Scars are very difficult to get rid of and are the results of 'over healing'. After having an op for a mortons neuroma, scar built up under my foot. The surgeon had to repeat the operation and take out the nerve that had stuck to the bone and the scar tissue. Unfortunatley it all grew back!! Then I had another surgeon, who had to remove it again along with a traumatic neuroma that had developed! It alls back again! I put the silicone dressings on it for a while, but not much good. I also massaged with bio-oil, which took all the redness away, but I still feel it all and sometimes it is very sore. As a result been on lots of pills, gabapentin, lyrica, amtitriptylline, duolextine and citalopram!! In the end I take nothing and do massage it but it seems to aggravate it. Maybe it is worth shelling out for this stuff, seeing as surgeon recommend it. One of osteopaths i saw once had a very large scar on his arm and said he used products with calendura oil which made a difference to him. Honey particularly manuka honey is used in some wound dressings before a wound has healed, but once it has healed, silicone seems to be the dressing of choice.