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Embrace Scar Therapy Treatment - Chattanooga, TN
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Using the Embrace Scar Therapy Treatment for my...
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Using the Embrace Scar Therapy Treatment for my second breast lift and compare to the scars from my first breast lift of which I only used Mederma. I'm looking to make the scars as thin and unnoticeable as possible. I'll start treatment this week which is week 2 Post Op of my breast lift and implant exchange - 405CC silicone.
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January 14, 2017
Hi! Your scars look great :) I just had a breast reduction done January 4th. I have been looking in to different scar creams to purchase as I will have to start applying as soon as the tape comes off my stitches in the next week or so. I have the same anchor scar as you do. Embrace is obviously very expensive (for a breast reduction it is 3 payments of $239) so i am hesitant to jump right in and purchase it if it does not work. How are your results over all now would you say and would you honestly say that $700+ is worth the results you got from their product? Or do you think some of the results could have been achieved naturally as the skin heals? I know they say it is best to start scar cream asap but I do not want to be impulsive on a product that is not worth it. Thanks so much I really appreciate it :)
UPDATED FROM CrystalC
11 days post
Doctor appointment
Today my one remaining side stitch was snipped off and I was told I could use silicon sheets or silicon cream for my scars except the T area on one breast as it's still not completely healed. The T area gets Bacitracin ( which was used during week 1 PO on all the incisions ). No neosporin because the Surgeon said it contained some ingredient that he didn't like for his patients to use it. Sorry I can't remember exactly what he said on what the specific ingredient was.
I purchased the silicon scar treatment cream with SPF BioCorneum from my surgeon which was $120 ???? and then ordered 60 days of the Embrace, 4 Large boxes and 4 medium boxes from the Embrace website using their 20% off coupon. I decided not to order 8 large boxes because two mediums are just a little shy of the large and I measured from the top of my nipple to the bottom of my indecision, they should fit. Plus that saves me 100.00. I also found 2 boxes on eBay for $50 (yay me) so that should bring me into month 3. After that, I plan on using the BioCorneum combined with butterfly bandages and wound closure strips through month 4. Month 5 and on I'll continue with the BioCorneum until it's gone.
I remember my last lift the scars looked great until month 4 where they stretched some due to my breasts dropping. So this time I'm going to use extra support to relieve tension all the way through month four.
The Embrace arrives Thursday, so I'm using the BioCorneum and butterfly bandages until then.
I purchased the silicon scar treatment cream with SPF BioCorneum from my surgeon which was $120 ???? and then ordered 60 days of the Embrace, 4 Large boxes and 4 medium boxes from the Embrace website using their 20% off coupon. I decided not to order 8 large boxes because two mediums are just a little shy of the large and I measured from the top of my nipple to the bottom of my indecision, they should fit. Plus that saves me 100.00. I also found 2 boxes on eBay for $50 (yay me) so that should bring me into month 3. After that, I plan on using the BioCorneum combined with butterfly bandages and wound closure strips through month 4. Month 5 and on I'll continue with the BioCorneum until it's gone.
I remember my last lift the scars looked great until month 4 where they stretched some due to my breasts dropping. So this time I'm going to use extra support to relieve tension all the way through month four.
The Embrace arrives Thursday, so I'm using the BioCorneum and butterfly bandages until then.
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April 10, 2016
Great point/advice about extra support to avoid scar stretching while breast drops. I would not have thought of this!
April 11, 2016
I only did because I've been down this road once and had stretched scars lol! :)
UPDATED FROM CrystalC
13 days post
It arrived!
Well it arrived today and I've been so excited to get home and put them on. I put on the large at the bottom and two mediums at the top. I honestly think ( now that I've had them on for just a little bit ) on the next round I'm going to put the large at the top, then the two mediums at the bottom on either side of the large. This way the large covers more area around the nipple at the top.
My nipples are hurting just a little from being flattened under the tape, but overall I like it.
My nipples are hurting just a little from being flattened under the tape, but overall I like it.
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March 22, 2016
Please keep us updated. I had the same surgery 6 months ago and my scars developed keloids I have been using the silicone patches but I feel very self conscious. Will not remove my bra. Please help
March 23, 2016
Will do. I'm going to post an update tonight since I changed the strips already.
March 23, 2016
The box for the embrace says its specifically for keloids types of scarring, but maybe a preventative? How are the silicon sheets working? I'll take a look at the documentation and again and see what it says about the keloids.
Please keep posting updates through this process. Â I will be very anxious on how this works for you.
Perfect.