How Do You Reduce the Appearance of Scars/ Cutting Years Ago Posted: 06-23-05 21:55pm
Does anyone know of any procedure,
that would help reduce the appearance,
reduce scars
merderma did not work
i cut my arm years ago in one insane dumb
stupid moment
i am not the same person. I am tired of
my very noticable scars that look like I
cut myself on purpose.
Dumb, dumb, I know.
Anyways, here I am, with constant
reminders of the abusuridty
i am living at the poverty level currently
and I do not have money
for skin grafts as of yet.
I wish I could rewind time...
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poetmcc
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Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 273
Hi Posted: 06-25-05 17:45pm
My scars aren't that old- your scars must
be pretty bad if you can still see them
after years. Please don't say you are
dumb, it must have been a hard time for
you when you did this and the greatest
thing is that you have gotten over it.
Anyway, I am glad you stopped because it
is not worth it. I know how you feel -
like rewinding time...
Well since I am still trying to find ways
to hide my scars, my advice is not the
greatest but I will try:
1) long sleeves- keep the scars away from
the sun, it makes them darker
2) scarzone cream seems to work ok, I have
just started using it
3) vitamin k cream
4) cocoa butter- only seems to work on
darker skin though
i hope this has helped, hope one works for
you. Take care and let me know how you
are doing.
I am only a teen so I have trouble getting
expensive stuff too- these aren't that
expensive though.
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jesticle
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Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 152 Location: Australia
Posted: 07-13-05 07:50am
Im not sure where you live but I know its
in a few countrys the brand is palmer's
its called skin success fade cream it has
vitamin e in it. It isn't used to take
away scars but it lighens them I too had
very bad scars and I used it and now there
really faint.
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irishamethyst
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Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 75 Location: Ireland
Posted: 07-20-05 04:36am
I can empathise with that. I used to cut
myself, and whenever I see the scars I
feel so embarrassed about what I used to
do. Just wanted you to know that I can
empathise. A friend of mine used to get
vitamin e capsules (or was it cod liver
oil) and open them up, and use the liquid
inside of them, and she said it worked a
treat.
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poetmcc
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Question For Irsihamethyst Posted: 08-05-05 19:52pm
Does cod liver oil really work for scars?
I have tons of it in my house ...Maybe I
could use it. Are you sure it works ?
Thanks.
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SweetJane
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Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 12 Location: Ontario
Posted: 08-06-05 12:56pm
Hi,
my scars are also a source of
embarassment. It's such a dead
give-away. "hi, i'm a suicide junkie,
pleased to meet you!"
i tried curad scar therapy. It didn't
work, but that may be because my scars are
too faint already. They're still
conspicuous to me, but maybe not to
others. Oh, how would I know?
Hope you find a solution,
jane.
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Jen7188
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Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 6 Location: alabama
Damn Posted: 06-11-06 00:26am
This sucks, I have lotta scars on my arms
and ankles and wrists. Yeah yeah its my
own health question fault and I dont even
think I was sane when I did that but
whatever (i use to take crazy pills).....
Um, so yeah I still have these ghetto fab
scars and theyre deep, and I have this
amazing story I tell people when they ask
abt the scars and I tell them about a car
crash my sister and me were in ..
(actually I was never in it , it was only
my sister) its beleivable but it doesn't
take a certified shrink to second guess my
scars, maybe even just a local bar
tender... So yeah I use long sleeve, make
up and spf and hmm... Maybe one day
surgery... Ha... One day when im not a
poor kid
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w0rldd0minat0r
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Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 238
Posted: 06-13-06 16:15pm
I found that sun on razor blade cuts
helped because not v deep ones go white so
if u get a tan they go away :)
deep ones im not sure conceller maybe but
thats a lot of work
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Fairy Godmother
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Hope to Help! Posted: 06-13-06 16:37pm
Any family dollar or dollar general store
sells vitamin e capsules (cheap). Pop
this capsule and rub it into the scar.
Rub horizontal and vertical. Its a greasy
mess, but over time, the scars will
deminish. You can't even see my scar from
where the crainiotomy was performed!
Brain surgery! I also have a "faint
scar" from the mohs surgery to remove
malignant melanoma (a 7" scar), because I
use vitamin e capsules on this daily.
Hope this helps others!
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w0rldd0minat0r
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Posted: 06-13-06 16:42pm
Kwl ty
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luvkittykats
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Posted: 06-25-06 00:12am
:d
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nawtaprincess
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Posted: 06-25-06 00:26am
luvkittykats
wrote:
:d
i have a 6inch scar on my stomach, gettin
in the tanningbed helps me.
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sabine
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Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 9 Location: toronto
Posted: 06-26-06 10:20am
The best thing i've ever tried on my scars
was pure vitamin e. It works amazingly
well, although it is really thick and
greasy feeling. I had horrible scars on
my legs and arms and after using vitamin e
the ones on my legs are less noticeable
(almost completely gone) and the ones on
my arms are completely gone and only
re-appear when I snap elastic bands
against them (doctor-suggested remedy to
help me reduce my cutting).
Hope it works for you!
Good luck.
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benny1
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Scars, Scars ,scars Posted: 06-26-06 11:29am
I still got scars from when I stopped self
harming, 7 years ago, but I have learned
to live with them. I have one on my
forearm about an inch long and half an
inch wide, it looks like my skin melted,
infact you'd be right, for some insane
reason, I held my arm under a hot lamp
until the skin melted, I have 2 faint 3
inch scars on the other one from razor
blades, and I carved the initials of a
favourite hip-hop band on the underside of
my elbow, ashamed of this tho I burnt it
with caustic soda (forms an acid when in
contact with moisture on the skin.
Thankfully its now just a faint burn mark,
all off them signs from a f*&ked up
past. Hey if I can cope with it, theres
hope for everyone else, good luck
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rosejackson
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Posted: 07-18-06 11:55am
Im not sure that you can get rid of old
scars. Ive still got scars from when ive
stopped cutting two years ago and I hate
them! But think about it, its a constant
reminder of how stupid you were to begin
with and you wont do it again. Well that
is to me anyway. I know im better off not
cutting, no matter how low I feel
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karra
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Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 14
Posted: 07-29-06 00:38am
Well when I had cuts and scars the doctor
said to go to wal mart something like
that and get vitimen e capsules and break
them open and put that on 2-4 times aday
and that should help
