C-section scar

What creams have you used and are effective to fade away the scar?

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I used the frida mom silicone strips. They worked amazingly

Bio oil is your best friend. Not the gel the oil itself. My scar was messy (according to the midwives) she recommended it to me and I'm okay with it now

Silicone scar tape. I didn’t use it long or even consistently and you can barely see my scar

Same as Lucy, Frida mom silicone, im nearly 11 months pp and my scar has been white and smooth for the last maybe 6 months or so

If you’re willing to wait and see honestly nothing! I had an emergency section nearly 2.5 years ago and I’ve never bothered with my scar, always just kept it clean when healing and other than that never used a single cream or oil on it. Now I can’t even see it. You would have to really look for it and I’m due an elective section in 9 weeks and honestly they’ll struggle to see where they originally cut. I do think not bothering with it helped xx

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IM SO CONFUSED

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Just need some advice please

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What happens at a 5 week early scan?

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