Hi, Claire: Glad to hear about your success in treating yourself with sword fingers. I also had very good results as well. I had a deep laceration on my ankle a year ago and it left a very apparent scar. For 11 months, the scar remained very dark. I have been practicing SFQ since April, 2005. About a month ago, I decided to use sword fingers on the area. Within a few days, the scar became 80% gone, and now, it's a month later, and it's about 90% gone. RoSpinner