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I had an accident today and needed to go to A&E - got a 2 inch long cut on my head - the doctor wanted to staple it - but I asked for whatever would leave the least scaring (long term)
So she got the nurse to use medical glue to bring the two halves of the skin together.
Any one had this done or got any tips?
They said no to get the glue wet for 5 days - can't imagine how I'll be able to wash my hair then for that time!!
Also any tips on things I can use or take to left the least sign of damage?
Any supplements, or topical stuff?
I ask the nurse about Zinc supplements and he said yes that'sa good idea, helps the skin to heal - anyone know of anything else?
I really don't want a scar where everyone can see it ... :crying:
So she got the nurse to use medical glue to bring the two halves of the skin together.
Any one had this done or got any tips?
They said no to get the glue wet for 5 days - can't imagine how I'll be able to wash my hair then for that time!!
Also any tips on things I can use or take to left the least sign of damage?
Any supplements, or topical stuff?
I ask the nurse about Zinc supplements and he said yes that'sa good idea, helps the skin to heal - anyone know of anything else?
I really don't want a scar where everyone can see it ... :crying:
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Do a search, it's come up loads of times.
Yeah, the glue is pretty much your household superglue. No, really.
It probably will scar, unfortunately. I got a deep inch-long cut on my finger last year. Sorted it with superglue and it healed quickly - but it does scar. Less than having stitches, and it isn't really noticeable, but when the skin is properly borken like that, you'll almost always have some kind of mark where the heal took place.
Just leave it to heal. Messing around with it tends to make a bigger long-term mess than just leaving it to it. Skin tends to heal better, and with less long-term markings, when you're a youngster - which is good news for most peope on this board
I'm really not kidding about the superglue, by the way!
http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/business/a/superglue.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_glue#Medicine
I can't apply another layer - I aint got any glue - they just said keep it dry for minimum of 5 days
BTW do you have white flecks under your finger nails?
Superglue is dirt cheap - 50p a tube from my local motor factors. Pick up a tube of the cheapest
I mean in the section of nail that touches the skins... can't find any photos but see link .. if people don't have enough zinc in their system healing scars are usually more noticable.
http://ibscrohns.about.com/library/weekly/aa070501a.htm
Zinc is lost in the stool; deficiencies can occur in people with Crohn's disease who have chronic diarrhea. Zinc has several important functions in body, including the transport of vitamin A, the healing of wounds and more than 80 enzyme actions. It can be found in meat, eggs, oysters, and whole grains.
Symptoms of zinc deficiency include slow healing, weakness, white flecks in fingernails, and impaired senses of sight, taste, and smell. Zinc deficiency can also cause a condition known as acrodermatitis enteropathica. Acrodermatitis enteropathica results in the inflammation of the skin on the elbows, knees, cheeks, mouth, and anus that may look like a rash. Zinc deficiency is often treated with supplements.
Unless you've got someone who can help and the right sort of bathroom sink, in which case if you lean back over it someone else can use a mug and pour the water over your head away from the wound, like they do in the hairdressers. Don't try and use the showerhead though, you will soak the glue.
Scarwise, once its healed over the top tip that the max-fax consultant(facial surgery) that my mum used to work with was to keep a jar of nivea with you and rub it in lots. One day she asked why, answer was Nivea was the only moisturiser type cream he had heard of. Basically massaging anything into it gently, or even nothing at all, just rubbing it with your hand will help it heal well by stimulating the circulation.
I'm in a 3D chat room and there's a nurse there and she basically said the same exact thing .. is that you??
Anyway she said the key is to keep it constantly moustirised and stay OUT of the sun (i.e. indoor / under a hat)
Ouch.
Don't wash your hair. In terms of reducing the visibility of the scar - splitting Vitamin E capsules like piccolo mentioned is an excellent way of reducing scarring... though obviously you can't begin to do that for a while.
Yeah I plan to go without washing for as long as possible but my hair is crap now anyway cos it was covered in blood that was patted down with a damp towel (s not much there), but my hair is black so you can't tell!!
Here's our article on scars and treatments
:yes: I used vitamin E capsules on wounds after an accident years and years ago that would not heal.
They worked a treat and I've been left with no scars.
As every one has said Vitamin E capsules! Give it two or three weeks for the skin to close first then use it evry day for amonth and you should se an improvement. You cant always totally heal them but it does help with the worst of it. I use to do it a lot on my self-harm scars and have very few of them becasue of it.
Zinc Tablets
Vitamin C
Vitamin E capsule
E45 cream.
and something called Bio-Oil which you're supposed to use after the skin has healed to reduce the scar and contains vitamin A & E.
Not much I can do fromt he outside yet as there's still medical glue holding me together
But thought I can at least start taking supplements to help healing from the inside out.
Also got lots of fresh fruit and stuff like that to eat.