Comparison of the Effects of Contractubex (R) Gel in an Experimental Model of Scar Formation in Rats: An Immunohistochemical and Ultrastructural Study

Abstract

Background: Contractubex gel, a commercial treatment for scars, consists of a mixture of onion extract (cepea extract), heparin sodium, and allantoin. It exerts a softening and smoothing effect on indurated, hypertrophic, painful, and cosmetically-disfiguring scar tissue.