So I was considering uploading a picture of some severe scarring I have. It’s not to show off or glorify cutting. I actually wanted to ask if anyone knew how to heal them (or if they could be healed) because like I said they are very severe and ask if people think it will majorly interfere with my life. I haven’t cut for four months but the scars still look fresh. I just didn’t want to upset anyone or encourage or give people the idea of cutting. Would this be acceptable? I’m not interested in causing problems, they are just a major source of stress in my life and I wanted some advice and to share my anxieties about them.
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There is someone else who has already uploaded a picture of his scars and I didn’t like it at all.
Sorry to tells you. I don’t know how it feels to cut as I have never done that. Instead I burned my hand using cigaretts and it was really painful. I don’t understand how cutting can give satisfaction.
I’ve never seen someone’s scars, just open cuts. I don’t cut anymore, as I said I stopped four months ago. It’s not really all that satisfying, it just gives some brief relief for me, really now it’s just more something I regret and I wanted to shard how it’s negatively affecting my life. I definitely don’t want to say “Oh I love cutting, look at my cool scars.” I’m just stressed about them and wanted to share and possibly get advice or assurance that they won’t ruin my life.
I think they will even dissapear in time. It’s weird that they still look fresh. Perhaps you don’t have enough vitamins in your body. If so you should change your diet. I’ve used Aloe Vera to treat any wounds(I didn’t cut, it was by accident). It also works for burns. It’s very effective.
Share about them by all means. But pics are triggers for so many people here.
As far as healing advice goes, I hate to say it, but Google would *probably* be more fruitful than advice from this forum.
I had 3rd degree burns on my chest when I was 12. I never tried to make them fade. I was having too much fun refining a story about southeast Asian cannibals, a pot of boiling oil, a kidnapped Aztec princess, and a comical escape on the backs of drunken pterodactyls.
The scars eventually faded and when they did people stopped believing my story. So sad.
Okay, pictures of things like that don’t bother me even after cutting for 8 years so I didn’t know if it was pictures of open cuts or if pictures of scars. Because I think pictures of open cuts are kind of gross and scars are fine with me. That’s why I asked.
I have tried google searching and have tried many of the methods with no results. I’ve also tried using scar cream. They still very bright red and I fear it will take too long for them to heal because they are from very deep cuts and they are very raised.
I’m very tired of having to wear bandaging or long sleeve over my arm everywhere. And I was told these scars would keep me from having a job and getting married and living a normal life.
Awesome that you were able to stop cutting! 🙂 The scars will fade with time but coconut oil should help them fade a bit faster.
Google image search “Laser scar removal”. Plenty of before and after photos should give you a good indication of what is achievable with your own scars.
There is a a cream called madera (i am pretty sure that is name). you can buy from any drug store. it helped with scars i got on my face from a wreck. it is expensive though and you have to use it awhile.
You’re probably talking about Mederma. I’ve tried it for the past four months with no results.
I personally don’t mind seeing such pictures, but whether it is accepted or not forum moderation can decide that. As I don’t know how deep your scars are I can only make a guess. If you cut so deep that you went past the skin and cut deep into the flesh (you’d bleed quite fast at that point), it will take a very long time to heal and probably leave a mark. However the redness and freshness will disappear over time and you’ll have a whiteish pale mark instead of a scar. 4 months is not enough for complete healing in such cases. It also depends on how much fat tissue you have under your skin.
Constructive surgery and laser techiques are improving quite nicely. I’ve seen some significant recovery cases after serious looking scars. Something visible still remains though. I think at the end you may have some leftover signs from your scars, but nothing too terrible, I wouldn’t worry about it much.
Well there’s not a rule against it, but I didn’t want to post because like it was said earlier pictures can be a trigger for some people.
The cuts were pretty deep which why I fear for their healing. Excuse the mental image, but it was deep enough to see fat tissue and to be able to see my veins. It bled enough that I was soaking full-sized towels and by the next morning I was unable to get out of bed and was puking constantly. I would say I probably have very little fat tissue since I’ve always had very low body fat levels.
I’m just concerned about being able to afford surgery or laser removal. I guess I’ll have to save money. I looked up laser removal, but it mostly looks like the scars are just as visible, they are just turned white.