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Getting Rid of BCG scar.

Who else is really quite hacked off by their bcg scar, I see them on people all the time and they're usually huge and wont go away. Is there any way of making it go or appear less visible, I would never have consented to it if I knew they were going to cut up my arm!

Reply 1

lodzinski

14

i am going to get in early on this one before the torrent of it starts - bio-oil. apparently its really good on these things.

Reply 2

hannah_dru

2

How long have you had it? It should wear down a bit. In my opinion you shouldn't worry about a scar like that really. I've seen worse and I have worse. People probably won't notice it.

Reply 3

Elusive

lodzinski

i am going to get in early on this one before the torrent of it starts - bio-oil. apparently its really good on these things.

I agree - it's very effective on reducing the appearance of scars.

Reply 4

x_muso_x

3

I heard Vitamin E cream helps...

Reply 5

Sopheh

13

I'd rather have a scar than tuberculosis.

Most people have BCG scars, so I'm sure no-one notices. It's quite sinister actually, to think so many people have been marked like that, or is that just me? :s-smilie:

Reply 6

sidekick

12

Sopheh

I'd rather have a scar than tuberculosis.

Most people have BCG scars, so I'm sure no-one notices. It's quite sinister actually, to think so many people have been marked like that, or is that just me? :s-smilie:

no i think that too! it's really weird, the one thing almost everyone has in common, that strange little white scar... spookeh

Reply 7

SilverWings

14

I can hardly see mine :s:

Reply 8

tetrahydrocannabinol.

10

I've noticed them on all my mates, and a lot of people I see all the time, my boyfriend has one too, but I never had one :confused:

Reply 9

k-lee C

my scar isn't too bad but when you push it, there's like a dent underneath it. it's really weird....no one else's does it that i know of. :s-smilie:

Reply 10

nanananabatman

10

I didn't have one. I think they did it at school and I just wasn't in that day. I've had the alternative done now, so I'm all good. And scar-less.

Reply 11

FoeGeddaBowDeet

I think my bcg scar looks cool, and yeah, almost everyone I know has one, lol. Any medics know why it scars with such efficiency?

Reply 12

seanw

1

Coming back to the point that everyone appears to have one... i think the only conclusion we can make from this, is that.. well.. no-one wants TB?

Reply 13

shinyhappy

14

As people have said, bio oil is good - I had it to put on shingles scars, and it really helped with those. Didn't actually put it on my BCG scar, as it was so tiny - but these scars looked pretty similar, so I guess would help!

Reply 14

matchu

2

nanananabatman

I didn't have one. I think they did it at school and I just wasn't in that day. I've had the alternative done now, so I'm all good. And scar-less.

ditto, minus the alternative.

Boy I'm ****ed when tb comes for me...

Reply 15

Paeony

11

I could be wrong, but I always thought that it was designed to scar so that it's always clear that you've had the vaccination, as it's so important? Some are bigger than others though ... all of the people I know who had it done at school were left with huge scars, but I went to the Chest Clinic at the hospital and mine's tiny :smile:

Sadly you're not allowed to choose where you have it now though.

Reply 16

ThirdCultureKid

I don't know about BCG-scars in particular, but I have a large scar resulting from boiling water over my right hand and all up my arm, and my parents at one point suggested that my doctor had a treatment to make it fade drastically. I didn't take the suggestion as my scra has never bothered me (in fact, most of my friends didn't notice til they had known me a loong while and suddenly went woah), but IIRC it was-... bandages.

Apparently the way the skin semi-dries out coupled with the chemicals in the band-aids make scars fade. You have to wear a thingy for three months though.

Reply 17

nanananabatman

10

matchu

ditto, minus the alternative.

Boy I'm ****ed when tb comes for me...

Hahaha, I just googled Mantoux test...turns out I haven't had "the alternative" done. Let's hope there's not a plague anytime soon... :p:

Reply 18

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3

You may want to get the vaccination:

http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpa/news/articles/press_releases/2007/070322_tb.htm

Reply 19

linkin1988

Dont you think your being a bit vain and worrying to much about a little scar? Would you rather catch tuberculosis than have a tiny scar that isnt so visable after time, and that no-one really notices or minds or cares?

I had my appendix out just under 2 weeks ago... now theres a scar.

Getting Rid of BCG scar.

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