I tried putting Retin-A on my scar at the recommendation of my wife and after a couple of days I discontinued using it because it burned too much. I’ll have to wait a while before I attempt that again as the scar tissue is probably too “fresh” to apply something like Retin-A to it.

I started back up with the Mederma and haven’t been doing anything else to the scar. I was thinking what a great product Mederma is from a business standpoint. Take my situation for example…I have a scar on my face and I want it to heal as fast as possible and I want the scar to be as close to invisible as possible. I’m told that Mederma can heal and help minimize the scar, but I have nothing to compare it to. Do I want to take the chance of not using the Mederma or use it to hopefully minimize the scar as much and as soon as possible?

My surgeon says it’s a waste of money, but I’m not willing to find out. If the Mederma helps just a little bit then it’s worth it to me.

Anyway here is my latest pic…

I’ve stopped using the silicone patch because I don’t have anymore “bumpiness” and to be honest with you I got tired of wearing it. The scar is relatively smooth now and I’ve only been applying Mederma.

Some days my face feels tight and other days I don’t even notice anything. I have the occassional pain, but other than that it’s been uneventful. I have noticed on some days the scar seems to be less red. I don’t know if this is just me seeing things or the scar is actually redder one day and less red the other.

I’m almost out of my Mederma and I’m thinking of putting retin-a on my scar now. I’ve read some stuff on the internet about people using it to treat acne scars and my wife believes it will help me so I’m going to try it as soon as my Mederma runs out.

Monkey out.