A PIONEERING scar healing cream developed by a Stretton plastic surgeon is set revolutionise the way wounds are treated after surgery and injury.

Patients across the UK are raving about the £18.99 Solution for Scars vegan cream made by Cheshire company Science Of Skin, which has been proven in a breakthrough clinical trial to help heal wounds better after surgery leaving smaller, less red and itchy scars.

The plant-based formula was a developed by Douglas McGeorge MBE, an award-winning consultant plastic surgeon who practises at Spire Cheshire Hospital, and his Science of Skin co-founder Dr Ardeshir Bayat, an internationally respected skin biologist.

The clinical trial carried out by scientists at the University of Manchester under Dr Bayat’s leadership recently revealed the unique plant-based formula works by reducing the number of mast cells which the body produces after injury and which cause inflammation and scarring.

The study has just been published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

The research team found how the cream not only works at a cellular level to dramatically improve scarring after trauma - reducing the thickness of scars by 20 per cent and redness by 40 per cent within four to six weeks, but it starts working immediately when applied to the skin around a fresh wound, before a scar has even begun to form.

Scientific director and co-founder Dr Ardeshir Bayat said it is the first time the concept of ‘zonal priming’ has been tested on humans. Zonal priming means prepping the skin by applying the cream to the area around a fresh wound immediately.

Douglas McGeorge said: “This demonstrates for the first time that by using this cream not only do we have the opportunity to reduce our scars, but that this management can take place during the healing phase, rather than waiting for a bad scar to form before you try to do anything about it.

“For a patient, the difference between a great result and a disastrous result following surgery can be the quality of a scar, something which until now has been deemed to be outside the control of even the most gifted surgeon.

“We have now shown that with Solution for Scars we can not only improve the quality of the scar so they are less thick, less red, and that by applying the cream early we can modify the quality of the scar for a better end result."