Scarification: Aftercare

Method #2: slightly prolonged healing and can be somewhat painful

Method #3: longest healing, very painful, increases risk for infection, not always recommended

Aftercare products

For smaller pieces o plain glycerine soaps should suffice For larger pieces or people with weakened immune systems recommend using an anti-bacterial product such as Technicare, Dial Anti-bacterial soap or even tea-tree oil soap.

Problems associated with keloid scars

For most of us, a scar is a mild imperfection, perhaps a little annoying because it mars otherwise nice skin or because it’s a reminder of a fight or accident. But for some people, scars present a hindrance to daily life and attract unwanted attention. These people suffer from keloid scars.

When scar tissue does not stop growing at the site of an injury and it extends beyond the original bounds of the initial scar formation, a keloid scar is formed. It is a thick, fibrous scar that may be pinkish or reddish in appearance.

There is no inherent danger in a keloid scar, but they do present cosmetic problems. Chest keloids may show under garments, and keloids on the ears, arms, or face might attract stares or comments from people who do not understand what these scars are. This can be discomfiting for a person who suffers from this condition. The scars can also be irritable and sore, exacerbated by clothing.

Keloidal type scars associated with a nose piercing, for example, can ruin a potentially beautiful adornment of the face with an unsightly feature on a very prominent part of the body. This is also true with facial piercings to the eyebrow, ears and mouth. How about keloids from tattoos? Yes, these scars may form with any type of similar injury or trauma to the skin which includes the very popular body art of tattooing.

As keloids can grow quite large, depending on their location they may also inhibit movement. At this point, a person finds themselves looking at the options for removal, which are varied and difficult to project success for. There is a good chance that keloids will recur after they’ve been surgically removed, and corticosteroid shots are painful.

To avoid as many of these complications as possible, start treating a keloid as soon it forms with compression or silicone gel sheets, or a technique recommended by your dermatologist. Older keloids are harder to treat.