Scarend Silicone Gel
Scarend Silicone Gel is a 15g topical silicone gel for flattening and softening raised scars and keloids, sold here in packs of two or four tubes.
Details
- Conditions
- Scar reduction · Keloid management
- Therapeutic Class
- Scar management
- Pharmacological Class
- Silicone-based dressing
- Minor Side Effects
- Mild skin irritation
- Moderate Side Effects
- Redness or rash
- Dosage Forms
- Gel
- Administration Route
- Topical
- Manufacturer
- Various manufacturers
- Duration
- 12–24 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Keep in a cool place, avoid direct heat.
FAQ
What Scarend Silicone Gel tube sizes can I order?
Scarend Silicone Gel comes as 15g tubes, in packs of 2 or 4 tubes. The page shows the price per tube in Hong Kong dollars, and the larger pack lowers the price per tube. Choose the pack that suits your order.
How are Scarend Silicone Gel tubes delivered to Hong Kong?
Scarend Silicone Gel tubes ship in plain, unbranded packaging, with nothing outside about the contents. Tracked courier takes 5 to 9 business days and includes online tracking. If your parcel does not arrive within that window, it is sent again free, or refunded if that is not possible.
Does Scarend Silicone Gel have other names?
Scarend Silicone Gel is a branded generic of silicone. Silicone is also sold as Cica-Care, Dermatix, Mepiform and Strataderm. Here, silicone can be bought online as Scarend Silicone Gel. These are generics, not the original brand.
Can I shower with Scarend Silicone Gel on?
Yes. Water alone will not wash the film off, so a shower or bath is fine. Rubbing the area with a cloth or flannel does remove it, and so does a long soak in a pool. Put another thin layer on once the skin is dry again.
How long does Scarend Silicone Gel take to work?
Expect months rather than days. Scar tissue rebuilds slowly, so the first change in height, colour or texture usually shows after several weeks of daily use, and many people keep going for three months or longer. Recent scars respond sooner than old ones.
Can I use Scarend Silicone Gel on a fresh wound or on stitches?
No. Wait until the wound has closed, the stitches are out and nothing is scabbed or weeping. Cracked, infected or raw skin should stay clear of the gel as well.
Will Scarend Silicone Gel work on an old scar?
It can help, but a scar that is years old changes slowly. The gel does most for a scar that is still maturing, in roughly the first year after an injury or operation. A flat, pale scar has little left to soften.
Silicone gel or silicone sheets — which suits a scar?
Both keep the scar moist, so pick whichever is easier to live with. The gel spreads over hairy skin, the face and bending joints, and makeup goes on top. A sheet stays put on a flat area such as the chest, but it has to be washed and replaced.
About Scarend Silicone Gel
What Scarend Silicone Gel does
A raised scar is skin that has rebuilt itself with more collagen than the area needed. Hypertrophic scars stay inside the boundary of the original injury; keloids spread past it. Silicone gel is one of the standard ways to soften and flatten both, and it is also used on scars from surgery, burns, cuts and grazes once the skin has closed over.
The gel dries into a thin, breathable film that keeps the scar's surface moist. Scars treated this way tend to stay flatter, softer and closer in colour to the skin around them than scars left to dry out. Nothing is absorbed into the body; the film simply sits on the surface.
Applying the gel
Start with clean, dry skin and no cream underneath. Squeeze out a very thin layer — just enough to cover the scar — and let it dry. If the surface still feels wet or tacky several minutes later, you have used too much; wipe the excess off and use less next time.
Apply it once or twice a day and let the film reach a little past the edge of the scar. When it has dried it stays put under clothes, sunscreen and makeup. Screw the cap back on after each use, or the gel sets hard in the nozzle.
What you will see, and when
Nothing much shows in the first weeks. After a month or two of daily use a raised or red scar starts to look a little lower and paler, and it goes on changing for several months. Newer scars respond best. A scar that is several years old moves more slowly, and a keloid may need more than a gel.
Side effects and what to keep it away from
The film occasionally causes itching, a tight feeling or slight redness where it is applied. A rash or swelling means the skin is unhappy with it — wash the gel off. Keep it away from broken or infected skin, open wounds, stitches still in place, the eyes and the inside of the nose or mouth.
Tube sizes and packs
Scarend comes as a 15g tube, sold in packs of two or four. One tube lasts a small scar for weeks; scars in several places, or a long surgical line, use it up faster, so a bigger pack suits a longer course.
Sources
- Scars: Diagnosis and treatment - American Academy of Dermatology — American Academy of Dermatology
- Scars - NHS 111 Wales — NHS 111 Wales