Tips for Managing Scar-prone Skin: What Should You Know?

For people with scarring constitution, it is easy to leave scars once the skin is scratched or acne appears. Although scars will gradually fade with the metabolism of the skin, this process is very long. Scarring constitution is inherent, and if you want to improve it, you can treat it according to traditional Chinese medicine, or apply some vitamin E to the skin, which can promote the activity and metabolism of the skin. The proportion of people with scarring constitution is very small in the population, and its manifestation is after wound healing. The surface scar continues to increase, not only affecting appearance, but also causing local pain, redness, itching, and scar contraction, which also affects functional movement. Because there are few people with scarring constitution, some books also refer to people with keloid scars as scarring constitution. Keloid scars manifest as scars growing outward after wound healing, protruding from the skin surface, hard in texture, and may also have a red and painful sensation. However, after growing to a certain extent, they will no longer continue to expand. In daily life, if you accidentally get burned or scalded by water, fire, oil, etc., if the area is not large, you can immediately take 1 part of sugar and 3 parts of cold water to make a concentrated sugar solution. Use a cotton swab or clean small towel to gently apply and press the sugar solution onto the injured area. If it is a finger or toe injury, soak it in the sugar solution for 20 minutes immediately. If there is not enough time to make the sugar solution, you can also apply some sugar to the injured area and drip cold water on it to keep the injured area moist. Wait 2 hours before washing it off. If it has not healed yet, you can reapply the concentrated sugar solution. Using sugar water to treat burns does not cause blisters or scars, and the effect is good. First remove the heat source and immerse the limb in cold water until the pain disappears. You can also use a wet towel or sheet to cover the injured area and spray cold water on it. Do not burst blisters. First, it is necessary to promptly go to the hospital for the doctor to clean, disinfect, suture, or bandage the wound. Many people worry that cleaning the wound will delay time, cause more bleeding, or make the wound larger. Even some people refuse to clean it just because they are afraid of pain. In fact, carefully cleaning the wound is the most basic step to avoid scarring and promote wound healing. For example, if dust, coal ash, or other debris is embedded in the skin after trauma, if it is not cleaned thoroughly, colored particles remaining in the skin will form ugly dust stains. Disinfection is to prevent infection, which is also the key to avoiding local scarring, because infection can cause damage to the underlying dermis and prevent the epidermis from regenerating. Instead, granulation tissue proliferates to fill the defect, which inevitably leaves a scar.