Restore Scar Therapists are trained professional therapists from different backgrounds who have completed training in manual (hands-on) techniques to help with discomfort, tightness and other physical symptoms problematic scar tissue can create. Cosmetically scars may also improve, but this is not a guaranteed outcome. Preventative care during early recovery is the best way to guarantee a good cosmetic and functional result after an injury or surgery leaves scar tissue.

Early consultation with a trained scar therapist is a good idea. They can provide helpful advice in daily home care suitable for your scar type and location. Don’t wait for scar tissue to be problematic to seek help, book an appointment in the first few months after an injury or surgery.

Scar tissue should respond with incremental improvements no matter how old the surgery or injury is. Scar care products such as cream, compression garments and oils have more limited impact on older scars, but scar massage should help even decades after injury.

Restore Scar Therapy is developed for underlying as well as superficial issues after surgery and trauma causes damage. Pain and sensitivity should usually respond well to this manual treatment.

Your therapist should be able to go at a pace that is right for you and work within your comfort levels to get lasting improvements.

If you have complications after cancer treatment, we recommend that you Search for a therapist who has completed our Oncology Scar Specialist course.

This course teaches therapists how to help with common complications after cancer surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Axillary web syndrome – AWS – commonly called cording and radiotherapy fibrosis are all conditions covered in the training. Capsular contracture after breast reconstruction, working around stoma and with large flap and graft surgeries are all within their capacity to help.

General Scar Therapy Practitioners are also trained in general scar therapy and can assist after cancer surgery.

Restore Scar Therapy is a nurturing way to look after your body after your caesarean birth.

Scar therapy is a non-invasive, generally painless treatment that can reduce the tightness and sensitivity of C-section scars as well as reduce redness and improve the overall appearance of the scar itself.

Many therapists choose to specialise in post-natal care, so search for a C-Section Scar Specialist near you.

General Scar Therapy Practitioners are also trained in general scar therapy, and can assist after abdominal birth.