With several scar treatment products, how does one know what to believe?

Consider the source

In 2002 the International Clinical Recommendations* were published, and in this publication the physician experts in scar treatment gave only one recommendation for topical (non-invasive) treatment for scars: 100% silicone.  It has been proven effective in many clinical studies to reduce scars.  There was not enough evidence that any other product worked well enough to earn a recommendation.

Plastic Surgeon Massimo Signorini states that in patients studied, the patented silicone formula “is effective in speeding up maturation and reducing the hypertrophy rate of fresh surgical scars” and that it “could currently be the most recommendable agent for scar treatment, especially in visible areas.”**



* Mustoe TA et al. Plast Reconstr Surg 2002; 110:560-571
** Signorini M, Clemontoni MT, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2007;  31:183-187