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Dimethicone is an ingredient that is often found in emollients and barrier creams. It is used as a moisturize and barrier cream and is useful in preventing diaper rashes and protect the skin from irritants.
Dimethicone is generally very safe and well tolerated when applied to the skin. It can occasionally cause some redness and stinging of the skin but this is an uncommon side effect.
Thank you for your question. Braces treatment does take time, on average 1-3 years, however for some complex cases it may sometimes take even longer. There may be some unforeseen circumstances where braces treatment may need to be terminated earlier. For example if the patient has more urgent medical treatment and having the braces may hinder proper medical investigation such as a brain MRI.
Such scars are notoriously difficult to erase. Fractional carbon dioxide laser & micro needling may help improve the skin texture somewhat but the scars are likely to be still quite visible even after several treatment sessions. Patients often ask me if surgical skin grafting is possible but this option replaces the linear scars with a much more obvious skin graft and is thus not recommended at all in my opinion.
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