Thread: What do you do when your cuts turn to scars?

Originally Posted by Snake

Primary healing goes on for about a year - that's right, a whole mothershaving year - and reabsorption of the tissue goes on for life. As time goes by they will become less conspicuous, especially if you don't tan.

Just love your scars. The ladies love them.

I can attest to both of those.

I have a few small burn scars from when I was 6 or 8, which was 1986-1988, and they have continued to fade. Granted, they were 3rd degree burns, so they're still pretty clear, but they are softer and less obvious every year.

And the one scar I have from shaving is a 3/4" long line on the ridge of my right cheekbone. Looks badass.

I had a facial injury and lots of stitches and what the oral surgeon had me do (yes the oral surgeon wh did a damn fine job of stitching me up, even by the account of the plastic srugeon who said he would not worry about fixing it after as the first guy did a great job) was to use vitamin E on the scar regularly. I just went and bought a large bottle of gel caps and woudl cut the end and squeeze a little out and rub it in.

Many people dont notice the scar that had over 200 stitches to repair. I must have other scars that take precedence at first glance or maybe I am just that good looking or...!

As a side note the plastic surgeon said they routinely recommend using vitamin e to woman after childbirth.

+1 scrapcan

Vitamin E oil is usually recommended, although I've had intermittent success with it.

Just embrace them and start talking like a pirate.

Try to keep any damaged area moist. Moist skin heals more quickly. Try to avoid shaving over such an area, but if you must shave over that area do so with a cartridge, much demonized here, because the structure of the cartridge keeps the blades above the skin level.

Vitamin E oil. Find a bottle of capsules at a grocery store, and crack one open when you get home. Rub it in, and repeat daily. Good to go.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Just embrace them and start talking like a pirate.

That's funny right there.

Originally Posted by GaiusValeriusPulcher

Huh, didn't know that about healing. I'm not exactly sure the ladies would love a scar that's obviously a shaving scar (they're all on my chin which I often accidentally cut if I'm not paying good enough attention). So if it's still healing (and these are very small, only about a centimeter or so) would just keeping neosporin on it help still?

Once the wound has closed I don't know that neosporin or bacitracin will help a whole lot. As some have suggested, vitamin E sometimes helps.

A scar is never obviously anything except what you make it to be. I have scars that have been at times the result of close encounters shrapnel, a knife, a wild animal (ranging from a boar to a swamp cat) or a rappelling accident. Besides... It's not just a shaving accident, it's a straight razor shaving accident. Dawg! You have it sooooo made!

I guess I would try not to let it bother me

Originally Posted by BigJim

That's funny right there.

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