Has anyone used Bio Oil for scars?

Yes, I have used Vit E capsules on a scar years ago and it healed up well. You can take them as well, of course, as it is good for the skin.

The very best thing is Vitamin E oil, phoenix - recommended by my Breast Care nurses. But you mustn't put any oil on until the wound is closed up. Then, while it's still new, use Vit E capsules and snip the end off to apply the oil. That way you know it fairly sterile. I then went on to use it from a bottle.
I am now using it on the knee scar, which is looking good.

I have been using it on big scars and can really recommend it.

DD used bio oil on a scarred arm after a serious accident. She found it very good. Obviously in her case it couldn't make the scar disappear but it certainly helped and made her skin feel soft.

My daughter swore by bio oil during her pregnancies and despite all sorts of problems has no stretch marks at all. She has very fair and sensitive skin. She still has it around and uses it from time to time.

I have used Bio-oil on a very large scar, mainly to keep it flexible and stop it from getting too dry. Flexitol oil is also very good and not quite as greasy imo. The scar is still there though.

I use Aveeno body lotion on the scar now mainly, but often whatever is at hand to keep it moisturised.

Ffinnochio I use it mainly on neck, arms & legs after a shower - my skin is quite dry and it stops that tight itchy feeling. Also smells very nice, just light and not overpowering.

River coming off the segway was just about the most stupid thing I have ever done Anyone of a squeamish disposition, do not read the rest of this post.
The 'experience' was a Christmas gift from DD1 and SiL, and had gone really well. I had really enjoyed it. Then 5 minutes before the end I got overconfident, went up a steep ramp and the segway fell backwards on top of me sort of bouncing up and down until someone rushed over and lifted it off me
I was wearing sunglasses and the lens came out and cut the skin above my eye. I couldn't see because of all the blood and screamed hysterically for some time I was particularly worried because I'd just had a cataract op on that eye.
Anyway within a very short time a lovely ambulance man called Steve appeared, injected me with something to calm me down, wiped away all the blood and stuck some steri-strips on. He then took me to A&E at Newcastle's RVI where after some more time, the registrar had a look and decided that Steve had done such a good job with the steri-strips that there was no need for suturing.
The post -op instructions consisted of not touching the wound under any circumstances. This meant that I had to go round for the next 10 days with a horrible 2 inch long, curved black scab on my forehead. People looked at me in the local shops and quickly averted their eyes.
I will always be really really grateful to Steve

Wish I'd stuck with the damn mole now, but as it was sort of recent, I suppose it was right to get it removed. Wont get the result for about another 4 weeks though.

I tried it, but after a few days my skin began to itch. That went away when I stopped the bio oil so in the end I had to give away an expensive bottle to a friend.

My husband used it on the advice of a nurse after having surgery on his neck. Yes there is a scar (about 10 inches long) but it's smooth and flat and healed well. I have used it on grandchildren too. I think it's good.

Interesting Jess thanks for that.

This company have been slapped around by the advertising standards authority for illegally claiming that this product is good for scars and stretch marks.
www.cosmeticsbusiness.com/news/article_page/title/49489

Scars take longer to heal the older you are folks. But they do fade with time. My DH had some raised red keloid-y scars after mole removals. They are much improved with time. He's the only person I know who ever tried this product - he came out in an itchy rash.

All 3 DDs have used it at sometime or another and swear by it. Both DSs are too macho for any of that stuff.

i used it on my wrist after a trapeziectomy. The scar was pretty well healed by the time all the strapping came off, so the oil was just to keep the skin flexible. My GD, then aged 3, asked what I was doing. I replied that I was rubbing oil on my wrist. She looked disapprovingly at me and stated: 'Oil is for cooking.'

I've used Bio Oil on my face every night for a few years, it's great.
However I would think any light oil will help on a scar, maybe not a highly perfumed one though.

Honest, I haven't been "messing around" with it! It itched a little bit and I sort of gently scratched it without thinking! It's not as if I've got talons, my nails break too low down to be considered a danger.

Charleygirl I'll have you know my paws are pristine!

They have given me 3 packs of dressings, but I suppose it means back to baths again instead of my morning shower. Bugger.

phoeniox it was suggested that I use bio oil on my knee wound after the sutures were removed following a knee replacement. The price put me off, I applied no oil at all and my wound is as good as it will ever be, I am delighted with it.

Please keep your mucky paws off the wound!!!

I wouldn't go rubbing in any emollients if I were you phoenix, particularly as you've been messing around enough with the wound!

jane your accident on the segway sounds nasty but I couldn't help picturing you riding aloft, rather like Supergran on her motobike

Well, it looks like I won't be using anything on it for a while! A bit of humming and hahing re whether to re-stitch it as it had completely opened but they decided to just dress it. They didn't think steri strips would do much, and have warned me that it is likely to heal with a scar and a dent, if you know what I mean. . Not the end of the world, I know but not the outcome I was hoping for.

Also decided it looked infected so swabbed it and am now on a course of mega antibiotics.

janeain Do you use it as a moisturiser daily?

I had a 2-inch cut above my right eye as a result of falling off a segway

I used Bio-oil on it and you can barely see anything. I didn't have it sutured, just steri-strips, but it was quite deep and nasty but healed very well.
I now use Bio-oil as a moisturiser, I love it.

DH used it on his hip replacement scars. They healed and faded quickly but I don't know whether that's down to the bio oil or the fact that he seems to be a quick healer.

It's not cheap but we still have loads left.

No! Certainly not at this time of year. Roll neck sweaters in July!

This is on my chest, and I've just made the big mistake of scratching it and it's opened slightly.

I now have to go back to the surgery at 3.45 Hopefully they will put steri strips on it, I really don't want it re-stitched!

As Tegan says it does last forever I used some that DD bought and use my neck and it improved texture of skin alot,try one of the smaller bottles you will find it lasts a long time.