Palmers Cocoa Butter Scar Serum 1 oz.

by Palmer's

Product Features

• Includes Cocoa Butter and Vitamin E to Diminish the Appearance of Marks and Scars.
• Shark Liver Oil and Silicone Smooth to Soften the Appearance of Scars.
• Allium Cepa helps Diminish Scar Matrix.
• Concentrated Serum penetrates Quickly while Forming a Moisture-proof Barrier.

Product Description

Package Quantity: 1

Contains the ingredients most recommended by doctors. This scar serum combines five powerful ingredients to reduce the appearance of scars resulting from surgery, injury, burns, acne, stretch marks, C sections, cuts, scrapes, and insect bites.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 2.7 x 1.6 inches ; 4.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00009ENBV
• UPC: 010181040528
• Item model number: E.T. BROWNE740852
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,934 in Beauty (See Top 100 in Beauty)
  • #56 in Health & Personal Care > Health Care > Therapeutic Skin Care

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't live up to it's name...Alternatives are much better, April 4, 2006

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Ontic Logos "Ontic Logos" (Baton Rouge, LA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Palmers Cocoa Butter Scar Serum 1 oz. (Misc.)

As a bodybuilder and BMX rider, I was plagued with some rather large and unsightly stretch marks and scars, which gave me a lot of experience in trying different things to remedy them. And I must say, as both a stretch mark and scar treatment, this is a strikingly inadequate product. For less than $9.99, you can get between 4 and 15 oz. of a Palmer's brand Cocoa Butter formula with better ingredients. While Vitamin E and Cocoa butter do help, they will do very little for a product you'll spend so much time rubbing in, and hold out so much hope for.

Your best bet, though more expensive, is to find a product with a "transport" mechanism that will bring the nutrients and moisturizers underneath the skin, where the bulk of the scar is. One example of this is liposomes, found in Body Shape Hydroderm.

And for those combating stretch marks, other very important ingredients are:

1) Collagen and elastin (found in Palmer's Stretch Mark Creams and many lotions for skin, both for under $9.99). Elastin, surprise surprise, lends to you skin being more elastic and resistant to new stretch marks, while collagen helps to "fill up" or restore the empty space left by the dermal tear that causes the mark.
2) Dimethicone (silicone), cocoa butter, jojoba, aloe, or any ingredient with "PEG" in it. These are effective moisturizers of the scar and stretch mark grade.
3) Vitamins A, C, and E. Vitamin C is the best hope among vitamins for restoring scars, but only when mixed with collagen, I would argue. Vitamin E (Tocopheryl Acetate), should slow any progressive scars or marks. Vitamin A is mostly preventative, so you may need it for your lotion, but not for your 2-minute rubbing sessions on scars (be VERY disciplined on these, by the way!).

I used Body Shape Hydroderm, which I think is discontinued, but I would recommend going with Strixaderm-MD 6oz, available on Amazon.com for about 1/3 of the cost of StriVectin-SD, if you really want the scar to go away and your budget will allow it.

Also, if you're using one of these restorative formulas, your best bet is to stack it with a collagen-infused lotion, butter, or rub. If you are looking for an all-over-the-body lotion to use in addition to a scar treatment, the best I've found is Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Skin Therapy Lotion (White bottle with gold trim). It can be found in most drug stores for around $15 for 14 oz. and has Vitamin's A, C, and E, as well as dimethicone, jojoba, aloe, collagen and elastin.

Lastly, if your scar is more than 6 months old, there may be some benefit to be had, but consider seriously whether you will want to burden the costs. A $60 Strixaderm-MD oz. tube lasts 6 months on 9 inches worth of scars or marks (You'll need to go between 3 to 6 months on pretty much any scar, and a full 6 months on pretty much any stretch mark, new or old). If you're dealing with major stretch marks, chances are you've got a more of that to go, so consider whether the stretch marks are worth the cost to you if you're dealing with old ones for which most cheaper cremes are relatively ineffective. Most of all, good luck, and I hope this review has helped!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Lil Scar that Could, July 4, 2005

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NewPersianMommy "Joon" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Palmers Cocoa Butter Scar Serum 1 oz. (Misc.)

This product works well if one understands the purpose of putting vit E on a scar or healing scrape, etc. There is nothing that will "remove" a scar as the name says it all ... it's a scar. The point of putting vitamin E on a scab/scar is to promote healing and reduce the severity of a scar not get rid of it altogether. Children get lots of scars, but not all of them (especially on my little girl's legs) have to remain a darkened color and so very noticeable. Early application of this scar serum will greatly reduce healing time and overall residual scarring! However, getting vitamin E in a liquid form isn't easy unless you want to break open one of your vit E gel cap supplements and put it over the scar/scab and even then you don't get some of the other important ingredients like cocoa butter. Not a perfect product, but very useful.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Healing, Serum Works Wonders, May 15, 2006

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Marilyn Johnson "Auntie M" (Falls Church VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Palmers Cocoa Butter Scar Serum 1 oz. (Misc.)

I had a cut-like split on the edge of my nostril that would not heal with numerous other products for over 9 months. I tried hydrocortione cream which usually works well on blemishes; I tried other agressive lotions, including ones with alpha-hydroxy and also Palmer's Cocoa Butter Cream with vitamin E; a doctor prescribed an antibacterial ointment. None of these worked. When I discovered Palmer's Cocoa Butter SCAR SERUM, it worked within a couple of weeks, completely healed the split back to totally normal. You need to be patient for whatever number of days that the skin still has a peel-able layer. Eventually it will completely smooth out. My experience reflects what "The Lil Scar that Could" says, that it works for healing and preventing a scar more so than getting rid of an existing scar. I believe it can work to improve existing scars, if not remove them, especially if one if persistant. This serum goes a LONG way on small cuts or blemishes that can create a scar if left untreated.

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