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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter had a huge gash on her chin that required several stitches and this is what we did after the stitches came out:

Rotate between mederma (the one WITH the spf), vitamin E capsules (pierced so the gel comes out) and Retin-A (I had a prescription for myself), applied twice a day (in morning and at night).  You can do one day one of the 3 twice that day, next day the second thing twice a day, day three the third thing twice a day, repeat.  Or you can do item 1 in morning, item 2 at night, item 3 next morning ,item 1 next night, etc.

This regime was recommended to me by the plastic surgeon PA that stitched up her face.  Next time something like this happens to you or anyone in your family, you can ask/insist that a plastic surgeon MD or PA do the stitches or glue if one is available.  Ask, be insistent, firm and polite.  They may push back a bit because they want people in and out of the ER, but be firm.  We had to wait an hour for the plastic surgeon MD/PA to be available because they were in surgery and then we were offered only they PA which was fine.  She did a great job stitching up my daughter and I asked what to do for wound care and to minimize scarring and that is what she told me.

Also SPF on it every single morning. I did those SPF hard sticks that look like deodorant and I followed the three item regime for almost an entire year.  It worked.  It's 10 years later and you cannot see a scar.

Good luck.[/quote]

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