Silicone scar sheets are easy to use and affordable but do they really work? SELF asked a dermatologist whether they can actually prevent or fade scars.
Welcome to Ask a Derm, a series from SELF in which board-certified dermatologists answer your pressing questions about skin, hair, and nail health. For this installment, we tapped Shasa Hu, MD, the director of the cosmetic division at the University of Miami Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery. Her specialties include skin cancer detection and treatment, concerns of aging and ethnic skin, and skin rejuvenation.
The same goes for a wound that isn’t fully healed or closed yet. “When it’s still open or draining, silicone scar sheets could increase your risk of infection,” Dr. Hu says, by potentially trapping bacteria and other irritants into the broken skin. On the flip side, she cautions that “they’re unlikely to do much for old scars you’ve had for more than 8–12 months.
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