I have not seen any scientific study to prove it, nor I have ever heard that anyone had meaningful results with vit E capsules.

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Vise

vitamin e might help you with the newly formed scars... but wont help you get rid of the stubborn old scars

No!! , and it's may be aggravatethe healing of new scars ( contact dermatitis ) , it's just has moisturizing effect .
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10417589