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05/07/2015 11:55
Moe 
05/07/2015 11:55
Moe 
silicone scar sheets

Do silicone scar sheets provide any benefit on palm nodules, either before surgery or after?

It seems to provide some relief and flattening in the one area I've tried, which my hand surgeon said was en emerging nodule under an existing scar from surgery a few years ago.

05/07/2015 16:29
spanishbuddha 

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05/07/2015 16:29
spanishbuddha 

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Re: silicone scar sheets

Hi moe

Several people on here have tried them, and found some benefit in the form of symptomatic relief. But alas they don't reduce, or soften nodules (under the skin).

They certainly have an active role with scarring following surgery.

SB

05/07/2015 16:42
wach 

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05/07/2015 16:42
wach 

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Re: silicone scar sheets

I heared stories of patients who wore silicon bedded night splints and the nodules and cords got softer eventually. Whether this works for each and everyone is, of course, something else. Chochrane is skeptical about the effect of silicon sheets on scarring http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scar but maybe it's worth a try for Dupuytren's. But it will certainly take several weeks before you see an effect, if any.

You might also have alook at this page provided by the Dupuytren Foundation

http://dupuytrenfoundation.blogspot.de/2...les-but-no.html

Wolfgang

Edited 05/07/15 19:56

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