scars: when can i start treating them post op?

[Babe 0]

i was banded 4 days ago and i'm curious when i should start putting Vitamin e oil on them. i don't want to do it do soon. they're hard and obviously not healed yet so i'll wait a while before treating them. when did start treating them (vitamin e, mederma, other scar fading tricks)?

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Your safest course is to ask your surgeon when it's safe. he'll know for sure.

[FrogStar24 0]

My surgeon told me I could start after my first fill - that was at 5/6 weeks. I don't think that getting a jumpstart on it quicker helps any. I've been treating mine for a month or so, and they're much softer anyway. I'm 3 months out.

Definitely wait for them to heal, and ask your surgeon.

[GuyMontag 1,264]

I was told I could start treating them as soon as the steri strips fell off on their own. This is usually around week 2.

[KelinTx 1]

I also was told i could start treating them once the steri-strips came off. I highly recomend Mederma for scars, it really did live up to everything it claims.