Dark scars

[gabbisha 28]

I'm 4 wks post op and I'm noticing my scars r really dark. Anyone have this issue? Will they get lighter?

[Miss Mac 6,262]

White female here. At 21 months my largest scar is a faint pink. You wouldn't know I have the other three unless I pointed them out.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

African American here. Only my largest scar is dark, but looking at my hysterectomy scars from 10 years ago, they will fade with time. I used Scarfade gel initially because I also tend to keloid. That helped fade them a little bit and also flattened them out. I now use virgin coconut oil on them. I had 5 or 6 incisions and only 2 are noticeable now and the big one is the most noticeable.

[SleeveandRNYchica 1,155]

Three of mine keloided and are dark. I should have used silicone early out but initially they were flat and look liked they would heal great.... Not!

I am of mixed race and my cousin is white and tends to keloid. Although it is more common in darker skin, it is better to take precautions. I did not start to have keloids until my early 20s and my csection scar did not.

Try the silicone it worked wonders on a cyst I had removed on my temple.

[MichiganChic 3,262]

White female, 3 years post op. My scars had mostly faded by a year. Then I had a Tummy Tuck and all but one are gone. Just the larger on that was near the navel is left, and now its just above my pubis! However, now I have miles and miles of plastic surgery scars, and at a year out, they are mostly faded, too. I used the silicone gel on them, and I'm not sure if it actually made a difference.

[gabbisha 28]

Three of mine keloided and are dark. I should have used silicone early out but initially they were flat and look liked they would heal great.... Not!

I am of mixed race and my cousin is white and tends to keloid. Although it is more common in darker skin, it is better to take precautions. I did not start to have keloids until my early 20s and my csection scar did not.

Try the silicone it worked wonders on a cyst I had removed on my temple.

what silicone are you talking about?

[SleeveandRNYchica 1,155]

They have silicone pads/sheets you can put on or there is a gel. I lived in South America so it was not a US brand and worked wonders. It's seems like in the US people use the scar away brand.