How to reduce scarring and pigmentation?

Injuries are unavoidable in daily life, and if the injuries are not properly handled, scars and pigmentation spots will form, especially on the face, which will cause a lot of trouble. So, how do we prevent and treat wound scars and pigmentation?

How to treat the wound in a timely and correct manner?

1. Traumatic wounds: After trauma, go to the hospital in time to clean, disinfect, suture, or bandage the wound.

2. Scald wounds: After scalding, immediately rinse the area with plenty of clean cold water to minimize the high-temperature damage to deep tissues.

How do we prevent and reduce scar pigmentation?

Wound moist healing dressing: After the wound is disinfected, apply a suitable functional wound dressing. For example, the use of hydrocolloid dressings for superficial wounds can provide the wound with a slightly acidic and enclosed space that is conducive to wound healing. It can accelerate wound healing while preventing the invasion of foreign microorganisms and reducing the chance of wound infection.

Sun protection for wounds: The new skin at the injured area is tender, the stratum corneum is thin and ischemic, and the protection against sunlight is poor. The ultraviolet rays in the sunlight will enhance the activity of skin melanocytes and cause local capillaries to dilate. Therefore, strong light exposure may form scars and pigmentation spots and should be avoided as much as possible.

Wound care: There is another important point. After the injury, the tissue fluid, blood components, desquamated cells, etc. that exude from the wound will form a hard scab, which will cause an itchy feeling after a few days. At this time, you must resist the urge to peel off the scab, otherwise the incidence of scars and pigmentation will greatly increase.

Wound contraindications:

The wound should be kept away from cosmetics and soap. If the wound is on the face, and various cosmetics and soaps are used before and after the scab falls off, the incidence of pigmentation spots will be greatly increased. Apply scar removal products in time and insistently. Apply silicone gel after the wound heals, and scar removal products with esterified VC/VE ingredients to promote the orderly growth of scar skin collagen and reduce the precipitation of scar pigment.

What should be paid attention to in the diet to prevent pigmentation?

If you eat a lot of irritating foods such as wine, peppers, mutton, raw garlic, ginger, mustard, coffee, etc. after the injury, it will promote scar hyperplasia; if you take drugs containing lead, mercury, arsenic, etc., it will promote the formation of pigmentation spots. Eating more fruits, green leafy vegetables, eggs, lean pork, pork skin, etc., which are rich in vitamins C, and E, and essential amino acids for the human body, will help the skin return to normal as soon as possible.

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Editor: kiki Jia