Guest guest Posted September 30, 2003 Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 Hi, I'm Michelle, mom to 3 great boys and wife to a terrific guy. Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to help my 2yo to maybe not get a scar? He hit the pavement nose first at the park on Sunday, and by now the big scrape across his nose has become a giant scab, yuck. Up till last night I had neosporin and bandaids on it, but I thought I should peek at it last night after he fell asleep, and let some air get into it. The scab looks great, and it's clean. Is there anything I can do to help now? I just snuck some fish oil into his yogurt (he even said he liked it) because dh and I thought it might help the skin rebuild, and we're open to all suggestions, at least ones that sound reasonable and harmless, hehe. TIA, Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2003 Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 , " pegc38704 " <tiger222@m...> wrote: > Hi, I'm Michelle, mom to 3 great boys and wife to a terrific guy. > Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to help my 2yo to maybe > not get a scar? He hit the pavement nose first at the park on > Sunday, and by now the big scrape across his nose has become a giant > scab, yuck. Up till last night I had neosporin and bandaids on it, > but I thought I should peek at it last night after he fell asleep, > and let some air get into it. The scab looks great, and it's clean. > Is there anything I can do to help now? > > I just snuck some fish oil into his yogurt (he even said he liked it) because dh and I thought it might help the skin rebuild, and we're open to all suggestions, at least ones that sound reasonable and > harmless, hehe. > TIA, Michelle Health food stores commonly carry anti-scar creams for post surgery use. Vitamin E oil straight from the capsule is good also. Charles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 I had surgery last year and was in a discussion group where we were all giving our two cents on how to get rid of the scars. Vitamin E is great. However it is REALLY greasy. I was told about Emu oil which is also used for a bunch of other skin ailment and is recommended to those with chemo burns too. I was using the emu oil and it worked great. Some people used a concoction of emu oil, vitamin e, and pure aloe. (It can be the stuff from health food stores.) You would put enough aloe into the mixture to make it spreadable. I did use this combination for awhile. You get the benefit of both the Vit E and emu oil and the aloe makes it soothing and spreadable. I got a blister from the tape that was on me and I put emu oil on 1- 2 times a day and it faded really quick. Emu oil also soaks in really quick so you have less of a chance of grease marks. It also softens the scab. Hope this helps. , " pegc38704 " <tiger222@m...> wrote: > Hi, I'm Michelle, mom to 3 great boys and wife to a terrific guy. > Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to help my 2yo to maybe > not get a scar? He hit the pavement nose first at the park on > Sunday, and by now the big scrape across his nose has become a giant > scab, yuck. Up till last night I had neosporin and bandaids on it, > but I thought I should peek at it last night after he fell asleep, > and let some air get into it. The scab looks great, and it's clean. > Is there anything I can do to help now? > > I just snuck some fish oil into his yogurt (he even said he liked it) > because dh and I thought it might help the skin rebuild, and we're > open to all suggestions, at least ones that sound reasonable and > harmless, hehe. > > TIA, > > Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Hi Michelle, It sounds if you are interested in health for your family. You have asked a question that is basic to health. I would like to suggest that you rephrase your question and pose it to yourself. How about, something like this. Why is scar tissue formed instead of normal tissue? What nutrients are needed to make normal tissue? How can I get the maximum nutrients needed to the area affected? Natural healing is not looking for a product, it is self educating or finding someone to treat who is educated in natural healing and using what the body needs to heal itself. Educating ourselves is what this group is about. We have 15,000+ accumulated articles in our archives. We have a large links page to use for self education. We have the new message boards up and running and are accumulationg articles by types, etc. There are reading lists that have been posted in the past here. I urge all of you to read books. They are available cheap from half dot com or at your local libraries. Information and education is the key to health. We as a people have not been taught to think and aquire knowledge, but to look to experts for answers. That has got many of us into trouble. Most will never understand vitamins, minerals, nutrients, natural health unless they read. It is near impossible to grab it piecemeal by asking a few questions or catching it from the reading of messages in a group. It needs to start with a foundation of the basics and then the messages in the groups fit into that. good luck, Frank , " pegc38704 " <tiger222@m...> wrote: > Hi, I'm Michelle, mom to 3 great boys and wife to a terrific guy. > Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to help my 2yo to maybe > not get a scar? He hit the pavement nose first at the park on > Sunday, and by now the big scrape across his nose has become a giant > scab, yuck. Up till last night I had neosporin and bandaids on it, > but I thought I should peek at it last night after he fell asleep, > and let some air get into it. The scab looks great, and it's clean. > Is there anything I can do to help now? > > I just snuck some fish oil into his yogurt (he even said he liked it) > because dh and I thought it might help the skin rebuild, and we're > open to all suggestions, at least ones that sound reasonable and > harmless, hehe. > > TIA, > > Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Hi Michelle, The best way to heal a superficial wound (That is, not deep) over a large area is to keep it moist, but not with water. The new cells that are NOT scar tissue form most easily in this environment. I have had some really terrible wounds, like burns on my BREAST from spilling hot coffee, and and healed them completely, scar-free, in this manner: A mixture of neosporin, vitamin E oil, comfrey ointment, and " A & D ointment " (from the drugstore) in a dressing that completely covers the wound and scab. Replace the dressing twice a day or whenever it gets wet (from water, that is.) I read in some medical journals some time ago that a moist dressing (they just used neosporin) did the job as I described, with minimal scarring, but comfrey and Vitamin E etc really do facilitate healing. The edges of the wound will shrink and so will the scab, despite its being " moistened " with the mixture I've described. It won't get infected. Make sure that he doesn't fall down on his nose again...! I used to skin my knee as a kid and I kept falling and breaking the scab. Somehow kids recover from all of this anyway, LOL. Best of luck. Your son should heal just fine. Cheers, Francine -------------- , " pegc38704 " <tiger222@m...> wrote: > Hi, I'm Michelle, mom to 3 great boys and wife to a terrific guy. > Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to help my 2yo to maybe > not get a scar? He hit the pavement nose first at the park on > Sunday, and by now the big scrape across his nose has become a giant > scab, yuck. Up till last night I had neosporin and bandaids on it, > but I thought I should peek at it last night after he fell asleep, > and let some air get into it. The scab looks great, and it's clean. > Is there anything I can do to help now? > > I just snuck some fish oil into his yogurt (he even said he liked it) > because dh and I thought it might help the skin rebuild, and we're > open to all suggestions, at least ones that sound reasonable and > harmless, hehe. > > TIA, > > Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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