Scarring Experiences

I am constantly amazed at the number of people who have scars that bother them. These can be from an accident, acne, hives, surgery or other causes, but it seems that everyone has a scar that they would like to “get rid of”. And while scars are the body’s way of dealing with some sort of trauma and are actually a good thing (our body has the ability to heal itself!), they can cause a great deal of emotional stress and negatively affect our self-image.

Allantoin and Panthenol are two of nature’s amazing ingredients that help reduce or eliminate the appearance of scars. Keratolytic in nature, they help to break down the scar tissue, but then they also have the opposite and complimentary function of encouraging normal cellular growth. These ingredients will take a lumpy bumpy scar (and yes keloids too) and make them blend in with the surrounding tissue. derma e® has blended these ingredients with Allicin (which is anti-bacterial) in our greaseless, pleasant to use Scar Gel. Using this product 2-3 times a day on a scar and surrounding tissue will visibly reduce the appearance of the scar. As with most natural remedies, they take time to work and you are looking at 2-3 months for a fresh scar and 5-6 months for an old scar, before they diminish. At 6 months the product has done all it can do.

derma e®’s Scar Gel also works on stretch marks (a special type of scar tissue) to eliminate the red or purple color. A great way to reduce acne scars is to use derma e®’s Microdermabrasion Scrub 2-3 times a week and then use the Scar Gel as directed. And one of the best uses of this gel is for burns! Cooking burns, sunburns, motorcycle or chemical burns all respond amazingly well to these powerful ingredients.

My daughter, Sonny, had gotten stuck on our Sea Doo for several hours (that’s a long story) without sunscreen and when she finally made it back to camp her thighs were bright red and already starting to blister. She applied the Scar Gel every ten minutes for a couple of hours and then reapplied it regularly until there was no more discomfort. She then applied a generous layer of Pycnogenol® Moisturizing Crème (for its anti-oxidant benefits) before she went to bed. I thought she would suffer severe pain, blistering and peeling for days, but the next morning there was only a slight redness remaining and no signs of the blisters! Even I was amazed!

I have had many people tell me Scar Gel is the best product they’ve used following laser treatments or electrolysis. And it is great for helping to heal tattoos without damaging the art, or for soothing the tattoo-removal process. We have many great stories about Scar Gel but one that I’m really fond of is of a father who wrote to tell us that his daughter had gone through the windshield in a car accident and had many lacerations with stitches on her face. He had used the Scar Gel religiously and you couldn’t find any trace of scaring on her face. That’s the kind of happy ending we all want.

Yours in health,

Dr. Linda Miles, L.Ac., D.O.M.

PS: Check out our website for more stories about how Scar Gel has helped others, including one about severe road rash of the face after a motorcycle accident.

To see Natural Home & Garden's review of Scar Gel, click here.

For more information on scars, click here.

Ghosts, Goblins and Frankenstein

Halloween is my favorite holiday. My childhood memories of dressing up, of running from house to house with a pillow case and getting all the “treats”, then unloading them onto the living room floor to see what treasures I had are some of my best. I also love the spookiness, the black cats, the bats and other things that go bump in the night.

Unfortunately I live where I do not get to see any trick-or-treaters, but I always celebrate the holiday in spirit anyway. And although scars might be stylish at this time of year for at least one night, they can be a real problem for folks the rest of the year. Scars can seriously interfere with a person’s self esteem and at the very least will seem like a nuisance.

So what can be done about them? Silicone patches, vitamin E oil and other scar “fixes” do provide some benefits, but the downside to each is sometimes not worth the hassle for the marginal benefits.

Tamanu Oil is said to be extremely good for wound healing and scar reduction. However there are several natural ingredients that do diminish the appearance of scars and help them blend in with the surrounding tissue. Allantoin and Panthenol are keratolytic; helping to break down scar tissue. These natural ingredients also have an opposite and complimentary function in that they encourage healthy tissue growth. derma e® has blended these two amazing ingredients into our Scar Gel, a pleasant to use, non-oily formula that makes scars seem to disappear. If a scar is lumpy, bumpy or has discoloration, then this product will make a significant difference. It is excellent for removing the red or purple color from stretch marks too.

We had a father write to us years ago that his daughter had gone through the windshield and had multiple lacerations and stitches. He thanked us for the Scar Gel as he had used it regularly and said that you couldn’t see a scar on her face. In another incident, I tripped over my Rottweiler Ziggy and fell into a counter top opening my forehead to the skull. It required 22 stitches to put my forehead back together. I used the Scar Gel religiously and today there is no evidence of my accident (it is my picture that you can see on our website). This is one product that does make a difference in peoples’ lives and I am thankful that our Scar Gel is so effective.

Happy Halloween!

Yours in health,

Dr. Linda Miles, L.Ac., D. O. M. SHARE