#Scar Minimization

[thewoundcareresource]

How to Minimize a Scar: Effective Tips and Products

Scars are a natural part of the healing process, but many people seek to minimize their appearance. Whether the scar results from surgery, injury, or another cause, there are steps you can take to help reduce its visibility. In this blog, we’ll share some effective scar management tips and recommend specialized products available at Wound-Care.

1. Keep the Wound Clean and Moisturized

Proper wound care from the start is essential for minimizing scarring. Keeping the wound clean prevents infection, and moisturizing the area ensures the skin heals well and stays supple. Once the wound has closed, silicone-based products can help reduce scar formation.

Product Recommendation: Use Mepiform® Silicone Dressings from Wound-Care. These are designed to reduce raised scars by maintaining the right moisture balance and promoting smoother skin healing.

2. Use Silicone-Based Products

Silicone sheets and gels are some of the most effective tools for minimizing the appearance of scars. Silicone works by hydrating the scar tissue, reducing its thickness, and decreasing redness. It's especially helpful for hypertrophic and keloid scars.

Product Recommendations:

Cica-Care® Silicone Gel Sheets: Reusable and highly effective, these sheets help flatten and soften scars over time.

Kelo-Cote® Scar Gel: A transparent silicone gel that’s easy to apply and provides continuous scar treatment. Ideal for use on sensitive areas like the face.

3. Massage the Scar

Massaging a healed scar can improve its texture and appearance. Gentle, regular massage can break down scar tissue and improve blood circulation, promoting faster healing. Be sure to wait until the wound is fully healed before starting.

Tip: Use a product like Dermatix® Silicone Gel during massage for enhanced effectiveness. It helps soften and flatten scars, making the massage more comfortable and productive.

4. Protect the Scar from Sunlight

Prevent scar darkening with sun protection! UV rays can make scars more visible. Shield your healing skin with a high-SPF sunscreen or clothing to minimize their appearance.

Product Recommendation: The Kelo-Cote® Scar Gel includes UV protection, making it an excellent choice for outdoor activities.

5. Be Consistent with Treatment

Scar treatment requires patience and consistency. Whether you’re using silicone sheets, gels, or other products, regular use over several months can yield the best results.

Product Recommendation: The Dermatix® Silicone Gel is designed for long-term use and helps improve the appearance of scars with consistent application. It’s lightweight, transparent, and easy to incorporate into your routine.

Conclusion

While scars are a natural part of the healing process, you can take steps to minimize their appearance. By keeping the wound clean, using silicone-based treatments, and protecting the area from sun exposure, you can improve your skin’s recovery. At Wound-Care, we offer a range of products like Cica-Care, Mepiform, Kelo-Cote, and Dermatix to support your scar treatment needs.

Visit our website to explore more about these solutions and take control of your scar management journey today!

[grimstrawberry]

If I don't make light of everything, I'm gonna explode.

[emotsper]

weather magical girl type: electric airi!!

brief design note bc i like it

1. her hair has sharper edges and often doesn't want to stay put thanks to static electricity

2. the umbrella works as her main conductor, collecting electricity for her to store/power up her attacks in general

3. her having electricity powers doesn't mean shes not immune!! hence the thundershock scars on her arm. normally, using her powers doesn't give her a scar. overusing her power and unleashing a very strong attack will cause more scarring to appear.

extra doodle

[citrine-elephant]

in case of emergency, break glass

...or, uh.... maybe we should look at leon's files, first....

(the many directional scars -> when he was protecting ada from simmons)

[pathesis]

Depression & artblock have been HOUNDING me keeping me from making any really nice art :( BUT I'm really glad I'm able to get this atleast somewhat colored today! Bunni has come long way from her initial design and lore, I hope I get to play her someday♥

I tweaked her scar designs so they appear less jarring to those turned off by scars. The scarring is more start shaped on the inner parts of her arm.

[teaboot]

hey did you ever say Why you had chemical burns on your face?

Yeah, someone was being stupid with some... can't remember what it was called. Either chromium or chlorine oxide? White powder. Some kind of yard product with that in it. And I was trying to mitigate the damage and got some on my face and hands without noticing. Had a bad reaction. Then it wouldn't heal and things got gnarly. But we're all good now! 👍

[present-mom-blog]

Thinking about how many more people would be frothing at the mouth for more Atsushi lore if Atsushi wasn't the main character of Bungou Stray Dogs.

Like, from an outside perspective, like Kunikida? Atsushi drops MINIMAL lore. Barely anything since he said he was thrown out of the orphanage at the beginning. He explained to Kyouka why his hair is the way it is and others overheard. Others asked him point-blank why he still wore the clothes they gave him, and he said they were a precious gift.

That's it, that is all.

(Am I thinking of writing about this? Yes)

[mixelation]

You know, I'm always wondering if Tori still has scarring from the explosion that burned her face?

no, she got magical ninja healing immediately and has no permanent scarring. she DOES have a scar from being stabbed in the neck tho, from being delayed access to magical ninja healing. this is how i've decided ninja scars work haha

[verathena14]

yknow what? screw you. *twst-ifies your kh*

i think an overblotted sora would be so interesting, especially considering the way that overblot works and how similar it is to sora's anti/rage form (triggered by overuse of magic and/or buildup of strong negative emotions)

(full/colored sora sprite under the cut)

and i put sora in savanaclaw because of course i did. he's so catboy-coded

[13eyond13]

I love the way that, in addition to his origin story with his over-sized sword and the scar on his nose, the flashbacks to Guts's childhood show how much of his insane work ethic and reckless self-endangering abandonment in battle were all kinda ingrained into him by his craving for attention and approval from shitty father figure, Gambino.

Random nice mercenary guy: "Don't overexert yourself, kid. Just do what's needed. 'Cause if you die, you lose everything."

Gambino: "It's your first battle. Work hard!"

Guts: [throws himself into battle so hard he nearly dies multiple times, fixating on pleasing Gambino the entire time]

Gambino: "C'mon, hurry up! Work! Work!"

Guts: [gives Gambino his entire earnings, Gambino tosses him back a single coin]

Guts: [more motivated by this one mild bit of encouragement than anything he's ever experienced before in his life]

[fountainpenguin]

Things that happened in Martyn & Cleo Double Life canon:

Cleo hoping to find her soulmate and start a life with them

Cleo dumping Martyn without giving him a chance to explain his side of the story, but hearing him out when he comes to her later

Martyn watching Cleo through his spyglass and telling the audience she seems safe and happy even though he thinks it's weird she's outside at night

Martyn, after he's had time to consider how he wants to play this, spinning a story about trying to be a provider for her and Cleo explaining that she wanted him, not things

Cleo not being remotely impressed by the "I was providing" sob story, lol

Martyn calling Cleo selfish for choosing to be with Scott because she's supposed to be HIS soulmate and he wants a partner

Cleo willing to forgive Martyn if he meets them halfway

Martyn refusing to meet them halfway because he doesn't think he did anything wrong

Martyn screaming about how Cleo's building bridges with Scott but "When will she think about mending our bridges???"

Martyn explaining to Cleo that he doesn't understand why his Session 1 actions bothered them

Martyn centering his character arc and roleplay on trying to win Cleo back without actually apologizing

Cleo giving Martyn a flower and stating that if he loses it, she'll be real cross with him

Cleo chasing Martyn out of her yard because he tried to put an HOA sign on her base and she wanted to make it clear that she wasn't associated with them and their hate for his base (even though she does think his heart base is strange)

Martyn attacking Cleo after she said attacking is a form of affection to her

Cleo setting boundaries with Martyn and explaining what he can do to get her back

Cleo sighing when Scar set her up on a date with Martyn, but taking the chance to talk to him instead of walking out

Cleo genuinely wanting Martyn in her alliance

Martyn and Cleo giggling constantly when they chat

Scar asking if Martyn wanted him to play a romantic music disc for him and Cleo (and Martyn getting excited and saying yes)

Martyn offering to take Cleo's armor and weapons to the deep dark so he can enchant them and bring them back while she stays safe

Cleo gifting Martyn diamonds, expecting nothing in return but not wanting him to die from lack of a good sword

Martyn and Cleo forming a secret alliance that allows Cleo to live with Scott while being on good terms with Martyn

Martyn expressing frustration that Cleo wants to keep this alliance secret because he wants them to be public allies; Cleo softly shushes him when people approach and might overhear

Martyn telling Cleo that she's putting out a lot of mixed signals because she keeps reeling him in and then pushing him away, claiming he is very confused about where he stands with her

Martyn teasing Cleo by punching her off a cliff and accidentally killing her and feeling so bad about it that he apologizes profusely despite roleplaying as someone who refused to apologize for Session 1

Martyn and Cleo immediately threatening Bdubs together when he said hi to them while they were hanging out, sdkfj

Martyn genuinely apologizing to Pearl for dumping her after Session 1

Martyn hiding under Cleo's bed while she defends him from an enderman attack

Cleo offering to let Martyn move into her house after Etho and Joel grief his base; Martyn saying he might take her up on that

Cleo and Martyn agreeing to move out and base together at Box

Cleo trusting Martyn with the location and resources of her red life base

Martyn rushing to Cleo's aid in the deep dark and trying to turn everyone against him instead

Cleo responding to Martyn's panicked shouts for her to eat by opening her inventory to get food (and drowning because she forgot she was in water)

Cleo hanging back and letting Martyn attack Scott while she does nothing to stop him from doing so, implying as much as she likes Scott, she won't kill Martyn (and herself) for him (and/or she trusted Scott to handle himself even though he ran away while Martyn was shooting at him)

Things that did not happen:

Cleo unwilling to forgive Martyn or consider being his friend and partner

Martyn and Cleo hating each other

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

[stiffyck]

I've been bothering people with this in dms so much but that's not enough so I'm sharing my insanity here.

Scar who doesn't need physical touch. He's not exactly touch averse (tho you could see it that way), he just. Doesn't need the affection. He likes the occasional hand holding or a quick hug, but he also likes his personal space and freedom. Hugs and cuddles are too warm and too stifling and he needs his freedom for movement.

He's not sad about this. It's not anything tragic or awful. He likes the idea of cuddling and he loves seeing other people hug and cuddle. It's just not for him.

He also doesn't understand touch starvation. He's never experienced it and probably never will.

In 3rd life, in the desert. Grian noticing scar taking a step back when someone is standing too close, shying away from physical contact and never being the one to initiate it. He stops trying to touch scar, only when it's necessary.

He notices how much more comfortable scar looks after he stops giving him so much physical affection. But... this leads to grian maybe becoming a bit touch starved.

Grian telling scar in the desert he feels a bit touch starved and scar asking him what it means. Grian explains.

After that, grian notices scar holds his hands much more often. It's not much but it means the world to him.

Hermitshipping under the cut

Also. Comedic potential.

Let's take redscape for example (or scarian. Works both ways. Just imagine whichever ship you prefer sjcjdksk). Scar and mumbo start dating. But since scar can't really provide all the physical affection mumbo needs, he goes to grian. Mumbo gets cuddles and hugs from his best friend and he gets hand holding and occasional short kisses from his partner. It works for them.

Now imagine tho. The hermits thinking it's mumbo and grian who are dating. They will often see mumbo and grian cuddle or hug or hold hands. A lot of the times scar is even with them, but keeps distance a bit.

Sometimes scar holds mumbos hand, but that's about it.

It's actually scar and mumbo who are dating but they don't know that.

Or

The mumscarian option where they are all dating. Grian and mumbo get the affection they need from each other and scar is happy to just be with them.

Sometimes, when sleeping on the same bed, grian and mumbo will cuddle while Scar just holds one of their hands. Or not even the whole hand, just have their pinkies interwined.

Also scar definitely has a ton of plushies to hug close at night

[drabbles-of-writing]

We may not have gotten Eda seeing Raine possessed by Belos, but can you imagine her hearing about it after the fact? 

Eda has no idea why Raine was even with Belos going full kaiju in the first place. Last she recalls, they were off in a comatose puppet state guarding the cell she was in. Then everyone almost dies, Luz briefly dies for real, and suddenly Raine is there looking like they’re awaiting to get nommed on by a facehugger. They also now have scars that make them look like a theater kid who put on way too much mascara before bawling their eyes out. There is literally no time to ask, the world is too busy dying.

Then the world isn’t dying, and there’s time to ask. Raine, why are you scarred and missing an earring? I left you for like five minutes. What the hell happened? To which Raine now has the very complicated duty of deciding if they a) want to tell an already emotionally exhausted Eda some news she is really not going to like and b) want to tell her right here right now or if it’s worth it to risk Eda worrying herself sick by telling her they’ll explain when no one else is around.

Either way, Raine is about to become monsterfucker part 2 electric boogaloo when they realize there is, in fact, a second very scary bird form

[hostradio]

beach day, beach day, guest starring @shortpride who al totally did not immediately abandon with all of their luggage at the first opportunity, thank you very much. ( it was either go together or wear the dreaded get along shirt. )

[x-i-l-verify]

Cover Art for this fic from author Kuraiarcoiris, wherein c!BadBoyHalo, c!Tina Kitten, c!Eryn, c!Sapnap, and c!Antfrost are all mythological creatures enslaved and exploited by master apothecary c!Awesamdude in a fantasy world inspired by Minecraft. Sam's just taken on a new apprentice, however: a young, idealistic orphan named Dream. Torn between his ambitions and his conscience, the boy is still unable to see the demons as the soulless monsters the rest of their world sees them as, and the unlikeliest of friendships slowly forms over the course of multiple years.

[tridentrans]

NEW MIZRIETA REF 💥