Why use a water-cure for scars? 1951 saw the first treatment of burns scars at St-Gervais-les-Bains, and ever since then in France crenotherapy* has become an integral part of therapeutic protocol for all sufferers of extensive burns.

*treatment by hot spring waters

The usefulness of crenotherapy in the cases of large burns scars is totally approved in France.


Causes of burns scars :

Hot liquids: 50 %
Flame : 30 %
Contact : 10 %
Electricity : 4 %
Chemical products : 4 %
Other : 2 %

Effects of water cures: at an early stage the water cures calm the pruritus (itching) and speeds up the process of scar repair. At a later stage the hardened scars are softened which means the integuments are better prepared for surgical repair. Improvements can be noted as from  the 2nd week of treatment and are maintained and multiplied over the following 2 to 3 months.

During this stage scars are inflammatory and can cause itching.
Crenotherapy is used to calm the inflammation. The patient undergoes treatments in thermal baths as well as at a reeducation center.


Indications

Burn scars
Surgical scars
Post-traumatic scars
Radiotherapy scars
Scleroderma or inflamed scars, hypertrophic or sclerotic scars