I tried to see how Mederma would effect some of my scars from surgery. I followed the directions & applied it three times a day, everyday, for a month. I’m going to keep using it for the full three months as the packaging recommends. Here are links to the Mederma experiment.

The beginning

Does Mederma really work?

What’s the secret ingredient in Mederma?

A month after using Mederma

I’ve been putting Mederma on my scars three times a day for the last week or so. I really like that it isn’t greasy. It is pretty odorless & I can’t tell I have it on. However, I wanted to see results. I think the redness of one of my smaller scars has faded, but still I wanted huge infomercial like before & after shots. I wanted my skin to be as clear as Thermal labels.

I was getting impatient & started thinking that it just wasn’t working. I vowed to myself that I was going to keep going with this experiment until I ran out of Mederma or experienced some weird side effect. I haven’t had any side effects but I was just discouraged. It just felt like I had been doing this forever. I knew that it would take up to 9 weeks to see results. It was eye opening to realize that it’s only been one week & I’m just impatient.

Today during my awful fibromyalgia day, I just couldn’t be happy. Usually I get through the pain with humor. I find reasons why my life is beautiful. I try & be grateful & hopeful. None of that was working today. So instead, I decided that I was going to laugh no matter what. This is hard to do when you are in a bad mood & nothing seems funny. A good tip is to just find a friend & then start fake laughing at the same time. Vow to keep it up for 3 minutes. Try laughing like Santa Clause or Fran Drescher. Within 30 seconds I’m always laughing uncontrollably & my mood is brighter.