Asphalt tattoo?

[OakLeaf]

It depends on the site and your skin, but I have a scar on my shin that I got when I was nine years old. I'm 51 now.

I'm really hoping the scars on my lip and chin, at least, from last month's crash, will fade. But keeping it out of the sun is really difficult. I've been reading on dermatology/cosmetic surgery sites that you need to keep fresh scars out of the sun for a full year.

... walking around with a bandana and a bright white dollop of sunblock on all day long, trying to convince people I've either converted to Islam or I'm about to rob a bank ...



Of course when I was nine years old, neither I nor my parents made the slightest attempt to keep my leg out of the sun. Ditto for all the roadrash scars on my legs, elbows and shoulders from 20 years ago when I was racing. But then, the little scars on my hand and wrist from 15-18 years ago are nothing but little white puckers, hardly noticeable any more.