It works. Yes, that surprised me too.
Written: Jun 28 '00
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Pros: It works and it makes no false claims, making it truly a miracle product
Cons: A bit of a pain to use, takes time to see results
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| kmennie's Full Review: ReJuveness Scar Treatment |
A bizarre purchase, made on a wing and a prayer, rationalized by the fact that I had probably forked out more for truly useless skin care junk at department stores, and...
IT WORKS
Nobody, but nobody, has been more scared by this than me. And it does better than advertised in some ways; read on!
Scar the first:
Small gash on the leg, made +/- ten years ago by a falling bit of china which magically managed to shatter mid-air and land in me. Ow, yes.
This is still visible -- Rejuveness is good, but not a miracle -- but only visible to my highly skin-obsessed and neurotic eyes. It went from an obvious item with raised edges to a little white line.
This took two-odd months, I think. Rejuveness is a pain to use for most scars: if it's large, the big patch of silicone isn't all that comfortable, and if it's small, it's just a fiddly pain. Also, you can't just rip it off and go if it's in a visible area; it takes a bit of time (depending on the area; facial skin takes longest) for the area to even out to match the surrounding skin -- this is not a major deformation, just something that looks like you had a waterproof bandage on, but still strange-looking...
Scars the second:
Facial depressions, battle-scars of youth: two acne; one chicken-pox
Rejuveness doesn't boast much about acne scars, so I wasn't expecting much. Mistake. When I said "skin-obsessed" earlier, I meant it: I have gone through song-and-dances with dermatologists whereby I haul out a mirror and point out the only-visible-to-me scars. They are now gone -- again, not perfect, but I no longer crave laser resurfacing or similar silliness. Those with 'icepick' scars should probably look elsewhere, but minor indentations will be raised -- with patience. Would that this stuff was around when I was twelve (chicken pox) or thirteen (and onwards, the greasy-skin years). There is simply no other over-the-counter treatment that makes such a difference.
This is where Rejuveness truly becomes an annoyance, though: you cut out little squares of the silicone, cut out little squares of the tape, fiddle with them at night, look foolish, and yank them off in the morning and try to find a place not to lose them. (Most of mine have been lost for me in the name of tidying up -- beware stray spouses et al.) The best advice I can offer is to sit down with scissors and cut out a good supply of appropriately-sized squares of the Rejuveness tape, so it's ready for you at bedtime and not an easy-to-ignore chore. (Do not try to cheap out and buy a first aid tape instead of the $10-per-roll Rejuveness brand tape: it's uncomfortable, and it doesn't work. Trust me.)
Pseudo-scar the third:
If you can catch a stretch mark in the process of establishing itself, and are diligent enough with slapping on the Rejuveness, you can forget about stretch marks.
Eventually, 'Allure' or 'Vogue' magazine will pick up on that, and the price will skyrocket. In the meantime, I'm just...thrilled with the stuff. No, it's not cheap, but it beats 'professional' scar treatments, and it's paid for itself in releasing me from a twelve-odd year addiction to Retin-A...
As a post-script: silicone sheeting for the same purpose is manufactured by other companies; I have no experience with it, but would bypass it unless it was substantially cheaper than Rejuveness -- I am that happy with the product. There are also silicone gels available for the same purpose, and I've found them to be less effective and very messy and difficult to use.
Recommended:
Yes
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