Scarring is the body’s natural reaction to deep damage to the skin – after an operation, a burn or an accident, for example. The body’s healing process can cause the formation of scar tissue. The new scar tissue is often unsightly and can cause discomfort and unpleasant symptoms. ALHYDRAN improves and repairs scar tissue on both old and new scars.
Nobody likes having scars. In many cases they cause discomfort and they are often unsightly. Scars can cause:
ALHYDRAN helps you care for scars by speeding up the repair of newly closed skin. It makes the skin more supple and reduces itching, redness and pain on the scar tissue. ALHYDRAN helps prevent scar formation and reduce existing scars.
Protection and softening of the skin
Less itching, pain and redness
Helps prevent scar formation
In places where the skin is damaged, the body sets about repairing it. If only the surface of the skin (epidermis) is damaged – by a graze, for instance – the skin usually repairs itself invisibly and without any problems. But in deeper wounds, when the underlying deeper layer of skin (dermis) is also damaged, the repair process often results in scar tissue. This newly-formed scar tissue is less elastic and lacks some of the functions of healthy skin.
Deeper damage to the skin lacks the building blocks the body uses to repair the skin. The body solves this by creating scar tissue. The structure of this scar tissue is different from that of normal skin. For example, scar tissue can grow above the surface of the skin and can cause unpleasant symptoms.
Newly closed scar tissue is delicate and cannot regulate moisture in the same way as normal skin does. This disrupted balance causes a lot of water to evaporate through the skin. To counteract this excessive evaporation, the body produces more scar tissue. This process can result in visible scar formation with unpleasant symptoms.
ALHYDRAN makes the scar more soft and less visible. The cream also smells good.
During my breast conserving therapy I used ALHYDRAN. After 3 weeks of radiotherapy, there is absolutely no skin damage at all. A few times just a little redness but as soon as I put on the cream it disappears. I am still using ALHYDRAN with very good result.
I'm very satisfied. ALHYDRAN absorbs quickly and the scars start to fade very well.
Normal scars
These scars are not thickened and are relatively unnoticeable. Normal scars are light red or white in colour. Scar disorders, especially in the first few weeks, includes itching, redness and / or pulling the scar.
Hypertrophic scars
A hypertrophic scar is red in colour, thickened and hard. This scar occurs when the healing of the skin get out of hand. Instead of an unnoticeable scar a thickened scar arrises. A hypertrofic scar causes symptoms such as itching, pain and a pulling sensation.
Keloid scars
A keloid scar is extremely thick and can grow larger.This scar is formed when the healing process goes into overdrive. Not only the scar is thickening, also the scar is growing beyond the edges of the orginal wound. This scar usually causeses symptoms such as itching, pain, a pulling sensation and the color is (bright) red to purple.
ALHYDRAN helps you care for scars by speeding up the repair of newly closed skin. ALHYDRAN makes the skin more supple and reduces itching, redness and pain on the scar tissue. ALHYDRAN helps prevent scar formation and reduce existing scars.
We recommend starting treatment with ALHYDRAN as soon as the wound is closed and any stitches are removed. This helps the skin remain supple and gives it the best possible chance of healing. Starting treatment with ALHYDRAN early can prevent scarring problems and unpleasant symptoms.
ALHYDRAN reduces unpleasant symptoms of existing scars such as itching, redness, pain and tightness. ALHYDRAN also improves the moisture balance of the skin and makes the scar less visible.
Medics and skin professionals show how they use ALHYDRAN for scar treatment. The study focuses on the treatment of one patient. View the diagnosis, symptoms and personal experience of the practitioner and patient when using ALHYDRAN for scars.
ALHYDRAN, the first no-nonsense, scientifically proven scar cream.
We believe it is important that the claims we make have a solid basis. The information is based on various sources:
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Publication: Burns 2017
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Two years of experience with a new product based on aloe vera for hydration of burn scars.
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Publication: Presented at European Burn Assosiation (EBA) congress, Budapest, Hungary, 2007
Author(s): S. Monstrey, MD, PhD, A. Pirayesh, MD, E. Lambrecht, RN, S. Lauwaert, RN, J. Verbelen, RN, MN, H. Hoeksema, RC
Institution: Burn Centre, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
‘Itching, is there a remedy?’ a pilotstudy with a rehydration gel-cream in burnpatients.
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Publication: Presented at European Burn Assosiation (EBA) congress, Budapest, Hungary, 2007 & The International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI), Montreal, Canada, 2008
Author(s): H.J. van Kempen, RN, BHSc, J. Dokter, MD, I.M.M.H. Oen, MD
Institution: Burn Centre Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Publication: Presented at German-speaking Working Group for Burn Treatment (DAV), Styria, Austria, 2010
Author(s): Dr. med. Hans Ziegenthaler
Institution: Burn Rehabilitation Centre, Bad Klosterlausnitz, Germany,
Scars after large surface thermal burns – Registration of Quality of Life and therapeutic influence of Alhydran.
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Publication: Presented at European Burn Assosiation (EBA) congress, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2011
Author(s): Dr. med. Hans Ziegenthaler
Institution: Burn Rehabilitation Centre, Bad Klosterlausnitz, Germany
Application of Alhydran in the treatment of pathologic scars after cryoshape therapy.
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Publication: Presented at European Burn Assosiation (EBA) congress, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2011
Author(s): Dr. Uberto Giovannini
Institution: Dep. of Plastic Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Metz, France
Development of a new brochure making aftercare of burns more understandable for patients.
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Publication: Presented at European Burn Assosiation (EBA) congress, Vienna, Austria, 2013
Author(s): Henk Hoeksema, Katrien van Gastel, Veerle van Geertruy, Pieter Lafaire, Jozef Verbelen, Stan Monstrey
Institution: Burn Centre, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
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Publication: Presented at European Wound Management Association (EWMA) congress, Madrid, Spain, 2014
Author(s): Wound professional, United Kingdom, Stuart Ashman, Sara-Jane Kray, Tyne & Wear, UK.
Use of Alhydran cream in the treatment of burn scars following a chemical explosion – a case study.
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Publication: Presented at European Burn Assosiation (EBA) congress, Hannover, Germany, 2015
Author(s): Rina Rijkenberg
Institution: Scar and Burns Aftercare Department, Oosterbeek, the Netherlands
The effect of a topical cream application on water distribution in healthy skin and burn scars: pilot project.
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Publication: Presented at European Burn Assosiation (EBA) congress, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2018
Author(s): P. Moortgat, M. Anthonissen, J. Meirte, U. van Daele, T. van Hullebusch, C. Lafaire, L. de Cuyper, K. Maertens
Institution: OSCARE – Organisation for burns, scar after-care and research, Antwerp, Belgium,
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