Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: WldThing on May 30, 2007, 01:11:09 PM
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I just had some minor cosmetic surgery done on my face where a birthmark was taken out, anyone know some good ways to reduce scarring in the long run? Neosporin?
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your doctor might have some recommendations
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I was recommended a blend of coconut oil / cocoa butter balm after knee surgery. My genes had other plans... it looks like a nightcrawler got stuck in my patella. :)
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Celebrities recommend cocoa butter to reduce stretch marks, you could give it a go I suppose.
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haarrrr, scars be manly.
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Keep the scar and come up with a good story about how you got it. Maybe some sort of weird hunting accident or something. Keep the plastic surgery deal under wraps, but if you must tell people you had a birth mark removed at least try and sound cool about it and tell everyone you did it yourself with a buck knife or something. Real men don't have plastic surgery, we have "field modifications".
Chicks dig scars:aok
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Originally posted by john9001
haarrrr, scars be manly.
I would recommend to keep the scar as well. :)
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Vitamin E oil, and a product called Mederma are both used frequently for scars. But being post op I would deffinatley have a word with the Dr. or one of his nurses for recommendations as the two I listed are used for scars that are already there, not for a healing wound.
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You have a cosmetic surgeon, why are you asking unknown folks on a game bbs about your health issues and treatment???? :huh
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Vitamin E oil works
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i had hand surgery, and the surgeon cut my wrist in 2 places to pull out a tendon to use as a ligament.
I used a few of those ointments, but they didn't do jack, lol. The other day my friend asked me if someone tried to crucify me.
Ask your doctor.
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Originally posted by Maverick
You have a cosmetic surgeon, why are you asking unknown folks on a game bbs about your health issues and treatment???? :huh
Why not? It's like people that ask for legal advice, mine is not much different..
And I'm sure other people have had some work done in the past, and have somewhat of a resemblance to my situation.
Anyway thank you, I'll look into Mederma and Vitamin E oil.
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WTF cosmetic advice on the AH boards? No fluff'n way.
/vulcan walks around thread collecting your mancards
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Originally posted by WldThing
Why not? It's like people that ask for legal advice, mine is not much different..
And I'm sure other people have had some work done in the past, and have somewhat of a resemblance to my situation.
Anyway thank you, I'll look into Mederma and Vitamin E oil.
Let me point out the best legal advice that has been givien on the board here. Look at Gunslingers threads about it. Notice the advice was to...... get a lawyer NOT do stuff by himself.
Same situation here. You got a surgeon, use him for treatment advice. If you want a second opinion, go to another surgeon and get qualified medical advice. No reason to risk your health seeking unqualified advice on your medical issues from a bbs. :huh
Take care of yourself, that's all I was saying.
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Originally posted by Geary420
Vitamin E oil, and a product called Mederma are both used frequently for scars. But being post op I would deffinatley have a word with the Dr. or one of his nurses for recommendations as the two I listed are used for scars that are already there, not for a healing wound.
Neosporin is a topical antibiotic and will do nothing other than keep your wound free of infection.
Geary is on the money.
I had a biopsy performed on my neck and I had a pretty brutal scar as a result... Looked like I'd been in a knife fight.
I used some Vitamin E oil because the scar stuck out so much that I would cut it when I was shaving, no matter how careful I was. This would result in blood POURING out of my neck... which looked pretty cool but became annoying after a while.
Anyway, the scar went from being raised 4 or 5mm and highly visible to being completely flat and almost invisible.
The stuff I used was called 'Bio Oil'. Definately a winner.
(Do wait until it is fully closed and the scar is formed, first. Not on open wounds)