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skates=grafs
Join Date: May 2005
Location: New York
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I took a nice chunk out of my shoulder about a month ago playing full contact roller hockey on a cement rink with no equipment (the pic below was taken about 24 hours after it happened).
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It scabbed over and then fell off (okay, I kind of helped this process along when in the shower...probably not the best idea to avoid a scar.) It left a giant patch of pink skin that I've been putting CVS Scar Gel on for the last two weeks and I'm pretty sure it isn't doing anything for it. Does anyone have experience with this stuff? The tube was $15 and it's almost gone. I'm wondering if it's worth it to buy a second tube. |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Future Dr. Hockey,
Since you are going into the profession...There is a really cool technique that some plastic surgeons use to help esthetic zones heal. Have you ever heard of PRP (platelet rich plasma)? As a dentist I been using it for 3 years with some cosmetic gingival surgeries and bone surgeries and the healing/discomfort time and scar reduction have been really impressive. In fact, my orthopedic surgeon thought he was the first one in town using PRP. A few months ago he did an article in our local paper talking about how he is "introducing" it to our area...it made me laugh cause I have been doing it quite awhile...anyway... To get PRP, you simply draw blood from the patient's arm, centrifuge the sample for 30 min (yes I have a centrifuge in my office), pipette the platelet layer from the mixture and there you have it. The high concentration of your platelets increase the growth factors in the wound that can dramatically effect healing. My coworker's son had a wound like yours on his face and we used some PRP to help, and it looked almost perfect in 4 weeks. Anyway, it would be a bit excessive to do something like that right now with your arm but thought you would find this interesting. I would just use a little Polysporin and cover it with a bandage. I would avoid Triple Antibiotic ointment because a small percentage of people are allergic or develop an allergy to Neomycin. Obviously this can delay healing if your body doesn't like it. The scar stuff you use has weak antibiotic/antifungal action and some aloe that may help, but I would probably just stick with polysporin and time... |
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skates=grafs
Join Date: May 2005
Location: New York
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That's pretty cool!
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Apparently, the scar gel is just a silicone gel that prevents bacteria from getting into the wound area. I don't think it will help you much once the scar is actually formed (or the skin has completely covered it over). Over time, I think the skin will thicken up and become more normal, but you will most likely have some permanent scarring. I don't think there's much to be done about it a month after the incident.
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Ice Arrow Sniper
 Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Great Bay Temple
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I'd just let it go, then brag about it and go around saying I got the scar playing hockey, but that's me.
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skates=grafs
Join Date: May 2005
Location: New York
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Yeah, that was my first thought too. "Check out this manly scar" type thing. It's just that I'm accumulating scars at a pretty fast rate. I have a giant 6" scar atop my left wrist from surgery because of hockey, an inch long scar on my chin from taking a stick to the face, and various scars on my forearms from constantly wrestling my friends/roommates on short carpet. Guess I'll just add another to the bunch. This one would be the biggest though.
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I shot the sherrif.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Do they have a "emotional scar gel"? That would sell like hotcakes!
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I shot the sherrif.
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