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What to Be Done If Scars Had Dried Out

Posted by JJ

Greetings to you! Well sir, i'd really wanna thank you for such a response. i just wanna ask if what to be done if the scars had already dried out? You have mentioned the application of colorless iodine or potassium iodide solution may help remove scars. Can you give me the instructions on how to apply it? Im looking forward for another response. Thank you so much and more power!

Replied by Ted
Bangkok, Thailand
391 posts

There are a couple of ways to remove scars, one is by an iodine rubbing, the other is DMSO with water, and there are others, not mentioned here. I will only described what I did to remove some scars. I think in case the scars have dried out the DMSO will work better. Iodine solution somewhat takes longer.

I once had a huge black scars on the elbow, and what I did was made an 80% DMSO plus 20% water, or sometimes a pure DMSO solution (maybe irritating) and get a white towel and rubbed the area as often as possible, and it will slowly erase most of the scars over a month's period.

Although dermatologist used a lot stronger solution than I do, depending on the nature and depth of a scar with a strong salicylic acid solution, which can vary from 5% to 20% for example which somewhat exfoliating. I tend to be more deliberate and used the DMSO solution, but it is slow.

The iodine solution (mine is a colorless one with hydroiodic acid plus potassium iodide where the iodine concentration is about 5%), which I make myself and rubbed onto the area of scars.

However, I prefer to use this in removing some age spots, which seemed to worked better for iodine, whenever a white cotton towel is rubbed (like a sandpaper) over the area. Of course, people have to experiment with that and see how well it works.

Another possibility I think is to use petroleum jelly which I also do and is a mild form of scar remover by using also a white towel and rubbed it several time when a petroleum jelly is applied. I can tell if some scars are removed whenever the towel gets or acquired a dark color and the skin seems to lighten up. It will take awhile but I think most of the scars should reduced over a month's period when enough of it is applied frequent enough. Aloe vera helps healing but I think at this stage, it is too late for now, so I guess just removing the scars is more reasonable.


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