Current state of healing is here (BW warning): [img10.imageshack.us]

totally healed up, but still a scar... I've been using those OTC scar strips, but not sure how well this has been working. Any better suggestions on how to minimize the scar? Has anyone here used Mederma, etc.?

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You call that a scar?

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Not sure there's a whole lot more you can do for the scar.

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this. scarier than the cut.

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Any better suggestions on how to minimize the scar? Has anyone here used Mederma, etc.?

are you still worried about your hand modeling career?

As a guy that worked as a short order cook for several years, that's nothin' - quit worrying about it.

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Not sure there's a whole lot more you can do for the scar.

It's not done healing yet.

I believe in the original thread I recommended liberal use of aloe vera. *Real* aloe vera, not the crap "aloe vera" cream available at Walgreens and its ilk. Real aloe vera works magic during the healing process.

About a decade ago I gave myself a very lovely second-degree burn on the back of my right hand. I was boiling water in a teapot; the pot had just started to whistle when I absentmindedly (i.e. stupidly) placed the back of my hand directly above the opening in the teapot valve where the steam comes out. I'm talking *directly* above the opening, where the steam has not yet begun to condensate and is still at a full 212 degrees F. I pulled my hand back immediately, but of course the damage was done: a quarter-sized section of skin has been completely scalded away and was hanging limply from my hand. Ouch.

After running cold water on the wound for about 10 minutes, I went out to our garden, where numerous aloe vera plants were growing. I broke off a section of one leaf and applied the sap from the leaf directly to the wound.

I don't remember how many times a day or for how many days I applied aloe vera during the healing process, but the final result is that I experienced *no* scarring at the injury site. None at all. I sought no medical treatment for the injury and, besides application of the aloe vera, administered no other treatment on my own.

I used to be skeptical about the claims made about the healing abilities of aloe vera, but no longer.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/23/2012 01:29PM by N-OS X-tasy!.

That's no scar.

The red will fade with time.

Seriously, Man up.

I don't bite my nails, thankyouverymuch.

And yeah, my hand modeling career is in ruins. I tried using potholders for the last several years, but that grab with the steam iron just took its toll.

I'll continue using the scar strips, I guess... though I'm not hopeful it'll improve much in appearance. Edit: I'll try the aloe... not much to lose.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/23/2012 01:21PM by PeterB.

Time. It takes months for the full healing process to occur.

Oh, and by the way that is not much of a scar....

....SKIN graft.....??

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That's no scar.

The red will fade with time.

Seriously, Man up.

Not sure why the abuse is necessary, but I agree that the redness will diminish with no further intervention. I'd be interested to see what effect Aloe Vera may have, based on NOX'ty's rec.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/23/2012 03:22PM by NewtonMP2100.

Photo doesn't do it justice, it's VERY obvious/noticeable and people who have seen me without a bandaid on top of it have asked me what's happened. I think it's because I am very fair-skinned, so the redness is very obvious.

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You haven't been wearing your oven mitt have you? Otherwise it would have healed nicely with no scarring.

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The actual scar under the redness looks pretty subtle. Once the redness fades, the scar will be pretty much invisible. Patience grasshopper...

btfc right about viatmin e. Puncture a vitamin and spread the good accordingly. You could also break off a bit of an aloe plant and apply it's goo directly to the wound.

You won't even notice in 3 months.

My wife would laugh if she saw that picture - and tell me to put a bandaid on it and get back to doing dishes!

Agreed. You might try making it bigger so it looks more like the real thing. Use an axe.

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You call that a scar?

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