Yeah exactly - if you're eating a poor diet and aren't getting recommended intakes of nutrients. You wont get no nutrients by just eating grains - many have B vitamins, iron, fiber etc but you won't get the variety of nutrients your body needs like you would if you ate a more balanced diet.
But as for your first question about calories - I don't know if reducing calorie intake impacts healing/scarring - but I assume it would just because I don't think you could get all the nutrients you need if you were eating really low calorie diet. And I'm not sure what starving is medically defined as.
Edit: I was curious so I googled it
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/starvation
This site defines starvation as: "the result of a severe or total lack of nutrients needed for the maintenance of life."
They go on to list a longer description and more definitions at the bottom of the page. They use a few references - so maybe they could be starting points for your own research if you wanted to look into it.
Anyone here that has facial scarring barely eat a lot of calories (i.e. 1.3k calories or less)?
Hi,
I have had this issue in the past. I've definitely noticed that when I cut my calories to a very low level for last second dieting (i.e. Beach Trip or Halloween haha) If i happen to get a pimple, that scar is much larger/darker. Totally makes sense that the body is having a harder time healing itself.
I'm on a medication that causes a complete lack of appetite. I try not to take it every day because of that, but when I do, I won't eat more than 1K calories a day, if that. The lack of nutrients have caused my skin to take much longer to heal than usual. Vitamin deficiencies affect your entire body though, not just skin, so I started taking vitamins to avoid those problems. I don't have permanent skin scarring, just dark acne marks, which I've been trying to fade away. Also, if you notice girls who do starve themselves, they have very thin, pale skin, plenty of bruises, dry hair, and brittle nails, all due to lack of nutrients.