Scar tissue advice?

**SchralphMacchio** · 09-04-2007, 07:25 PM

Not for surgeries involving torn {insert muscle/ligament/tendon here}, but just for skin and surgeries in general.

I had two lipomas (non-malignant tumors) removed almost three months ago and the scar tissue from the excisions are bigger than the freaking tumors were!

Just seeking general advice on ways to promote healing and get the things to settle down. The scars are still tender to the touch still (feels like raw, sunburned skin sometimes). I don't think it helps that 2 weeks after the surgery I was back on my bike, flexing the muscles & skin around the surgery, etc etc ...

Does this sound familiar or am I just a slow healer?

**Big Snowballs** · 09-05-2007, 06:38 AM

Oil of Oregano work great.

My wife started to use it on cuts and considering she is a slow healer it works fast.

You can barely see any scares. Google it and find out more..good luck!

**irul&ublo** · 09-05-2007, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by Big Snowballs

Oil of Oregano work great.

And the oral sex tastes like pizza now!!!!

**Vinman** · 09-05-2007, 09:43 AM

to get scar tissue to soften you can try Vit E oil, sillicone scar strips, and or massage.

Are you african-american? Some african-americans tend to produce hypertrophic scar like that anytime they have an incision/laceration.

As for the sensitivity, you can try massage and gently rubbing it with materials with different textures, vibratators (insert finger moustache here) also work well for desensitization.

**SchralphMacchio** · 09-05-2007, 12:03 PM

Thanks for the advice, all. I think I'll go with the vitamin E and oregano. Never heard of that! I recently heard about colloidal silver too ... there are plenty of new-wave hippie nutrition shops here in Berkeley so I'll pick all this stuff up there.

Not african-american btw.

**amyzilla** · 09-05-2007, 12:32 PM

I have a bunch of hypertrophic scars. My doctors always tell me to use vitamin E oil and do scar massage. Also, they told me that the sooner I could start exercising, the better. If you're moving the affected area, I think it makes it harder for the scar tissue to form.

**bklyn** · 09-05-2007, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio

Not african-american btw.

You sure? Keloids are a big giveaway.

**Poz** · 09-05-2007, 04:43 PM

Vit-E works real well. I get hypertrophic scars sometimes and the Vit-E seems to keep them down.

**SchralphMacchio** · 09-06-2007, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by amyzilla

... Also, they told me that the sooner I could start exercising, the better. If you're moving the affected area, I think it makes it harder for the scar tissue to form.

I think this has to apply to scar tissue on something like a meniscus, muscle, or ligament. Because when you've got dissolving stitches holding an excision closed, I'm not sure stretching and moving is a good thing. I mean, it kind of hurt. I went for a bike ride after about 10 days (the stitches were just starting to disappear), and when I was done I had blood showing through my chammy on my thigh, doh!

**amyzilla** · 09-06-2007, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio

when you've got dissolving stitches holding an excision closed, I'm not sure stretching and moving is a good thing.

Yeah, maybe while the wound was still open, you should have taken it easy. Vinman & your doc would know more about that than me though. I don't know much about dissolving stitches anyway - I'm allergic to them, so I always end up with the old-fashioned type.