I had a mastopexy in the “healthy” breast to try and match up the reconstruction of the other. This was carried out in August last year. I expected the scars to have reduced by now but have redness, bumps and itching. I saw my surgeon a few weeks ago and he said I have keloids. He used a steroid injection but they are returning. I have seen some natural alternatives to try, e.g. manuka honey, lavendar oil, tea tree oil, but nothing seems to be working. Just wondered if anyone has had this problem and found anything that gets rid of the keloids.
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Hi Julia have you tried silicone strips? I am currently trying oleeva silicone scar sheets that you can order from dermacare direct mine aren’t keloid but are very red and angry looking I have been using for 2 weeks and have noticed a slight improvement. They are expensive but worth a try I think. Also Amazon sell scar away silicon sheets which are possibly similar but cheaper though not sure if they are as effective.