Mederma on new and old scars?

Question

I recently had mole removed. It started out fine, they cut around it and removed the mole and stitched me up.

However, there weren't enough stitches and although the wound kept bleeding between the stitches they removed them anyway and slapped on a steri strip. The steri strip fell off taking the scar with it leaving me with a huge gaping hole in my back. It's hideous and currently infected. I have been prescribed an antibacterial ointment which I use 3 times a day and it appears to be finally healing.

Has anyone used mederma? I have a couple of those raised, (Keloid?) scars and I'm scared this will now turn into one of those.

Will Mederma really work to make this new scar look better and to prevent it from raising up? I plan to start using it as soon as my back actually heals.

What about on an eraser-sized raised scar that is about a year old?

Thanks for all your help!

Answer 1

Mederma seems to work on some people, but not on others. I've tried it. It works at the pace of the snail by the looks of it.

Try bio-oil. It's raving good, and works on both old and fresh scars. I was stupid enough to use it on the face. One word: DON'T. But on any other body parts' is fine. It's one of the best scar fader out there.