Scar Gels and Oils
Sliced Bread
BBC
4.6 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Greg Foot speaks to Consultant Dermatologist and Dermatological Surgeon Dr Emma Craythorne - who has plenty of skin in the game - to find some answers for listener Phil about about scars, how they occur, the different types, and what might help make them less obvious.
Each episode Greg investigates the latest ad-hyped products and trending fads promising to make us healthier, happier and greener. Are they really 'the best thing since sliced bread' and should you spend your money on them?
At Sliced Bread, we're hungry for your suggestions so we can keep making fresh batches! If you’ve seen an ad, trend or wonder product promising to make you happier, healthier or greener, email us at sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk OR send a voice note to our WhatsApp number, 07543 306807.
RESEARCHER: PHIL SANSOM PRODUCERS: KATE HOLDSWORTH AND GREG FOOT
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| 0:47.8 | Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to Slice Bread, the BBC Radio 4 show that investigates the Wonder Products promising to make you happier, healthier or greener. Each episode, we follow the |
| 0:52.5 | crumbs of evidence to find out if one of your |
| 0:54.4 | suggested wonder products is indeed the best thing since sliced bread or marketing BS. And today's |
| 1:00.4 | suggestion comes from Phil Ward from Northamptonshire, who is joining us from his holiday. Welcome, Phil. |
| 1:05.2 | Hi there, Greg. What would you like us to investigate today then? So it's scar creams, gels, oils, all those things that claim |
| 1:13.0 | to make your scars better and less visible. I'm quite tall, six foot two, and moved into a new |
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