Keloid scars, or keloids, often form when deep injuries to the skin, such as those caused by acne, burns and surgical cuts, heal. You can easily spot keloids because they often overgrow the boundaries of the original injury and usually do not match the color of the surrounding skin. Although you will not be able to completely get rid of a keloid, you can reduce its visibility and prevent new ones from forming. According to an article on scar revision published by the National Library of Medicine, silicone gel sheeting and silicone scar ointments are the only effective home treatments for reducing the visibility of your keloid.
Step 1
Clean the area around the scar to maximize the contact between your skin and the silicone ointment. If you are using silicone gel sheets, you may want to shave the area around the scar to ensure the sheets bind well to your skin.
Step 2
Apply the ointment or silicone gel sheet to your scar and leave it there for 12 to 24 hours. The longer the silicone stays in contact with your skin, the more benefit you will get from it. Apply another treatment if the ointment gets rubbed off or the gel sheet becomes too dirty or non-adhesive.
Step 3
Repeat Step 2 every day for 2 months before you begin looking for results. If silicone-based scar revision treatment is going to work for you, you should see some results at that time.
Tips and Warnings
- The fresher the scar, the more benefit you will get by applying a silicone treatment. You can help prevent a scar from forming by applying silicone ointment or gel sheets to a skin injury that has freshly healed, but not yet scarred.
Things You'll Need
- Silicone gel sheets
- Silicone-based scar ointment
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