The described invention provides compositions and methods for treating orpreventing adhesions in a subject inneed thereof, the method comprising the step of (a) administering an adhesion-reducing amount of a composition comprising apolypeptide having the amino acid sequence YARAAARQ ARAKALARQLGV AA [SEQ IDNO: 1] or a functional equivalentthereof and a carrier. The methods are clinically useful for reducingformation of adhesions initially and for therapeutic treatmentof existing scars.