Scar Fx Silicone Scar Therapy, Size Of Patch 1" X 22", 1 Patch

I had surgery which left scars from hip to hip and armpit to arm pit. The lower line had several infections and busted open a few times. The upper line is broken and disjoint and includes several very rough areas that are raised and sore.All in all, my skin is a mess!I really like this 22" silicone strip, it stays thicker and sticks longer than anything else I've tried so far, and I have tried a lot of products. This particular size also performed WAY better than some other sizes from the same manufacturer. And at these prices, I need to have these strips last a while. And I don't want anymore tape on my skin, I was bandaged for weeks (maybe months!) and I am very glad that this strip stays in place on its own.I put the strip across mt lower incision in the AM, and cut parts of a second strip on the parts of the upper incision where I can get a straight line, like under my arms. I use silicone creams on the areas of the upper scar that I can't cover with a straight line. The creams are expensive so I use sparingly.In the evening I take a bath and gently peel off the strips, wash in warm soapy water, rinse, and wrap them around a plastic bottle, sticky side down. In the evening I use various scar and stratch mark creams over night. I like to use creams that are not as expensive as silicone in the evening, so I can use a lot of it and let it soak in all around the damaged areas and older surgery scars too.The areas with the Scar FX strip during the day seem to be healing best, plus the scars are not being irritated all day since the silicone is protecting it from rubs & bumps.All in all, this is a very good product and I would recommend it to anyone with longb straight scars to heal or fade. Good luck, as you've probably had trouble of your own if you are researching these products.

Ok... I haven't left many reviews on amazon, although I am frequent customer, but I LOVE THIS PRODUCT! I had a tummy tuck done back in Novemember of 2010 and started using a medical grade silicone strip that was purchased through my plastic surgeon. I believe it was Mepilex. Scar FX has made some dramatic changes to the color of my scar in only 3 days! I have been wearing the other strips for 3-4 months without noticable results! I can't wait to see how my incision looks after the reccomended 12 or more weeks! The 22 inch strip was way too much for me and I imagine would be plenty even for a larger woman or a male tummy tuck incision. I just trimmed away the extra and used some on the two little scars from my drains (those have nearly disaapeared in just three days!) The ScarFX strips are thicker than the ones provided at my plastic surgeon and it did shift once in the three days I have been using it... this was after working out and the strip was wet with sweat. I read a couple reviews that stated they have to use tape to get it to stay in place...maybe it's a more curved incision because I don't have an issue. I notice that once it starts to lose stickiness of you wash it with warm water and soap and let it air dry it sticks just fine (I'm not sure I saw this in the instructions but have also used neosporin scar strips and they recommend washing it daily) Hopefully I get arround to leaving a following up review but as for now I am a VERY VERY satisfied customer!

After having surgery, I was told to get Scar Gaurd to begin to heal the lengthy scar that I have. me being Carmel Toned, of course there would be a dark mark after a cut. I had purchased Scar Gaurd for about $27 at my local drugstore but Decided to try this tape for an alternate inbetween. After all the scargaurd only last for a week or two if you're using it twice per day and that gets Expensive! . When I wore this tape to a follow up appointment. My Dr told me that this was a GREAT Product and he can tell that it's working. I have recommended others who are getting the surgery that I had. It really does work. The only drawback is clining it. you know that sticky stuff when it turns and it's a bit gross trying to clean/scrape the gunk off but well worth the price!

If used consistently the scar will fade in time. This is the best I have found to repair biopsy sites.

Product may be either defective or old. I truly had high hopes for this product. When I finally opened the packaging, the silicone didn’t appear to be even adhering to the backing it was attached to. I tried cleaning and drying my skin (Both air dried and patted dry), but even that didn’t help. How can you get it to work if it won’t even stick to your skin??!!

This is a pretty impressive product. I don't know how it works, but it does. I've been using it for a week and a half and my scar is really flattening out. Pulling it off feels weird, but does not hurt.It's a clear strip, one side is very sticky. You wear it for 12 hours, then leave it off for 12 hours. It comes on a backing strip (so it doesn't stick to the box they mail it in) and after wearing it, it's pretty easy to stick it back on the backing strip to store it (you want to keep it from getting dirty).I am really happy with the results on this product. I understand the strips don't stay sticky forever, they are supposed to be good for about 3 weeks, so I will be buying more. My surgeon told me to keep wearing it 12 hours a day until my scar looks the way I want it to look, his estimate was about 3 months.