Scar Therapy

Scar Therapy

Scar therapy or scar massage is a series of treatments using oils and/or massage wax to hydrate and smooth your scar and the surrounding tissue. It clearly helps promote the circulatory and lymphatic systems around the area to boost healing, while natural oils help deliver nutrients to promote regeneration. In most appointments, a combination of Scar Work, scar massage, and medical devices are used to provide the best results, unless you specify otherwise.

Please book a 90 minute appointment for an initial consultation, following this a plan with a package of sessions will be suggested according to your needs and goals.

  • Scar therapy is a common method used to help remodel scar tissue that has developed after an injury. It is a treatment used after cosmetic surgery, emergency or other planned surgery or burns. Scar tissue massage is also known as scar mobilisation or scar tissue mobilisation. At SANAR, we use the RESTORE scar therapy method. 

    Following your consultation and assessment, your treatment will be tailored to focus on areas of tightness and tension around your scar and the underlying fascia, muscles and any fibrotic tissue.

    Scar Therapy is a clinically proven effective way to decrease scar tissue build-up and help make scars less noticeable. Pain and discomfort are not always felt at the source of the problem. Scar massage is a holistic approach combining understanding of any discomfort or pain, with assessing movement and mobility across the body, as well as directly around the scar.

    Scar Therapy is often considered to be most effective on immature scar tissue (less than two years old) but may still help with older scars.

  • RESTORE scar therapy treatment can help care for your scar and the underlying tissue. We can focus on issues related to a surgery or traumatic injury such as:

    -Pain after surgery or injury (burns)

    -Limited movement or tightness

    -Pulling or puckering

    -Fibrous scar tissue or scar adhesions

    Your appointment will include a special scar massage at the right pace and pressure to suit you, plus useful advice for caring for your scar at home.

    A RESTORE scar therapy appointment in the first 6 months after a scar is created is very helpful (even if you are not experiencing any unwanted complications) but it's never too late to benefit from scar treatment.