covering up scars

[wakeskate22]

do you guys know of anything that work well with this? i have to huge scars on my forehead that are very white. is there anything that can lessen the look of them that you guys have used or heard of? thanks

[swol_je]

Vitamin E they say works, but I have never used it. I know girls who have used coco butter to get rid of stretch marks, so that might work.

[wakeskate22]

thanks for the quick response. do i just take the vitamin e or do i break it open and apply it? do you know how long for it to be effective at all?

[swol_je]

Apply it topically. You can either buy the cream, or break open the capsules and squeeze the liquid on the scar. I have actually heard of a girl using the capsules topically and she said it worked better then the vit. e cream.

[wakeskate22]

do you know how long she used it for before she noticed anything?

[swol_je]

I wanna say a few months but Im not for sure.

[subaruwrx04]

Bio Oil works well..

[learnerdriver]

Bio oil is really good stuff it reduces the scar tissue over time, may be worth a try

[wakeskate22]

thanks guys. do you know how long it would take bio oil at all?

[spickidy]

You can buy Vitamin E oil in a bottle at Puritans Pride.com stay away from the cream it will not work the oil will. I think CVS also carries the oil.

[jfalco]

cicks dig scars

[wakeskate22]

so then would the vitamin e be a better choice or the bio oil? anyone leaning one way on this?

[spickidy]

Vitamin E works great but will take about 2 to 3 months to get rid of it , I do not know about Bio, have used E for scars from stitches and it worked great, maybe you should google the other stuff, it might have Vit E in it

[kie101]

hey i had pretty bad stretch marks on my arms and back, rub in coca butter few times a day it is really good imo , plenty of water and a good diet helps too i think, you gotta keep doing it regularly though.

[wakeskate22]

yea but stretch marks are probably more responsive to it than scars are to the cocoa butter. would it still work for white scar tissue for the vit e?

[spickidy]

I do not know as my scars were more pinkish but I would guess yeah- maybe do a google search. Cocoa butter works great for stretch marks but does nothing for scars.

[wakeskate22]

k thanks. when you put it on, how long do you have to leave it on for?

[kie101]

well like spickidy said, coca is great for stretch marks zilch for scars. all i can think of is that lazer surgery lark. But if you do try coca butter its best applying it everyday.

[wakeskate22]

has anyone used mederma? any good results or heard good things from this?

[rookie builder]

mederma's good. used it for three months with good results for a 1inch facial scar. you also want to avoid uva and uvb ray damage for atleast first year of scar.

[kittygobam]

mederma's good. used it for three months with good results for a 1inch facial scar. you also want to avoid uva and uvb ray damage for atleast first year of scar.

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[jaybird12]

yea mederma's worked great for me...i tryed oil's cocoa butter but mederma was the best

[Tigerlily01]

you can use silicone scar sheets oliek scar away. I used them after a surgery and it worked great. Also you may look at your local tattoo shop. Some here in CO are certified to do scar and stretchmark cover up. I believe they basically tattoo the scar the same color as your normal skin so it blends in beter. AND for a last suggestion, I also had a doctor remove a scar for me, he basically took a wide scar and turned it into a very thin scar.