Tag: scar healing

Vitamin E Ointment Does Not Improve Scar Healing

Nov 24, 2014

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by

chad reilly

in Questionable Treatments

The effects of topical vitamin E on the cosmetic appearance of scars. Baumann LS, Spencer J. Dermatol Surg. 1999 Apr;25(4):311-5. AbstractBACKGROUND:Vitamin E is a generic term for a group of tocol and tocotrienol derivatives. Since the discovery that vitamin E is the major lipid soluble antioxidant in skin, this substance has been tried for the…