How to prevent scars from leaving on wounds

We all probably have some wounds on our bodies. Sometimes, carelessness and accidents may cause wounds. Once a wound is left, everyone will be concerned about whether it will leave scars after the wound heals, especially in obvious places. We often see people with burns having scars on their bodies. But how can we prevent the wound from leaving scars? Let's look at some ways to prevent the wound from leaving scars.

How to prevent wounds from leaving scars

First of all, you should go to the hospital in time to have the doctor clean, disinfect, suture or bandage the wound. People often worry that cleaning the wound will waste time, cause more bleeding or make the wound bigger, or even refuse to clean it simply because they are afraid of pain. In fact, cleaning the wound carefully is the most basic step to avoid scars and promote wound healing. For example, if dust, coal ash or other debris is embedded in the skin after an injury, if it is not cleaned properly, the colored particles will remain in the skin and form unsightly dust stains. Disinfection is to prevent infection, which is also the key to avoiding local scars. Because infection can cause damage to the lower layer of the dermis and the epidermis cannot regenerate, the defects have to be filled by the proliferation of granulation tissue, which will inevitably leave scars. Similarly, boils, pustules, etc. should be treated scientifically by a doctor as soon as possible, and should never be squeezed with your hands to prevent the inflammation from spreading deeper.

In addition, after a burn, you should immediately rinse with plenty of clean cold water to reduce high temperature damage to deep tissues; do not use iodine to disinfect facial wounds, otherwise it will cause pigmentation.

After the wound has scabbed over, wait patiently for it to fall off on its own. People often dislike the unsightly black scabs, or out of curiosity, they can't help but forcibly peel off the scabs too early. At this time, the epidermal cells that are still being repaired have not yet fully grown, and without the protection of the hard scab, it is easy to form scars and pigmentation. Sometimes the newly grown epidermal cells may be accidentally removed, which may stimulate local inflammatory response and hinder wound healing.

In addition, an itchy feeling will occur when the wound is healing. Using scratching, hot water washing, friction with clothes and other methods to relieve the itching will stimulate the dilation of local capillaries and the proliferation of granulation tissue to form scars. In terms of diet, irritating foods such as alcohol, peppers, mutton, raw garlic, ginger, mustard, coffee, etc. will also promote the growth of scars. If you take medicines containing lead or mercury, it will promote pigmentation; sun protection should not be ignored. Especially in midsummer, the sun is hot and abundant, and the new skin is tender and can hardly resist the radiation of ultraviolet rays in the sun, so it is easy to form pigmentation; cosmetics, soap, etc. should not come into contact with wounds. Because various cosmetics inevitably contain heavy metals such as lead, mercury, silver, and photosensitive substances, they will stimulate the increase of skin pigmentation.

It can be seen that as long as you treat the wound scientifically and seriously, you can definitely limit the scars and pigmentation to the lightest level.

Shouldn't everyone know about methods to avoid leaving scars? This is very helpful for our wounds to heal without leaving scars. Sometimes it is not possible to absolutely avoid leaving scars, but if we can adopt such methods well, it will greatly reduce the scars.