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(More customer reviews)The Mederma itself seems to be helping - only time and much diligence will tell - but what I am rating here is the Kid's version. I recommend buying the regular Mederma instead. The Mederma for Kid's is supposed to go on purple & dry clear, but it hasn't yet dried clear for me. Now I have been liberally applying Mederma to my son's facial scar, massaging & rubbing in for a few seconds (using a circular motion), then wiping the excess off around the wound only... leaving some excess directly over the wound. The Mederma stays on & even where I have wiped off the excess the purple tint remains. I have since bought the regular clear Mederma & the tube is much neater & it doesn't have much of a smell at all (unlike the Mederma for Kids). The Mederma for Kid's adds 2 dyes (violet & red) which are unnecessary for scar improvement and possibly even harmful. When I addressed this and another question to Merz (the makers of Mederma) in an email, they answered the one question, but skirted my concern over the dyes. My other question? I wanted to know if Mederma helped with indented scars, because that's what my son is left with after having stitches. Apparently in the world of Plastic Surgery the belief is that indented (hypotrophic) scars are more esthetically pleasing then raised (hypertrophic) scars. I would actually prefer a raised scar over an elongated pot-mark. There is much more potential for scar revision on raised scars. Depressed or pitted scars are usually filled, but collagen injections are a waste of time... they don't last, so what's the point? So will Mederma help with indented scars? Merz says no. But I am hopeful none-the-less because I have seen some improvement. Scientifically Mederma improves "dermal collagen organization" according to an unbiased experiment with Mederma. What that means, I'm not sure. But get this... Merz makes another scar cream that is not available in the US. It's called Contractubex. It has the onion extract, but has an additional ingredient: heparin. According to the Merz website (www.merz.com) this ingredient works together with the onion extract. They "enhance and complement each other". Too bad it's not sold here. In the meantime, I will continue with the Mederma & maybe write another review after 8 weeks.
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