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Silicone gel in the treatment of keloid scars
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Silicone gel is effective in the treatment of keloid scars. Eighteen patients with 22 scars were treated with gel and their progress reviewed at 6 months. Improvements in texture, colour and height of the lesions were noted.

