What to do to prevent scarring?

What to do to prevent scarring?

What to do to prevent scarring? After a deep wound, a scar almost always appears. Unfortunately, you can't prevent this. You can do a lot for a nicer recovery of the scar.

Taking care of your open wound

A nice recovery of your skin to reduce a scar starts with taking good care of your open wound. By taking good care of the wound, you can prevent an infection. This reduces the chance of an abnormal scar. But how do you do that? If your wound does not need emergency (hospital) attention, follow the steps below.

1.    Clean the wound with lukewarm water

2.    Pat the wound dry with a clean cloth

3.    Use wound gel or wound spray

4.    Cover the wound with a bandage.

Preventing a scar as much as possible

Unfortunately, preventing a scar is impossible. A deep or large wound or one that has had an infection always creates a scar. This is because the body will produce scar tissue to close the wound and repair the skin. How do you ensure that the scar heals nicely and becomes less visible?

Your closed skin is still very weak where the wound was. Scar tissue does not contain all the building blocks that normal skin does and it loses more moisture. By supporting this skin, recovery is better, and faster and you can prevent a scar as much as possible.

Protecting the skin, preventing moisture loss and moisturizing the skin is important.

Treating scars with a silicone sheet

It is important to support the skin in its recovery. A scar loses a lot of fluid. The body produces scar tissue in response. When your body continues to produce this, an abnormal scar can even appear.

By covering the scar with a silicone sheet or silicone gel, the moisture loss is normalized to the same level as the surrounding skin. This causes the body to stop the (extra) production of scar tissue. As a result, the scar will become smoother, flatter, less red and calmer.

Conclusion

In summary:

1.    Take good care of your wound: keep it clean and cover it.

2.    Use silicone scar sheets or gel for optimal scar recovery.

3.    Be patient. The treatment of an active scar takes at least 3 to 6 months.

Which product is suitable for your scar?

Scars come in all shapes and sizes. Scarban has a solution for every scar.