8 best remedies for scars and scars
Scars and scars for the most part are cosmetic defects, but in some cases, they lead not only to the appearance of dysmorphophobia and dissatisfaction with their appearance, but also to a real decrease in the quality of life. Thus, cicatricial contracture that has arisen on the small joints of the hand after injury or burns limits the range of movement in the fingers, and this can even lead to transfer to another job and to the loss of a profession (for example, for 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 would be to prevent their formation or fight them at the stage of their formation. It was at this time that the scar from fresh connective tissue is most susceptible to the effects of various topical preparations, which include various ointments, gels and creams.
It is very important that everyone can use these preparations at home, and not spend large sums on visiting the 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 exists for a long time, then a primary consultation with a plastic surgeon is necessary, since such scars become the most difficult problem.
This review will also be shown to those quite healthy people who often, for mysterious reasons, form various small keloid scars in place of ordinary, banal scratches, wounds and cuts.
Why do you need a consultation dermatologist?
Before proceeding to the listing of the positions of the rating, you need to remember that rarely the scar will disappear completely without any traces. The success of the treatment is considered achieved if the scar or scar has become less noticeable on the skin, it has lost its shine, the range of motion in the affected joint has increased, or the feeling of tightness has disappeared. If the scar or scar is fresh, then a big plus will be the elimination of surrounding inflammation, and stopping its growth.
It is necessary to understand that those scars and scars that do not protrude above the surface of the skin are affected by the best of local remedies. If they stand out significantly, or, conversely, they look sluggish 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 injuries of the skin, burns or operations, these tools 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. However, it is advisable to begin treatment with the advice of a dermatocosmetologist. This is necessary because some of the funds listed in the rating are more suitable for prophylaxis, and help preserve the wound without secondary microbial infection and promote its normal healing. Other means are shown in the case when the scar has just started to form, but it is easy to miss this moment with an inexperienced eye.
In the ranking of these drugs for the treatment of scars and scars included those funds that can be bought in domestic pharmacies at a reasonable price. Internet reviews often mention expensive products that can be purchased only in a few pharmacies in Moscow and St. Petersburg, either in specialized clinics or in beauty salons.
Rating the best means of scars and scars
| Nomination | a place | Name of product | price |
| The best creams for scars and scars | 1 | Clearwin | 105 ₽ |
| 2 | Epitonex | 491 ₽ | |
| 3 | Kelofibrase | 1 500 ₽ | |
| The best ointments for scars and scars | 1 | Dexpanthenol | 139 ₽ |
| 2 | Solcoseryl - ointment | 318 ₽ | |
| The best gels for scars and scars | 1 | Contractubex | 569 ₽ |
| 2 | Fermencol | 588 ₽ | |
| 3 | Dermatics | 2100 ₽ |
The best creams for scars and scars
Creams have a light texture, and most often have the form of an emulsion, which penetrates the depth of the skin is not as deep as an ointment, but then 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 ointment, which is why it is desirable to apply overnight or under dressings.
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 developed by specialists of Indian or Ayurvedic medicine, and contains various phytoextracts and antioxidants. Therefore, this tool will most likely be used to prevent the occurrence of fresh scars and scars in those people who have a tendency to their appearance on the place of scratches and minor skin injuries.
When applied, this cream penetrates deep into the epidermis, helps to improve the oxygenation of skin tissues, and slows the formation of melanin, therefore, after an injury, the stain or scar will not undergo enhanced pigmentation. Also, the cream has been successfully used in the treatment and prevention of stretch marks in pregnant women. It can be used on the skin of the face, with pigment spots, with puffiness under the eyes and in the complex treatment of acne treatment. The product is applied to cleansed skin twice a day. Clearwin is produced by the national 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 is clearly the 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 necessary preliminary preparation of the skin, using conventional soap, scrub or makeup remover. Also Klirvin can successfully be 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 vera, to turmeric, and other ingredients listed in the instructions, then you must be careful and check the skin's reaction by applying the cream on the elbow bend.
Epitonex
Rating: 4.8
Epitonex is also a domestic parapharmaceutical agent, and is a phytocream specifically positioned against scars and scars. It contains herbal ingredients: rosehip extract, Sophora and aloe, onion extract that irritates the skin, improves blood circulation in the epidermis, as well as allantoin, which has a softening and moisturizing, nourishing effect and beeswax to improve skin regeneration.
This remedy is prescribed not only for flat, but also for protruding and atrophic scars, when fresh scars and stretch marks appear, including after boils and acne. The cream is well tolerated, and the instruction recommends that a small amount of cream be rubbed in until the skin is completely absorbed into the desired area. The multiplicity 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 cosmetics company Phytoros, and you can buy a tube of 30 milliliters at an average price of 380 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
As in the case of other topical forms containing plant and natural ingredients, this cream acts gently on the epidermis, and is recommended more as part of complex therapy, if there are old scars and stretch marks, or scars significantly protrude above the skin surface. But this cream is very good, as well as the previous tool, for the prevention of the formation of minor scars, as well as for the treatment of the freshest of them. Individual intolerance to the natural components of the cream develops rarely, and it can take its place in the home first-aid kit, especially in the summer, when various microtraumas occur most often, especially when working in the garden.
Kelofibrase
Rating: 4.7
Kelofibrase is already considered “heavy artillery”, and is produced by the famous German pharmaceutical company Sandoz. The composition of this cream is highly purified urea. Everyone knows that it very well softens dry skin, and there is even a well-known cosmetic line Uryazh of the highest quality, based on this action of urea.
In addition to urea, hepatin sodium is a part of Kelofibrase. We have already met with this substance when we described local remedies for the treatment of varicose veins, for the prevention of edema and the reduction of the vascular network. Heparin not only improves blood circulation, and helps to increase blood flow and eliminates bruises. It is able to prevent thrombosis, improves tissue regeneration, reduces the tightening effect during the formation of scars.
The third active component of this cream is camphor. It cools the tissues, providing a menthol-like effect, anesthetizes and reduces the symptoms of local inflammation. Camphor activates capillary blood flow, and everyone knows that the scar is formed the more intensely and coarsely, the less blood flows to it, since fibroblasts and connective tissue in general develop most intensively under conditions of tissue hypoxia.
Kelofibraz is applied to the skin with fresh stretch marks, any scars and scars, will be highly effective in preventing the formation of scars, 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 a scar. Apply Kelofibraz is necessary from 2 to 4 times a day, on the desired area, followed by a delicate massage until the cream is completely absorbed. In the case of old or hard scars, complex treatment is necessary in conjunction with hardware techniques, pronounced massage and application of compresses with cream. The cost of one pack of Kelofibraz 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, and on average, 1,400 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of kelofibrase include a unique balanced composition, which helps to anesthetize, reduce puffiness, prevent thrombosis, simultaneously activate blood circulation in the skin and significantly soften it. The disadvantage of this tool is a very high price, with a small volume of the tube, and the availability of components. But some craftsmen bypass this as well, simply applying home-made “cream” from pharmacy camphor, necessary concentration of urea, Ieparin cream or ointment using self-made prescription. According to reviews, such a highly self-treatment can be no less active than when using Kelofibrase.
The best ointments for scars and scars
Ointments for the treatment of scars and scars are recommended to be applied in the morning and evening, and if possible, you can once a night, if the ointment has a greasy base.The best option for applying the ointment is a night ointment dressing, which will allow you to soak deeply into any agent and have an effect within a few hours. It is among the ointments that the most popular and cheap representatives are found, which are shown not only for the treatment of scars and scars, but also to speed up the regeneration and healing of wounds in the stage of scarring and the appearance of granulations.
Dexpanthenol
Rating: 4.9
This drug is known dermatotropic and provitamin effect. Dexpanthenol helps to improve the nutrition of tissues, enhance the regenerative abilities of the skin, and improves cellular nutrition. This means that Dexpanthenol is able to prevent hypoxia in the depth of the skin, it normalizes the consumption of oxygen by the 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, wounds. In this case, the ointment will be light yellow, with a slight odor, and is a source of pantothenic acid. In addition to the treatment of fresh scars and their prevention, Dexpanthenol is applied to burns and scratches, to postoperative stitches, to trophic ulcers. It is used for diaper dermatitis and chickens in children, for treating nipple cracks in nursing mothers. Dexpanthenol as an ointment can be applied simply on dry skin, in order to moisturize it.
The dosage regimen of this drug on average - 3 times a day, you can - at night, you should gently rub the ointment into the skin surface. It is advisable not to apply Dexpanthenol on weeping wounds. Produces this tool 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 be borne in mind that this ointment should be applied to infected and, moreover, festering wounds and trophic ulcers only after they have been thoroughly cleaned with preparations containing antiseptics or antibiotics. After all, Dexpanthenol is a means to improve the trophism of the skin, but it is not able to fight microorganisms, especially in the active phase, alone.
Solcoseryl - ointment
Rating: 4.8
Solcoseryl ointment belongs to the group of drugs, or agents, also capable of restoring skin trophism and accelerating healing or epithelialization. Healing involves the restoration of the skin, and not at all scarring. With normal healing there should be no scarring, and Solcoseryl, like other reparants, such as methyluracil ointment, helps physiological healing. Solcoseryl is produced by the Swiss company AiCN, and Solcoseryl consists of the same substance as the well-known Actovegin in ampoules for intravenous administration. This is a purified, and protein-free whey of dairy calves, dried, standardized and distributed on an ointment base.
Such a protein kit is necessary for the skin to stimulate healing, and solcoseryl ointment has a protective, regenerating and wound-healing effect. It is applied, except for fresh scars and scars, with minor skin lesions, with light degrees of burns 1 and 2 degrees, including burns from solar radiation, with frostbite. The drug is applied two or three times a day, perhaps nightly application for several hours under the occlusive dressing. Before use on possible infected wounds, surgical treatment is necessary, or you should wait for the appearance of granulations. One pack of ointment in 20 grams in a tube will cost from 260 to 310 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
Solcoseryl is considered a biological drug that is completely safe, is applied topically, has a low allergenicity, it has no symptoms of overdose and almost does not meet individual intolerance. The lack of Solcoseryl is the absence of an antibacterial component in it. Therefore, the ointment can be a tasty prey for pathogenic microbes, especially if there is evidence of inflammation in the newly formed scar tissue. In this case, treatment with Solcoseryl should be stopped and the antibacterial and antiseptic treatment of such scars and scars should be carried out.
The best gels for scars and scars
Gels, unlike the ointment and cream bases, dry quickly, are not so deeply absorbed into the surface of the skin, therefore their purpose is “work” with young scars and scars, or prevention of their appearance. In the case of pronounced, protruding keloid scars, old scars and stretch marks, or vice versa, atrophic and inverted scars, for example, with systemic scleroderma, the effectiveness of the gels will not be very high. In this case, it will be necessary to apply them in the complex, and, most likely, to combine them with hardware techniques and various types of cosmetic massage. But gels have their advantages. They are absorbed the fastest, do not get dirty clothes at all, and can even rub into nylon stockings.
Contractubex
Rating: 4.9
Kontraktubeks is considered a highly effective gel, which is often found in pharmacies and contains ingredients already familiar to us: they have been found in other representatives of the rating. These are heparin, onion extract, and allantoin. The combined action of these components of Contractubex contributes to the normal healing of the skin. It is shown for application of Kontraktubeks, except for cutaneous fibrosis and various scars and scars, in case of immobility of joints, in case of rheumatic lesions of tendons and synovial membranes, as well as when applied to postoperative sutures to prevent scarring.
It is a transparent light brown gel Kontraktubeks, it produces an anti-inflammatory effect due to onion extract, heparin prevents thrombosis, allantoin moisturizes and contributes to the destruction of the stratum corneum, that is, it is keratolytic. The proven slowdown in the proliferation of fibroblasts, of which the scar consists, is considered important in the action of Contractubex.
This gel is applied on the desired surface and is easy to rub. 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 Contractubex, and a 20 g tube costs between 500 and 650 rubles. A similar tuba dosage of 50 g will cost an average of 950 rubles. Also Kontraktubeks is produced in the form of a convenient patch, an area of 12 by 3 cm, that is, 36 square centimeters, and a package of 21 such plasters for application to the skin at night under the dressing averages 1,140 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
This drug, despite its relatively simple composition, is distinguished by its 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 smaller reduction of scars and scars. Contractubex has the form of a patch, which is convenient for night dressings, and hypersensitivity is rarely developed to the drug. It was found that the drug within 4 hours can penetrate deep into the dermis, which is quite unusual for the 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.
Fermencol
Rating: 4.8
Enzyme is a little bit apart because it does not contain any herbal ingredients, but is a collection of animal enzymes that break down collagen.And from collagen, as is known, scar tissue is composed, since collagen is produced by active fibroblasts. Active enzymes are produced from sea creatures, and most of all they show their activity specifically for abnormal, pathological or scar collagen, of which hypertrophic scars and keloids are formed. It is for such a pathological scar collagen that the vortex and nodal disposition of individual fibers is characteristic. Healthy collagen, for which the linear nature of the distribution is characteristic, is not destroyed by this preparation. Fermencol has a selective effect on pathological scars and scars.
Fermencol is indicated for use in the care of various forms of scars and scars. But, of course, it is preferable to start treatment as soon as possible. In the event that there was an open wound, then not earlier than 3 weeks after the appearance of the granulation, this gel can be applied. Fermencol is applied as a gel, and usually the multiplicity 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 courses. Also, the drug can be used and the composition of professional treatment, it is a method of electrophoresis and phonophoresis. The fermenkol is produced by the domestic company Biopin, which also produces a very good remedy for burns and microbial contamination of wounds. The cost of a tube of 30 g of gel averages 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 too high a price. However, the high activity stated in the instructions, the specific selective effect on pathological scar tissue, and the possibility of using it in a variety of ways allows this tool to be found both in the home first aid kit for the treatment of fresh scars and scars, and to be in demand in the office of cosmetology hardware. This drug is well tolerated, individual intolerance develops very rarely. Even in patients with allergies to various marine organisms (shrimps, crabs), as a rule, this allergy is not observed, because the gel does not contain a suspension of fragments of organisms, but only special enzymes - proteases, a specific set of molecular weights from 23 to 36 kilodalton.
Dermatiks - gel: high price with normal composition
Rating: 4.6
This is an American parapharmaceutical that is manufactured by Hanson Medical Inc and is the most expensive in the ranking. For example, packaging in the form of a 15-gram tube costs at least 2,100 rubles, and a maximum of 3,160 rubles in August 2024 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 odor, it is transparent and resembles the well-known Enterosgel sorbent in its structure, and various silicone pastes, no matter how strange it sounds. According to the manufacturer, Dermatics prevents the formation of scar tissue, and is applied immediately after the healing of wounds, as well as the appearance of immature and fresh scars. The tool softens and smoothes ripening scars, reduces inflammatory symptoms, such as itching, pain, and discomfort notice. Dermatics may be applied for a long time, including up to a period of 2 years after the closure of wounds. Gel is applied twice in the morning and 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 the video on YouTube, which is called “Dermatics”, the magic effect is explained by the fact that, like the most common gel, it creates a protective film on the skin.But silicone gels for protecting hands, silicone creams that are used for the same purpose, there are a great many, and none of them even cost 3000 rubles for a small tube of 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 treats like no gel in the world. The choice is yours.
In conclusion, it should be said that before you begin treatment on your own, you should evaluate your strengths and capabilities. So, if the scars are on a wide area, then, most likely, self-treatment will not bring any particular result. Only under the control of a specialist with the use of various means, including hardware techniques, can a pronounced positive effect be achieved.
Attention! This rating is subjective, is not advertising and does not serve as a guide to the purchase. Before buying, you should consult with a specialist.
