Any question answered...

Is this still true?

Yes.. although, not the 'closet' bit.

what are these silicon sheets you people talk of?

I heard silicone sheet was better than the gel.

I'm wanting to compare the use of a gel vs. the use of my usual remedy - bugger all.

Sunlight is the best things for scars.

Second best is BioOil

i want to stream some episodes - looks like watchseries.eu is down. Suggestions?

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what are these silicon sheets you people talk of?

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone_scar_sheet[/ame]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3320163/Does-it-work-Dermatix-for-scar-reduction.html

Second best is BioOil

Not sure about that..

http://www.cosmeticsbusiness.com/news/article_page/title/49489
http://lovethis.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/bio-oil/

Interesting. I always thought it worked for me. Probably just natural healing then...

Interesting. I always thought it worked for me. Probably just natural healing then...

I'm a skeksis I mean sceptic so tend to look for studies that prove/disprove claims before shelling out up to £30 for 15g of silicone sealant or snake oil. Dermatix has been studied whereas Bio oil hasn't (to my knowledge/googling).

Some bikie chatter here
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/biooil-snake-oil-or-does-it-work

If you want something to help reduce scarring / improve skin quality
Decleor's Gel Prolagene is meant to be very good.

It is a blue/green gel and non scented, so okay for boys to use.

Ta. gf got me some Dermatix so I'm using that at the moment. I'm sure it's messing with my eye though (says not to put too close to eye so I assume this is too close). It makes the scarring look worse. No idea if it's doing anything useful.

I'm sorta annoyed with a fracture clinic appointment I just had. I've broken my 4th metacarpal. The doc basically said, although my ring finger is pointing in a different direction than the others, because I can make a fist, that's fine. Said surgery is an option, but we'll just let it rest. Surgery would be trading a scar for a bump on my hand? He also said a cast is probably better, but we'll use a brace. But I can come back if I want a cast?

What I want is a hand that works, Asap, and one that will allow me to type (which is essentially what I do for a living) without any future issues brought about by a crooked finger.

Anyone know much about these things? Do I just wait three weeks for my next appointment?

I wish I'd been able to talk a bit more at the appointment, but I needed time to think about everything as it was a pretty confusing and quick meeting.

It would seem that there is a strong antipathy to surgery amongst the generalists that people typically see in this sort of situation- which changes dramatically when you make enough noise to be seen by a specialist, who almost always advocate surgery.

Have a look in the collarbone thread for examples of this.

I wish that I'd made more of a fuss when I broke my jaw, as I got almost word for word what you got- "You can open your jaw, so that's fine. Surgery is an option, but we'll just let it rest. Blah blah."

I had the same with my collarbone here (could do surgery...). It's turned out fine, so they made the right call, it would seem. But my hand is pretty important and I worry a crooked finger typing all day could lead to things like CTS or arthritis. But that's me as an outsider with no medical knowledge...

I guess the problem is I don't know who to ask these questions to now that I've already had the appointment.

Get it aligned ASAP and it will be fine outside a cast as long as you don't bash it.
Left mine a week, had a complete break, before I went to my cast appointment. By then it had fused and they couldn't straighten it. Have a small bump (again complete break) but no problems whatsoever.

Can you ask your GP to refer you to a specialist for advice?

I suppose? I guess that's how it works? Or I guess I can go in and ask for a cast and use that as an excuse to get more answers...

Would the person given the task of putting the cast on be a specialist in the field capable of answering your questions?

I'm making an assumption, but I would put a small amount of money on the cast-applier being a nurse-level person- probably very good, but not a specialist, or qualified to give specialist advice.

But I could be 100% wrong.

I was told to get the cast put on I have to go through the A&E process again, so I would likely be seeing multiple people.

Anyway, you are an American, surely you can say that you are concerned that your injury would inhibit your second amendment rights to fire any military weapon you like, whenever and wherever?

They'd probably operate at once, in the consulate.

Is that someone famous from your home town?

^^