30 replies to this topic

[lian8]

Just leave it alone and let your body do everything.

[CollectedSoul]

I would suggest pure aloe vera to heal the skin.Things like coco butter and bio oil would more then likely clog your pores and cause more acne.Just give your skin time to heal also

[mreverest]

Emilyx0, on 14 December 2011 - 04:06 PM, said:

thanks so much everyone for replying! means A LOT

when you guys say to rub vitemin E is there a specific brand for that?
i will go and by it tonight

how old is the scar, you should try vitamin e oil, i put it on my little indented scar and with in a day it was gone, I had only used it once then stopped, i was testing it. I was amazed but then the next morning it was there again ): i am pretty sure if you you keep using it will fade just takes time, the real pure vitamin e oil is usually brown in color not gold or yellow just a heads up.

[jeskahoney]

It should go away in time. Your skin looks pretty much perfect.

[Emilyx0]

hey everyone! I'm going to see a dermatologist next week! The scar is still there and is very visible and ugly in direct sunlight
What do i ask for what type of treatment? Will this go away or am i wasting my time and money?

[SteamRoom]

Did you have a Cystic pimple there or very inflamed one? It seems like that is a scar from it. In all honesty that probably won't heal on its own. If it does it will take a very long time.

[Emilyx0]

very inflamed one! it was there for a while and when the scab fell off this was there...
do you think i can completley heal this?
what are some of my options.... its really depressing

[SteamRoom]

Emilyx0, on 30 January 2012 - 08:40 PM, said:

very inflamed one! it was there for a while and when the scab fell off this was there...
do you think i can completley heal this?
what are some of my options.... its really depressing

You can absolutely heal that (nothing is permanent), but it really depends on how fast you want to heal it/financial status. If you picked the scab then that is likely why you have the indent, although these scars do sometimes form on their own because the pimple was very inflamed that it ruptured multiple layers of the skin (yes that is possible even if you didn't poke, pinch, touch the pimple at all).

Give it a few months to check and see if there is any improvement. I personally believe this can take up to years to heal on its own (but I believe there will definitely be improvement), but that is just my own opinion. Guarenteed ways to see fast improvement, if not a complete heal, is through laser surgery but I really don't think you should go through with it yet. Light chemical peels such as Salicylic Acid peels are safe and help regenerate the skin too. I would recommend that.

EDIT: Placing herbs and other topicals that you buy at your local Duane Reade won't heal that scar in my opinion. Your best bet is to ask your Dermatologist as to what your options are. There are certain topicals that boost skin shedding and aid rebuilding of the skin. Yet with indents and scars, the cells may never fully heal normally which is why laser surgery is suggested. Don't worry about it, there is always a solution. I think time and peels will result in a drastic improvement.

Edited by SteamRoom, 31 January 2012 - 05:25 PM.

[DudleyDoRight]

As minor as your case seems, if you could treat your one indent we could all treat our indents. Be wary of Snake Oil claims that have no basis in science.

http://www.nytimes.c...no_interstitial

[mrjarjarbinks77]

Emilyx0, on 13 December 2011 - 10:03 AM, said:

from a pimple back in october! will it raise up? I already cant deal with acne this is just going to kill me
ill do anything for this to heal

COsmetic and plastic surgeons love to heart this cause it means lots of $$$$$$ money for them to make. That is nothing. I honestly did not even notice what I was looking at really. With cover up or without make up. Don't touch it or irritate it. Your so young still, I bet in a year or so, it will heal on its own. If not (which I doubt) you can look at fillers. It isn't cheap and it is not covered but, it is an alternative. Don't look at surgery or hate yourself. You are still attractive and it just gives you character.

[2014marzipan]

This is a reply to Emily regarding her pics - I have no idea if you're still following this thread but here's my advice since I have a ton of experience with derms and self-treatments. Since you only have a few isolated scars, I would consider self-needling. You need do something that will induce collagen growth. Nothing topical will make any fundamental change. You need to do something that will change the structure of the skin, not absorb into it. If you self needle in addition to using copper peptides from Skin Biology, your scars will go away. Scars don't go away on there own unless they're just red marks which isn't a scar. Btw, the reason I'm recommending self-needling and not derma rolling or derma stamping is that you can be way more accurate doing self-needling.

There are a bunch of threads regarding this treatment but if you want a simple step by step about how to do it and WHERE to do it on the scar and why, let me know and I'd be happy to write one. I've had the worst scars for ten years but consistent, persistent self-needling has been my saviour. I took your photo on the left into photoshop to show you the best way to analyze a scar but I don't see a way to attach a file unless its a link.

Here's why needling (this article is about derma rolling) works and what it does to your skin for those of you who are interested:


"[I]s well known that 0.5mm needles are long enough to penetrate through the epidermis into the dermis and much of the positive early research was conducted on this needle size. It is this penetration into the dermis that creates the micro trauma that leads to the necessary inflammation. This inflammation then leads to a chemical cascade which eventually leads to fibroblasts migrating into the area producing collagen, proteoglycans, elastin and other matrix proteins. Over a period of months the initial collagen type III is gradually replaced by collagen type I giving more tensile strength."