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Stitches, Scars, and not getting them.
DasUberEdward
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Long story short a friend and I happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and now i've got a rather nasty looking gash running from the corner of my head where my hairline begins to my eyebrow. The cut isn't continuous and nor is it deep. It's actually separated into different areas so the overall length of the thing isn't long, I'd say a little over 1/2 of an inch long in the deepest spot and the other cut is smaller and already beginning to heal properly. I did not get stitches and the injury was inflicted on Saturday so. . .if I do need stitches is it too late to get them? There's no bleeding or pain in the area.
My main concern is scarring. It's on my face. I do not want a noticeable scar on my face. What should I be doing to prevent scaring? At the moment i'm cleaning it in the morning and before bed. Using hydrogen peroxide, neosporin, and lotion under a gauze that's taped to my head in the neatest way. Anything else I should be doing to monitor the progress or help prevent an ugly fucking scar on my face?
oh and as far as the depth of the main cut that concerns me i'd say it is less than a 10th of a cm.
My main concern is scarring. It's on my face. I do not want a noticeable scar on my face. What should I be doing to prevent scaring? At the moment i'm cleaning it in the morning and before bed. Using hydrogen peroxide, neosporin, and lotion under a gauze that's taped to my head in the neatest way. Anything else I should be doing to monitor the progress or help prevent an ugly fucking scar on my face?
oh and as far as the depth of the main cut that concerns me i'd say it is less than a 10th of a cm.
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But you and the second poster have basically outlined all the things you need to do to take care of it. Most importantly: don't scratch at it!
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And with certain people this will actually makes sure you get a scar. (My sister has a nasty one on her arm because my mother was convinced that hydrogen peroxide stopped scarring.)
Neosporin is the way to go.
Also, for the love of pete, stay out of the sun! New skin is ridiculously sun-sensitive, so you want to use some heavy-duty sunscreen and wear a lot of hats.
Rub some bio oil into it. I had some nasty scars from playing football that healed up pretty nicely by using this stuff. It's also recommended for pregnant women who want to avoid stretch marks.
http://www.mederma.com/?gclid=CIqKhtWxyZMCFSUqagodTEAYiA
By the way scar on forehead = secksi
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And it's not terribly relevant but there was a guy in my boot camp division who had a bunch of facial scars from being attacked by a crazy person with a knife. They were so sexy. He was fascinating to look at.
I think it's healing up at a pretty decent pace. I'll have a look at it when I change the gauze tonight but one of the smaller scars is nearly totally scabbed over. It seems that the largest scab is still. . .i'm not sure how to put this but forming into the proper position to make the scab. There's clearly progress though
Girls like them, too. Also, we're trying to make you feel better about it in case it does scar up a little bit.
I have a finger length "V" on my head behind my right ear from where a german shepherd bit my head at the age of 4. It is 100% badass. All my life I had buzzcuts, so it was unavoidably noticable, and for a while I was self conscious about it. You could not look at me without seeing it. I'm pretty proud of it now though. Too bad my name doesn't start with v...
just keep it clean and don't pick at it and it should heal fine on its own.
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