Scars on the face and body can appear for various reasons. For example, they sometimes remain after surgery or acne. It can also be caused by a minor injury or burn. That is, it is obvious that the body starts the mechanism of self-healing. Because of this, scars or scars often remain as a result, as damaged cells of organs or skin are replaced by connective tissue. The size of the scar left after an injury depends largely on how well it has been treated. The main thing is not to forget that if you get a wound, it must be urgently disinfected. To do this, you can use hydrogen peroxide, iodine, alcohol or vodka.
Folk remedies
Modern cosmetology boasts a wide variety of ways to quickly and easily get rid of scars and scars on the face. These are expensive procedures, the success of which largely depends on the professionalism of the specialist conducting it. But do not rush to spend money, because there are still folk remedies for scars. They may not be as fast acting, but they are more affordable.
Face mask with Vishnevsky ointment
The best remedy for scars (according to many knowledgeable people) is prepared on the basis of Vishnevsky's ointment. It is much more effective than creams sold in the store. Preparing this miraculous medicine is simple. Vishnevsky's ointment is mixed with alcohol and honey. This mixture is first applied in an even layer on a cabbage leaf, and only then applied to a scar or scar. Since the sheet may move or fall, it must be secured with a bandage. Keep the lotion for thirty minutes. It is important to remember that this scar remedy is applied so that direct sunlight does not fall on damaged skin during treatment. This is due to the fact that the mass is incompatible with ultraviolet light. Knowledgeable people say that if you apply this remedy at least once every two days, then after a few weeks the scars disappear.
Essential oils
Essential oils can become helpers in the fight against scars. They have unique properties that activate metabolic processes in the skin, make scars softer and help to avoid pigmentation and inflammation. Use mixtures of these and apply to the scar throughout the day. Here is an example of three masks from essential oils, moreover, the components are taken in equal proportions:
- mint, rosemary and neroli;
- incense, rose and tea tree;
- hyssop, geranium and fennel.
To enhance the effect of thisremedies for scars and scars on the face should be prepared with a mixture of base oils (sea buckthorn, rosehip, wheat germ, etc.). It is important to remember that if there are a lot of scars, you should not treat everything at once - carry out the procedure gradually, taking breaks throughout the day. Otherwise, you can harm yourself: after using a large amount of essential oils at once, nausea, headache, high blood pressure and other unpleasant consequences for the body are observed quite often.
Decoctions and infusions
You can also use medicinal herbs as a remedy for a scar, or rather, decoctions and infusions of them. This procedure helps to resolve the roughened area and avoid inflammation. They can be used as compresses or simply treat the scar with a cotton swab soaked in an infusion or decoction.
For example, you can make a collection of herbs such as dry chamomile, nettle, yarrow, calendula, knotweed, cudweed and St. John's wort. All components are taken in equal proportions. Then two tablespoons of the collection are poured with a glass of boiling water and insisted in a water bath for one hour. After that, the infusion must be filtered, and a compress should be made from a linen napkin soaked in the broth. It must be kept on the affected area for two hours.
Cabbage leaf
Another simple remedy for scars and scars is a cabbage leaf. It has long been known that cabbage has anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties. In addition, in it in largequantities contain vitamin E, thereby allowing it to significantly influence the restoration of the skin. It is not difficult to prepare the remedy: first you need to grind two or three leaves of cabbage to the state of gruel, add a tablespoon of honey and mix thoroughly. A compress is made from the resulting mixture. Keep it for two hours twice a day, doing this procedure until the scar disappears.
What other remedies for scars and scars on the face help? For example, various masks. But they are effective only in the case when the scars are not very deep. A mask made from the core of a tomato or clay is best suited for these purposes.
Tomato mask
Tomato mixture helps not only to eliminate spots, but also to restore the skin, thereby curbing the aging process. This is due to lycopene, an antioxidant found in tomatoes, and organic acids (for example, malic, citric, etc.). Prepare the mask as follows: a tomato, always fresh, is cut into two parts. All the pulp is taken out with a spoon, then it is kneaded and applied to the face. It is left for fifteen to twenty minutes, and then washed off with warm water. If you have sensitive skin, then this mask is contraindicated for you - it can cause irritation.
Clay mask
The scars that remain after acne is the most serious consequence of acne, if only there were no complications and inflammation. But this also negatively affects the skin of the face, significantly spoiling the appearance of a person. And to avoidthe appearance of this unattractive trace after acne, it is worth using a folk remedy for acne scars, with which you can quickly and effectively rid your skin of scars.
So, for example, it is recommended to use a clay mask. What do you need and how to prepare it? One tablespoon of clay is diluted with water. Then add two teaspoons of lemon juice, it should be fresh, and mix until smooth. A clay mask is applied by the point method - only to the places of inflammation, and hold it for fifteen minutes. Rinse off with room temperature water.
Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar is another folk remedy for scars and scars that often remain after acne, pimples and boils. To use it, it must be diluted with water in the following ratio: for three tablespoons of water, one tablespoon of vinegar. You can freeze this solution in ice molds. It is necessary to wipe their face from time to time. In addition, such ice with vinegar promotes increased blood circulation in the tissues, which, in turn, makes the healing process faster. But this is only when the traces are fresh, which appeared not so long ago. If the scars are old, then apply gauze soaked in apple cider vinegar diluted with water to the face for five minutes.
Extracts
What other remedies are there for a scar? There are many options. For example, oil extracts of woodlice and St. John's wort. In the first case, it is necessary to fill a half-liter jar with woodlice as tightly as possible (it shouldbe fresh). Next, you need to add refined sunflower oil, so much so that the grass is well saturated with it. After that, the jar is placed on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator, where it remains untouched for two weeks. Then the finished extract must be poured into another glass container. This oil should be stored no longer than six months. And they use it like this: apply compresses to the damaged area and hold for twenty minutes daily.
St. John's wort oil extract is made according to the same recipe as wood lice, but using fresh St. John's wort herb. This oil is used in cases where the scar is painful. The number of compresses increases to two daily.
Badger fat
It is worth checking the effectiveness of such a scar remedy as badger fat. If necessary, pig lard is used instead. It should be prepared as follows: melt lard or badger fat (one hundred grams) on a small fire, then add beeswax (ten grams), propolis (two teaspoons) and pine essential oil (four drops). Then everything is mixed until a homogeneous mass is formed, and then poured into a jar and closed with a lid. Stored in the refrigerator.
Japanese sophora ointment
There is also a remedy for facial scars that is more difficult to prepare, but effective - this is an ointment from Japanese sophora. And the method of its preparation is as follows: to obtain a miracle mass, it is necessary to mix goose fat and chopped fruits of Japanese Sophora in equal proportions (500 milliliters of each component). For the ripening of the ointment, it is necessary forfour days, heat in a water bath for one hour and after each warm-up put in the refrigerator until the next procedure. It is applied on the fifth day - the mass is applied to a bandage or a piece of linen fabric and applied to the scar. It is necessary to perform this procedure until it completely disappears.
Camphor oil
What other remedies are known for the scar? For example, camphor oil. Compresses from it perfectly dissolve scars. Its use is elementary: gauze is impregnated with camphor oil and applied to the scar all night. The effect of the treatment should be expected within a month. This method is best used to get rid of the scars left from youthful acne.
