burn scar

I very stupidly poured boiling sauce over my arm a month ago. The wound is healed now but I've got this huge scar in the middle of my arm - it's not nice :frown:

Is there any way I can get rid of it apart from laser surgery? Or is it going to be there for the rest of my life :eek:

Reply 1

Lady Venom

14

vitamin E cream and also if you can get it, 200% aloe vera gel from a place called higher nature. I had loads of burn scars from work which have all gone pretty much

Reply 2

Helenia

20

You can get scar reduction plasters as well, I'm not sure what they're called but I'm sure someone can tell you. They should work quite well if it's fresh.

Reply 3

Juno

20

Helenia

You can get scar reduction plasters as well, I'm not sure what they're called but I'm sure someone can tell you. They should work quite well if it's fresh.

Um, Scar Reduction Plasters. They're by Elastoplast.

Reply 4

Hayley_2k4

12

try bio-oil

Reply 5

Hayley_2k4

12

Juno

Um, Scar Reduction Plasters. They're by Elastoplast.

yeah, they work well

Reply 6

viviki

14

arnica gel can reduce redness

Reply 7

meeesch

The scar should fade over time but the gels, creams, plaster etc. which have been mentioned may help to speed up the process

Reply 8

Xx Tomásíona - Mháire xX

14

viviki

arnica gel can reduce redness

arnica gel is more for bruises though... xoxo

Reply 9

Apricot Fairy

16

Bio oil is meant to work really well, on scars up to 20 years old, but it says it's more effective the sooner you use it. Why don't you try bio oil and scar reducing plasters?

Reply 10

john williams

15

As its only a month old Bio Oil may work, however iv been using it (for months and months) on this small scar (burn) i got a few yrs ago, and it hasnt worked at all!

Reply 11

viviki

14

tammy_girl

arnica gel is more for bruises though... xoxo

it will reduce red scarring though quite significantly. My mum had an allergy to something and the reaction scarred. She used my arnica and its now gone, it was there for 6 months because she used the arnica.

Reply 12

Jayjayjay

1

Coco butter for scars. Helps them to fade/disappear =0)

Reply 13

Instantkarma

I may aswell add my problem to this thread.
I have a horrible scar from an operation I had when i was a baby on my heart. I am now 15 so it is 15 years old and is still there. It is very big and obvious. is there anyway (including things like laser surgery) that could get rid of it or reduce it? thanks

Reply 14

saz_1989

2

my sister managed to stab me in the arm with an iron. cue badly blistered burnt blackened skin and me running round the room screaming. now it's not even like a proper scar, the skin is just slightly darker than that around it. i can notice it, because i know it's there, but other people would just see it as a discolouration. it did take a little while to go away and fade though. i'd advise not picking at it, using lots of moisturiser and eating healthily so the skin has enough nutrients to heal.

Reply 15

cattericksmiler

9

E45 is all I remember them putting on my back, right arm and hand when I was unlucky enough to suffer second and third degree scalds/burns whilst in Germany. Now it's all pretty much gone with the exception of a scar on my back which really isn't that noticeable.

Smiler :smile:

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