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[wenwillitbeme]

i am not using chemicals on my face. i refuse 2. my skin is so sensitive and the reason why i broke out in the first place was coz of this "facial scrub" from aavon... totally broke me out and i still have the marks to prove it. what made it worse tho it triggered OCD in me and i became a face picker.. now i have 6 big scars on my face.. dat was around 4 months ago.. each mark goes thru a process on my skin ive noticed:
1. They were hideously dark ... like BLACK (i have brown skin btw)
2. They were still hideously dark
3. They began to fade.. how? nothing! why? coz i ddnt watch them progress everyday..

i guess i just want to say that the best type of healing is TIME!!! time and living urlife w/o making ur marks an active part of ur lyfe will = to you oneday looking in the mirror.. sayin wtf happened to those marks?

ofcourse i am only 16 and ur probably thinking my skin has faster healing properties, bt me and my mum got a pimple and a mark same time and her mark is completely gone.. so there goes that theory!

Whenever starting on a new product to get rid of ur marks, ask urself this.. have u seen anyone on this forum actually say that their marks are 100% gone becoz of dat product or any product for that matter.. most probably not.. and if they have wheres the proof?

the only thing that will completely heal a mark is time.. it takes a while to get ur head around that but unfortunately its the stupid TRUTH.. {time sucks big phat monkey balls i kno and i understand that u dnt wanna wait.. we all dnt wanna wait.. bt if u sink into depression or obsession over these marks then time will go slower and ull never see the end of it!!}

However there are products that can hasten the process... OR... make u think they are. its important to distinguish btwn actuall results and making urself believe that there are results. The only two things that will help u completely get rid of marks is time... or hard on chemicals/procedures that can either get rid of ur marks or make them worse!? are u willing to take that risk?

So back to what i was saying at the beginning... there are some produts that will help lighten your scars.. u just hav to knoe which ones yeah? every product works differently on each person. so try a product for a month.. if ya see any form of improvement keep going.. bt as soon as u see any form of iiritation STOP!!!! u dont want anymore marks do you?

so what have i been using... well first will.. coz it takes a lot of will for me not to pick my face.. that is a totalli different matter that i wont get into tho.. 2nd.. trying my hardest to get on with my life.. 3rd.. stopped using make up.. and 4th ROSEHIP OIL!!!!

it hasnt done much to my scars.. at first i thought it did bt then i had to check myself and realised it was psychological. [ i made myself believe my scars were fading ] but this stuff is natural and it has been scientifically proven to work. however it can aggravate pimples so make sure ur 100% clear or avoid infected areas when using this product.

U probably all think im bonkers.. but ill tell you why i still believe in this product even though it hasnt worked on my face ----> a month ago i burnt myself with a hair starightener.. now the burn scabbed and it was at that stage that it got all scabby and screaming out to be picked that i stopped and decided to do a little experiment. so what i did was this: it was a big burn so i treated one half of the burn with this stuff called Sebo De Macho (find it in ur asian grocery stores... claims to heal marks bit suspect tho seeing as there are no ingredients on it) and the other half i treated with: ROSEHIP OIL... when the scabby crap came off it was the side i treated with roseip oil that was the lighteset.. so much for SeboDemacho working to get rid of scars..!!

so im gonna keep using rosehip oil.. and yeah.. see how it goes. number one thing to remember is dont let urself get depressed over a stupid mark.. or marks.. they will be gone oneday and dat oneday will come sooner if u live ur life and not EXAMINE ur marks everyday. Think of all the times u spent infront of the mirror EXAMINING ur marks... dnt u wish that time could be spent on more important things. deep inside u know these marks arent as important as your family,friends,boy/girlfriend or work... so as soon as u start spending more tyme on the REAL things the faster time will pass... and the faster time passes the quicker scars fade...

sorry if u dnt agree with me on this. but i truly believe this is the key.. i only wish that i had known this before i began picking...

[Naitch]

You're so right, wen! I haven't tried Rosehip Oil, because you shouldn't use it while on accutane because it will clog pores. I've done plenty research and posted a similar post two weeks ago (check page before this one). I've read many articles on rosehip oil, and haven't seen anything but positive reviews. It even helps deep scars, I posted a thread about it on the scar thread but no one believed me. I told them to research themselves! Yes, it does help based on the reviews I've read.

Wen continue to use it, I'm planning to use it every night for 6 months in Jan. How often do you put the stuff on? How soon did you say you saw results?

For those who think "rosehip oil" is a gimmick, that's your choice! Do research!

[Naitch]

Who's giving Rosehip oil a try?

[wenwillitbeme]

Naitch-----> i use rosehip oil every night... put it on b4 i go to sleep. wen u do start using it jst remember to put it on ur face wen its damp so the oil absorbs in2 ur skin and duznt sit on top of it causing irritation.. oh and i saw results on the burn i treated w/ rosehip oil like staright away. da burn healed better with rosehip oil and with my scars some have faded a bit nd i only been using it for a month

i dnt put rosehipoil on my whole face like sum ppl do.. (they use it as a moisturiser coz they love it so much!) i just put it on my marks. i see some difference in colour already but u have to get the marks early. if u do get them early they take less time to lighten. if you leave a mark till late it will take 6 months + to lighten the mark. with such a natural treatment you have to be very persistent! so whoeverz trying rosehip oil be patient it isnt a miracle worker but the majority have seen results.. with rosehip oil there are no miracles. just improvement!

just so u know.. if u believe ur marks are scars and u feel helpless.. "scars" fade considerably after a year or two so they arent forever!! keep smiling live ur life and time will pass wayyy faster!

[Naitch]

^^So glad to hear that. I'm going to start using rosehip after tane. I plan on using it for 6 months.

[Rio]

do you think they sell rose hip oil at Wild Oats or Whole Foods?I'd expect it to be there since they carry lots of natural stuff.

[JKo]

where do you get this stuff? online? my vitamin C which is 1000mg has rose hips but i realized that it only has 65mg. i was thinking about getting rosehips oil soon but which one would be best...pure organic rosehip oil or pure rosehip oil with CO2 (which is supposed to extend shelf life or what it says)

Edited by JKo, 06 November 2005 - 11:09 PM.

[Naitch]

HEY GUYS! PLEASE DISREGARD EVERYTHING I SAID ABOUT TAKING 4,000MG A DAY. FOR SOME ODD REASON I WAS THINKING EACH PILL CONTAINED 2,000MG, BUT IT'S REALLY 1,000MGS. SO YOU SHOULD BE TAKING 2 1,000MG ROSEHIP VITAMIN C A DAY. SORRY.

where do you get this stuff? online? my vitamin C which is 1000mg has rose hips but i realized that it only has 65mg. i was thinking about getting rosehips oil soon but which one would be best...pure organic rosehip oil or pure rosehip oil with CO2 (which is supposed to extend shelf life or what it says)

Get the organic one and please keep us updated.

Edited by Naitch, 07 November 2005 - 01:51 AM.