One of the reasons people turn to keloid scar treatment creams and gels is that many of the traditional medical techniques for scar removal are too risky Often, surgery to excise keloid tissue merely results in greater, more serious scarring

1 The Numbers Don’t Lie

The option of scar removal in the privacy of home can be a godsend Some people feel significant embarrassment about their scarring, and won’t even leave the house to see a doctor about scar reduction

Many doctors think that therapy, including the application of scar treatment products, should begin within two weeks of a wound closing or stitches removal We know that silicone in scar ointments is proven to work if therapy begins early and continues consistently for six months or more

Researchers set out to test the effectiveness of silicone gel keloid scar treatments, and dramatically proved that theory The same research also added to what we know about keloid scarring, including startling evidence that the fashion trend, body piercing is now "high risk trauma"

Silicone gels are the new generation of effective keloid scar treatments There are significant arguments for choosing a silicone based keloid scar treatment over the older silicone sheet method