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Use of silicone sheeting has also been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of minor keloids in association with corticosteroid intralesional infiltration. In our practice, we encountered four problems: maceration, rashes, pruritus and infection. Not all patients are able to tolerate the cushion, especially children, and certain anatomical regions as the face and the upper chest are not easy to dress for obvious social, psychological and aesthetic reasons. In other anatomical regions, it is also difficult to obtain adequate compression and occlusion of the scar. To overcome such problems of applying silicone gel sheeting, we tested the use of liquid silicone gel (LSG) in the treatment of 18 linear hypertrophic scars (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HS<\/jats:styled-content> group) and 12 minor keloids (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KS<\/jats:styled-content> group) as an alternative to silicone gel sheeting or cushion. Objective parameters (volume, thickness and colour) and subjective symptoms such as pain and pruritus were examined. Evaluations were made when the therapy started and after 30, 90 and 180 days of follow\u2010up. After 90 days of treatment with silicone gel alone (two applications daily), <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HS<\/jats:styled-content> group showed a significant improvement in terms of volume decrease, reduced inflammation and redness and improved elasticity. 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