Scars are cool if you get them from fighting a bear or mountain lion, or the time you won that Mexican knife-fight. Apart from these few occasions scars are unwanted blemishes on smooth healthy skin that can be removed provided you buy the right product.

The right balance of ingredients is necessary, as scar tissue can’t give way to unscarred tissue. Because of this, the reduction in scar tissue appearance is our only option.

That means the ingredients in a scar cream are by nature a little different than those found in other moisturizers.

Here are the best Scar creams under $19.99 available on Amazon.

1: Honeydew Scar Cream for Women

For just under $13, this cream is labeled as “Amazon’s Choice”

Their non-greasy scar cream is specially formulated to help reduce the appearance of scars, stretch marks, and dark spots. Their proprietary blend utilizes a medley of natural botanicals to gently but effectively lighten unsightly marks on your skin.

Rosehip, Coconut, Jojoba, Sweet Orange, Cocoa Butter, and Vitamin E work in synergy to enhance and protect collagen to improve your skin’s tone texture and elasticity for softer as well as suppler, and even-toned skin.

They have a money-back guarantee and the product is made in America.

2: LilyAna Naturals Retinol Skin Cream

With 5,000 reviews on Amazon, the average rating still comes out to 5 stars. Wow.

This is like putting a jungle on your face – there are so many different plant oils and extracts, making it rich in all the vitamins your skin needs to heal up and look normal again. The non-greasy residue is absorbed quickly, leaving behind the benign scent of green tea and aloe.

They promise the removal of acne scars, sun spots, and stretch marks, but also wrinkles, brow furrows, and fine lines for those of you looking to turn the clock back a little.

3: Mederma PM Intensive Overnight Scar Cream

Works with Skin’s Nighttime Regenerative Activity – Once-Nightly Application is Clinically Shown to Make Scars Smaller & Less Visible, boasts the Amazon page. That’s nice; put it on and go to sleep, simple as that.

It’s true that we now understand how much healing and repairing goes on while we’re sleeping – especially in the first half of the night. The vast majority of tissue repair happens between sundown and 1 AM.

They claim that if used daily, one can see results in as little as 14 days, easily the shortest time-to-results we’ve seen writing this article.

One of the active ingredients in Mederma is onion extract, but it claims the formula is scent-free… let’s hope.

4: Pureauty Naturals Scar Removal Cream

If you’re looking to buy with confidence, this cream has a 90-day money-back guarantee, the best one on this list.

The cream is 100% certified vegan as well, the only such item on the list. The active ingredients include rosehip, onion bulb extract, rhizome root extract, and chamomile,

“Scars can originate from almost anything; acne being one of the main causes. But this is just the tip of the iceberg; burns, cuts, surgery and c-section marks, piercing, stitches, mole removal, plastic surgery, even chicken pox can leave not-so-great-looking scars on your body – but that doesn’t mean they have to stay forever, thanks to the help of this night time scar cream by Pureauty Naturals!”

5: TCM Scar and Acne Spot Gel

This advanced scar and acne mark removal takes a move scientific approach, with powerful skin-repairing compounds including asiaticoside, heparin, allantoin, and carbomer. These key ingredients help with increasing collagen, supporting cell regeneration, and building back lost elastin.

Equally billed for targeting acne as for scars and stretch marks, this cream has that sort of dual purpose benefit, and should probably only be bought if you’re planning on healing acne and acne scars. However a nice benefit is that it’s formulated to help with both old scars and heal new ones.