How to stop your scars drying out?

One of the key major problems with scars is dehydration of the underlying skin. Because your skin is damaged, it can no longer retain moisture. This causes scars to thicken, worsen and complaints increase. In this article, you'll learn why you need to protect your scar from drying out and how a scar cream can help.

A water reservoir in your skin

Healthy skin has a good outer layer of skin (stratum corneum) that protects you from dehydration. When you think of a good outer layer of skin, think of a wall with cement. On one side of the wall is a water reservoir and on the other side of the wall is nothing. The cement wall ensures that the water does not flow to the other side and disappear. The water tank remains full.

A scar causes the quality of the wall to deteriorate. The cement disappears or becomes spongy. This makes the wall permeable and allows the water to go to the other side via the cement. The water tank is empty.

Dehydration of your scar

When the water tank under your scar dries up, your body will protect you. To prevent further dehydration, your body produces extra scar tissue. Your scar expands, thickens and grows. As a result, your scarring symptoms also increase. Scar symptoms are, for example: persistent redness, painful pulling of your scar, thickening and growth of your scar.

Prevent scar growth and complaints

There is increasing scientific evidence that 'a well-filled water reservoir' under your scar is essential to prevent scar complaints. A scar cream will help you with this. The Alhydran scar cream not only ensures that the water tank is filled, but also that it remains full.

An effective scar cream hydrates and retains moisture

A scar cream is most effective if it contains both moisturising and moisturising ingredients:

• Moisturising ingredients draw moisture from the deeper layers of the skin and ensure that it ends up in the right place.
• Moisture-retaining ingredients (often oily substances) prevent moisture loss and thus dehydration through the scar.

A scar cream that contains only moisturising ingredients removes moisture from the deeper layer of the skin, but cannot prevent the moisture from evaporating again. As a result of evaporation, moisture is again drawn from deeper skin layer, which unintentionally causes further dehydration. Further dehydration causes your scar to deteriorate. A scar cream with only moisturising ingredients should therefore be avoided.

Did you know that ...
A scar cream cannot bring in moisture. Many people think that a scar cream ensures that water from the cream is absorbed into the skin, but this is not possible. A scar cream ensures that moisture is transported from the deeper layer of the skin (dermis) to the top layer of the skin.

The effect of a good scar cream

A good scar cream provides better color and elasticity and a more supple scar. The scar will become less visible and its size will decrease. Itching, redness and thickness will also decrease. Note: a good scar cream can reduce your scar, but never make it disappear completely.

ALHYDRAN Scar Cream

Alhydran is a concentrated and balanced moisturising scar cream. The good effect of Alhydran is due to a combination of moisturising ingredients such as pure aloe vera gel and water-retaining ingredients such as mineral oil, decyl oleate, sorbitan, stearate, propylene glycol and jojoba oil. The effects of Alhydran have been scientifically proven and proven by clinical studies.