Manuka Honey and Reduced Scar Distortion

• Effect of Manuka Honey on Eyelid Wound Healing: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

  • 2017-07
  • RCT · n = 46
  • Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 33(4)
  • • Raman Malhotra
    • Kimia Ziahosseini
    • Cornelia Poitelea
    • Andre Litwin
    • Suresh Sagili

  • PubMed: 27429228
  • DOI: 10.1097/iop.0000000000000743

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Scar Distortion

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  There was a trend toward distortion of the surrounding skin being less (1.6 vs. 1.8, p = 0.07)

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  twice daily