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Post by kittenhart on May 15, 2008 18:03:52 GMT -5
Anyone have any ideas for things that actually work?
Now that my infection is clearing, I am wondering how to deal with these surgical scars.
I am using Bio oil (which is basically Vitamin E/A and lavender) on my hip incision....also have frankincense that I am considering using.
Neck scar will be huge, horizontal, and visible around front of throat....I am trying not to be so vain and trying to come to terms with how much I care about it, in the great scheme of things (it's a small price to pay). I know I'm just being stupid and vain......my friends say to just make up a good story behind it (I teach at an inner-city "high needs" public school so I could gain some serious status from gossip related to this kind of a highly visible scar)....
But anyone tried any of those expensive scar/stretchmark creams that actually worked?
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Post by freckles on May 15, 2008 18:17:23 GMT -5
Anyone have any ideas for things that actually work? Now that my infection is clearing, I am wondering how to deal with these surgical scars. I am using Bio oil (which is basically Vitamin E/A and lavender) on my hip incision....also have frankincense that I am considering using. Neck scar will be huge, horizontal, and visible around front of throat....I am trying not to be so vain and trying to come to terms with how much I care about it, in the great scheme of things (it's a small price to pay). I know I'm just being stupid and vain......my friends say to just make up a good story behind it (I teach at an inner-city "high needs" public school so I could gain some serious status from gossip related to this kind of a highly visible scar).... But anyone tried any of those expensive scar/stretchmark creams that actually worked? I am Glad you are Healing Teachers are Hotties
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Post by Phoenixx on May 15, 2008 18:19:29 GMT -5
I have one that works pretty well. My sister used it for over a year and got her stretch marks to fade quite well and made her complexion completely one tone. I use it, but I am too lazy to use it every single day. Besides, I like fruity smelling creams (like vanilla and soy milk from Avon...mmmmhh!! )
I can send you a tub? It's a pretty dry cream so you mix it with babylotion and apply it. Takes a long time to see results, but nothing is instant (well, nothing that wont strip your skin chemically), so if you got at least 6months...? Be happy to send you a tub!
PS: Vanity is good for the female ego ;D
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Post by kittenhart on May 15, 2008 23:29:39 GMT -5
I'm PM ing you! Thanks!
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Post by kittenhart on May 15, 2008 23:32:57 GMT -5
Freckles, you're so sweet.... If I met any tame christian girls I'll send them your way....do you like the cowgirl type, tho? I betcha do, being from Texas.
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Post by Phoenixx on May 16, 2008 2:43:00 GMT -5
I'm PM ing you! Thanks! No problem, girlie!
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Post by freckles on May 16, 2008 9:19:42 GMT -5
Freckles, you're so sweet.... If I met any tame christian girls I'll send them your way....do you like the cowgirl type, tho? I betcha do, being from Texas. I think you are Nice P.S. I would give you Babies
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Post by jules on May 16, 2008 10:09:15 GMT -5
my friend has a vertical scar from the top of her chest up her throat, about 6 inches or so, from a surgery she had last summer to remove a tumor. at first she was self-conscious about it, but now she wears it as a badge of honor for being a survivor. i think it's pretty kick ass of her.
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Post by kittenhart on May 16, 2008 12:32:07 GMT -5
I think you are Nice P.S. I would give you Babies Freckles, I am so not your type....seriously. (Oil and water, dude. ) You should be careful who you flirt with or you could end up with yet another ill-matched wife....you need someone more like you....you will find her, Freckles. You will. But thanks for saying I'm nice....
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Post by kittenhart on May 16, 2008 12:37:57 GMT -5
now she wears it as a badge of honor for being a survivor. That is a good mindset to have, for sure. Once it fades, I might not be so worried about it...I guess only time will tell.....seems like a metaphor for my life in many ways.
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Post by hoodieprincess on Sept 16, 2008 18:00:29 GMT -5
I have one that works pretty well. My sister used it for over a year and got her stretch marks to fade quite well and made her complexion completely one tone. I use it, but I am too lazy to use it every single day. Besides, I like fruity smelling creams (like vanilla and soy milk from Avon...mmmmhh!! ) I can send you a tub? It's a pretty dry cream so you mix it with babylotion and apply it. Takes a long time to see results, but nothing is instant (well, nothing that wont strip your skin chemically), so if you got at least 6months...? Be happy to send you a tub! PS: Vanity is good for the female ego ;D Can I ask what it is? I am still trying to deal with the scars from my surgery in April. As everyone else, I am *trying* to not be vain but it's so damn hard! lol
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Post by shattered on Sept 16, 2008 18:15:57 GMT -5
Yup -- Vitamin E.
Instead of using an oil that is likely to be diluted with other things (like lavendar) you can buy Vitamin E capsules and squeeze out the oil. That way you have pure Vitamin E oil.
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Post by kittenhart on Sept 16, 2008 20:43:34 GMT -5
So it's been 4 months of using frankincense (5% in a carrier of BioOil) 4 times a day....the scar on neck is not as bad as it was but is still pink, scar on hip is white and barely noticeable (figures : . Neck scar has keloided but that is due to the infection and my genetics.....I take Vitamin E and zinc internally daily and have had ultrasound directly on the scar at physio (which noticably helps break the adhesions). I've also had low level laser 4 times, but not directly on the scar as apparently it is too close to thyroid gland for safety). I'm getting a consult with a laser guy/dermatologist to see if laser resurfacing is an option but it may be too close to thyroid and carotid artery/may be too much titanium hardware to be feasible. I would come up with the money...I know that sounds brutally vain but I would.....I feel like it's the first thing people look at when they see me now. I don't think I would go for revisional sugery but I will see what the laser doc says. There is a company called Renovo that is in clinical trials for a scar reduction treatment but it has to be applied at time of surgical closure to fresh wounds. www.renovo.com/itemdetails.asp?c_id=31&news_id=41Wish I had a remarkable tale for you about something that works. I have been fanatically religious in the applications. I don't think it would bother me as much if it would fade to be whiter. I am still keeping up the applications...maybe it'll just need a few more months? What have you found, Hoodie?
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Post by redskyatnight on Sept 16, 2008 20:59:09 GMT -5
I have one that works pretty well. My sister used it for over a year and got her stretch marks to fade quite well and made her complexion completely one tone. I use it, but I am too lazy to use it every single day. Besides, I like fruity smelling creams (like vanilla and soy milk from Avon...mmmmhh!! ) I can send you a tub? It's a pretty dry cream so you mix it with babylotion and apply it. Takes a long time to see results, but nothing is instant (well, nothing that wont strip your skin chemically), so if you got at least 6months...? Be happy to send you a tub! PS: Vanity is good for the female ego ;D Can I ask what it is? I am still trying to deal with the scars from my surgery in April. As everyone else, I am *trying* to not be vain but it's so damn hard! lol I want to know too. I've got so many freckles and sun aging on my face that I've considered going to a dermatologist.
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Post by kittenhart on Sept 16, 2008 21:08:01 GMT -5
I want to know too. I've got so many freckles and sun aging on my face that I've considered going to a dermatologist. I never ended up getting the cream from Phoenixx because some of my mail got mislaid by the post/wrongly delivered....I suspect that several eBay purchases vanished this way too. I have been meaning to ask her what the name of the cream is ....but Phoenixx has been going through some pretty rough times lately so I didn't want to bother her with my obsessions about my scar
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