How long after a BBL should you start putting scar cream on your scars?

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When should you start cleaning the stitches and put scar cream on to minimize the scars ? What is best to use to clean the site & what is best to use for scars ?

Jeffrey LaGrasso, MD · Answer

1 week after the BBL procedure i recommend my patients, scar guard or Siligen. Any scar cream is helpful as Lipo scars are fairly small and should heal in a matter of weeks if not days. Scar cream will help with the appearance of the small openings over time and help them fade.

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

As an author of Scars and Scar Revision in Reoperative Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, I am well versed in the potential treatment options.  One treatment (silicone sheets) may be helpful for one patient while another treatment (mederma) may help another patient. No particular scar treatment is better than another.  
The scars from liposuction will continue to fade in most cases for at least one year.  I advise that scars not be exposed to sunlight for the first year due to risk for hyperpigmentation.  If the scars are elevated or irritated or there is exuberant scar tissue, injections of several items may be helpful.  Scar revision surgery can lessen the scar.  Other alternatives such as Intensed Pulsed Light (IPL) lasers (Fractora, Lumecca) may be beneficial. Laser may be reasonable after the initial phase of scar healing is complete at the 6 week mark in an uncomplicated case.  However, I usually recommend waiting longer, because time will usually be the best help, particularly in a good scar former.
Kenneth Hughes, MD, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles, CA

Daniel Barrett, MD · Answer

Dear chasityv,incisions after a BBL are small and they heal quickly. If you are healing well, you should start using silicone based gel 7-10 days after the surgery. It would be the best to check it with your plastic surgeon.Daniel Barrett, MD, MHA, MS 
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery 
Member, Am. Society of Plastic Surgery

Jonathan Kaplan, MD, MPH · Answer

We typically have our patients start using their scar cream 2 weeks post op, after we have seen how the incisions are healing during their first appointment. Some doctors suggest starting to use the scar cream 7-10 days after surgery.

Steven M. Camp, MD · Answer

Thanks for your question about BBL.The incision sites are very small with liposuction and bbl and usually a small amount of scar medication can be applied starting 7-10 days after your procedure.  I have good success with BioCorneum to the incision sites in our practice.Best Wishes

Vincent D. Lepore, MD (retired) · Answer

In most cases scars are well enough healed in 1 to 2 weeks to start using topical scar creams, gels and silicone scar sheeting.  Of the various topical treatments, Embrace silicone scar sheeting has proven to be one of the better treatments on the market.  Check with your surgeon to see when it would be appropriate to been scar therapy in your case.  best wishes, Dr. Lepore.

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