Effective method to lighten skin and fade scars

Scars from exhaust pipe burns, falls, tattoos... make many people spend a lot of time hiding them and feel self-conscious when wearing clothes. A few tips below will help you overcome this situation.

To treat scars, you can make a mixture of aloe vera and fresh lemon: add about a spoon of aloe vera gel and a few drops of fresh lemon juice. Mix the mixture well and apply gently on the scarred skin area for about 15-20 minutes. When doing this method, you need to apply it for a long time and it is only effective for new, small scars.

Aloe vera helps to fade scars.

Collagen supplement

Scars are formed due to broken and damaged collagen and elastin bonds in the skin. Therefore, it is necessary to increase collagen in the body, helping to produce new skin cells and increase skin elasticity so that it can regenerate quickly, and dark spots will also gradually fade. To supplement collagen, you should eat a lot of fruits rich in vitamins A and C such as oranges, soybeans, etc. In addition, there are methods such as subcutaneous injections and collagen masks, which are effective for concave scars and dark scars caused by acne.

Fruits containing vitamin C help fade scars.

Silicone patch - silicone gel

With thin and transparent silicone patches, produced with medical silicone mixed with vitamin E to match the skin structure, helps treat keloid scars and significantly reduce the size of old scars. How to use: clean the scar, dry it, remove the film covering the patch and stick the transparent side on the scar on the skin. Each patch must be applied for at least 12 hours and can be applied within 2 days. Silicone patches significantly improve small scars and acne scars, but are expensive to treat with large scars. Therefore, the use of silicone patches is only applicable to keloid scars and does not improve concave scars.

Laser beam

Advantages of laser scar treatment: fast treatment time for concave scars, scars after tattooing - tattoo removal and scars after accidents. However, the person undergoing treatment needs to research carefully to see if the technology is suitable for the skin. In addition, some unsafe technologies can cause dark spots after use.

According to VnExpress