Quote from: skyNoLimit on May 17, 2014, 07:55:18 AM
I actually used the essential body renewal created by Dr.Newman. I came across this because my friend in Los Angeles told me about it. I too worry about the scar tissues and the tape that was recommended doesn't really help me with that, I wanted something that can be rubbed in and that works. After using it, i think it works amazingly. The more i use it, the better my skin heals itself. I got mine from lesloveboat.com/shop Good luck with your scar, post healing is important.
I just read through the 3 products on this page. I would suggest individuals rethink purchasing this. It indicates that it is for skin renewal, which your body is already going to do. I assume that you are thinking that this will lighten scars. First of all, they don't even tell you the ingredients. Secondly, medical studies have shown over and over again the only ingredient that improves scars is silicone. Full stop. Additionally, the advertisement doesn't even claim to have anything to do with scars, just with wound healing.
The "Reserve" product is for sure useless. If people needed a product to counteract the effect that of testosterone has on the body (thickening of the blood), then all bio men would have to take it.
The ingredient they are touting in the "Reserve" product is the reservatrol. Pick it up at a grocery store in the supplement aisle for $8.00. That is probably the quality of the reservatrol they are using in this product.
I hate when I see something that is just to take advantage of people. Especially transguys since often as a group they are in a lower socioeconomic class than cis people. It ticks me off.
I would suggest finding a silicone product, any product that has silicone in it (Target brand fine if you can't pay for the more expensive ones), for scar healing (Mederma does not have silicone and has not been shown to help with scar healing per medical studies).
Trust me, I have done oodles of research in the medical literature. I bet I have read most of the studies on scar tx. The problem is that people are never able to deduce whether it is just length of time or the product that makes a difference in healing/scar lightening. That is why we have to use medical research to tell us what really works.
skyNoLimit, I would be very curious to know what is in this product. Maybe it has silicone in it, but you are paying an arm and a leg for it.
Check out the Top Surger Recovery thread (the sticky at the top of the FTM page), for advice/suggestions on scar treatment use, if your goal is for lightening of scars.
