scars from cutting

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-14-2005
scars from cutting
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Wed, 07-25-2007 - 11:15pm
Do any of you have scars from cutting? I have a ton of scars on my upper thigh. It's been a few months now and I thought they would go away, but they haven't... in the past they have always gone away but recently they aren't. Am I going to have them forever? My legs are so ugly now! I put tons of neosporin on them when I originally did it.
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-22-2005
Thu, 07-26-2007 - 10:03am
I never cut but i know people who have and they said Mederma works. Its specfically for deep scars so maybe that will work
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Registered: 11-19-2004
Tue, 08-07-2007 - 10:09pm

hi, i know i'm kinda late here. but anyway. i have tons of scars from si. on my arms, legs, chest. i'm a mess. i went to a dermatologist. she said to try mederma. and whatever that didn't take care of was pretty mcuh permanent. there are scar reduction methods like laser stuff but that's expensvie and she didn't even talk to me about it. i left there feeling pretty hopeless. it kinda sucked. but anything new, be sure to use neosporin, then mederma (on closed cuts) and cocoa butter like mad.

i've just resigned myself to the fact that i'll be wearing long sleeves for hte rest of my life. it's not so bad once you get used to it, and stop thinking about it. i guess.

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Registered: 09-01-2004
Tue, 08-07-2007 - 10:47pm

I'm lucky my scars are from a suicide attempt and blend nicely in with the natural ridges/wrinkles on my wrists unless you look close, so I've never messed with them.