Silicone
For after it has healed.
An acne patch is for the breakout. Silicone is for the mark it left behind, weeks or months later, once the skin has closed. Different material, different moment. STIK Recover brings it in two shapes: Scar Reducer Dot and Scar Reducer Sheet.
What it does
Medical-grade silicone holds a sealed, hydrated layer over the scar.
It is the material scar-management dressings are made from. The patch sits over a closed scar and keeps the surface soft and covered while it settles, which is not something a patch designed to absorb fluid can do.
Questions people ask about silicone scar patches
What does a silicone scar patch do?
A silicone scar patch sits over a closed, healed scar and holds a soft, sealed, hydrated layer over it. Silicone is the material scar-management dressings are made from, and the patch keeps the surface covered and supple while the scar settles.
When should you start using a silicone patch on a scar?
A silicone patch is for after the skin has closed, not while a wound or breakout is still open. Applied to broken skin it has nothing to do, because it is not designed to absorb fluid the way a hydrocolloid patch is.
Is a silicone patch the same as an acne patch?
No. An acne patch is usually hydrocolloid and works on an active spot by absorbing fluid. A silicone patch works on the mark left behind, weeks or months later. Different material, different moment. STIK explains the acne side at how hydrocolloid patches work.
Not out yet
Scar Reducer Dot and Sheet are launching soon.
Two shapes, same material. The Dot is for a single mark; the Sheet covers a larger or longer scar. This page explains what silicone does so it is here when they are.
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