Can someone please tell me if there is
treatment for acne scars and if so what
and how much?? I have tried everything I
know to make them seem less ugly but
everything as failed. Any tips?!
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evetevan
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 5 Location: Jacksonville
Posted: 01-12-06 12:42pm
You can always try sti-vectin d. It was
for stretch marks but now it is the
hottest thing for faces. I recomended it
to my 72 year old mother-in-law so I could
see if it worked for real and she
literally looks younger everyday and
whats best is it cleared up everything
scars, blemishes and wrinkles. She got it
from the health food store and it was
expensive 135.00 but you may be able to
find it cheaper. Also I know they sell
scar removers for about 40 in drug stores
i'm not faniliar with any of them though.
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Uzaman
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 147
Posted: 01-21-06 06:18am
Rub some vitamin e, or some castor oil,
onto the scars every night, an hour or so
before you go to bed. Preferably
castor oil.
Don't use too much, just an extremely thin
layer on the affected area(s). Rub
the oil in for several minutes, to ensure
the oil has penetrated the outer layers of
skin.
Being a skeptic nowadays, i'm still
tentative in my lauding of this product
(castor oil), but I (personally) am seeing
this oil do excellent things in my own use
of it.
Such a simple, inexpensive, 'easy to get
your hands on' product, and yet so many
uses (so i've heard), two of which, I can
attest, seem to be true, from my own
situation (so far).
Anyway, castor oil is supposed to break
down the scar tissue over a period of
several weeks to longer (sometimes much
longer), depending on the type of scar
(size, thickness, depth etc) in question.
It's also supposed to work in evening up
one's skin tone, due to the fact that one
of castor oil's components is used in some
skin bleaching products (azelaic acid).
So it's good for darker, uneven areas of
skin. It is said to be a good
moisturizer too (due to its emollient
effect), but I don't like the idea of
wearing an oily substance on my skin
during the daytime, especially since it's
summer here, and it can get pretty hot.
Castor oil is thick and viscous, so it
just feels sticky on me during the day.
I'd only use it at night.
Let me qualify what i've said by adding
that it may not necessarily work for
everyone in this (or any other) regard,
but it's cheap, and can be found at any
chemist/pharmacist, or even in some
supermarkets.
So why not give it a try? Good luck
with it!
Btw, if you can get your hands on the
cold-pressed variety, even better, since
that is the type that is supposed to be
effective.
My bottle of castor oil doesn't specify
that it is (or isn't) cold-pressed, so I
assume it isn't. It does seem to be
working though.
