother
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Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 9:33 am
My child got stitches over the summer, and while it’s BH healed there’s definitely a scar. Do I just wait it out, or is there something I should be doing?
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amother
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Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 9:44 am
You must apply a scar cream like mederma, MR cream.... every day for a year if you want it to heal nicely. It's a bit late to start now but better late then never.
(I have a scar on my face from when I got stitches at 3 years old. My parents didn't know that they're supposed to put something on the scar.)
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amother
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Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 9:44 am
Put mederma on it every day. You can buy in any pharmacy
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amother
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Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 9:58 am
Mederma? Ok
I’m clueless, BH not experienced with this
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imanothermother




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 10:05 am
Not mederma. A silicone gel. My daughter had a bad face injury a few years and it helped tremendously.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p.....8339/
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amother
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Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 10:07 am
What’s the difference…
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amother
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Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 10:20 am
imanothermother wrote:
Not mederma. A silicone gel. My daughter had a bad face injury a few years and it helped tremendously.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p.....8339/


Mederma is a silicone gel.
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oneofakind




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 10:37 am
Sunscreen on it every day
Silicone tape
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amother
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Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 10:47 am
MR aftercare cream
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amother
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Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 11:14 am
Do not let them go out in the sun without sunscreen.
My sil told me this when my 1 yr old had a cut glued, I was religiously doing for about 5 yrs.
After I stopped (completely forgot to do it each morning before she went to gan and was out playing in Israeli sun all morning) her scar became noticeable, hardly saw it before.

Glue scars are not as strong as stitches, so not sure if it will be that much of a difference as we had
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