Joined the road rash club Sunday

[sarah68508]

I agree with Shimpie's suggestions, especially massaging the contents of Vitamin E capsules into your skin.

I also recently read a recommendation for Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Scar Serum with Vitamin E (though I have not tried it personally). A gal purchased it for her C-section scar and discovered it's improving her stretch marks, too. "noticed a dramatic improvement in the overall look and feel of my abdomen after just a few days of using the serum. It’s super oily and greasy and takes forever to fully rub in, but at less than 12 bucks? I ain’t complaining." I can't say that it's guaranteed to work for your scars, but it may be worth a shot.

In the meantime, don't be afraid to show those scars off. You earned them while being a tough cookie! While the world might say we should view them as unattractive, they are a sign of your active and healthy lifestyle (my knees have had uglier years, for sure). And thankfully, for the esteem, they will fade. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. (And I'm also glad that you and sydney did not have more serious injuries.)

[Lenusik]

Thanks a lot for the wonderful advice. For a long time I had to cover the scars because they were merely scary wounds. Didn't want to scare people off But now they are ugly pink color, which is OK. I can dela with it. My husband keeps on telling me :"chicks like scar". I don't know why he would say this, but it's funny.

[Shimpie]

Man, didn't mean to hijack Sydney's thread. Although, all this anti-scar stuff is pertinent to stitches too. Sydney, hope you're taking notes!