Healing Scars Step by Step

I believe the best way to work with scars is in stages:

• IMMEDIATELY AFTER: It’s important to leave the scar alone for a while – no touching, no bandages. In Dutch medicine, this is a standard practice, while in some regions, scars are still covered for the first 7-10 days.

• ONCE THE SCAR HAS CLOSED, you can start using Contractubex – a treatment that helps prevent excessive scarring, speeds up healing, soothes the skin, and reduces swelling.

• AND HERE COMES THE MOST EXCITING PART: Studies suggest that Lugol’s solution (iodine, usually in glycerin) can significantly enhance tissue regeneration. It’s a slow process – typically about a year of daily application – but after that, scars disappear completely, making it impossible to tell the previously damaged skin from healthy skin.

HEALING FROM WITHIN

• Eat foods rich in healthy fats: avocado, nuts, fatty fish, etc.
• Vitamin C, preferably in the form of sodium ascorbate.
• Silicon supplements, such as Bio-Sil.

For overall skin health, we’re happy to introduce our body creams from CREAMLY – our moisturizing cream features an ultra-gentle formula, while the recovery cream is perfect for sensitive and atopic skin.

Sources

1. Successful human scar regeneration by topical iodine: a case report: an interim (3.5 year) summary. (Derry, 2009, Med Hypotheses)

2. Postburn Hypertrophic Scar Response to Potassium Iodide Iontophoresis. (Mohamed, 2017, Med J Cairo Univ)

I hope this post proves helpful and helps you get rid of scars that have been causing discomfort. 🌿