1, how to relieve scars
1, pay attention to skin cleaning. When the burn wound has just healed, bacteria are easy to multiply rapidly, and the epidermis is thin and tender, which is easy to cause infection and ulceration. At the same time, a neutral cleaner can be used for cleaning to reduce infection.
2. Prevent scar hyperplasia and contracture. At present, there is no drug that can completely prevent scar hyperplasia after burn, so patients should grasp the opportunity of operation during treatment to prevent disability. Children, in particular, should be treated early, and plastic surgery can be advanced appropriately.
3. After lower limb burns, it is not advisable to go to the ground too early. In order to avoid pulling the capillary to break and turn purple, even bleeding, leading to scar hyperplasia, it is generally more appropriate to go underground for about 3 months. Pay attention to the protection of lower limbs.
4, blisters should be timely drainage, avoid infection to form ulcers. If blisters are not treated in time and correctly, infections will often occur and ulcers will form. If scar hyperplasia is caused, patients should implement anti-scar treatment after the blisters subside and the ulcers heal.
5, early prevention, perseverance. The formation process of burn scar can be roughly divided into proliferative phase, stable phase and regression phase. However, due to various reasons, ulcers, pain, etc. It is easy to happen, resulting in patients unable to adhere to scar rehabilitation treatment. These patients should pay attention.
2. Precautions after scar removal
1. Prescribed diet
Don't eat irritating food, such as peppers, and don't smoke or drink.
You can eat more kelp and seaweed at ordinary times. These foods can improve scar constitution, soften scar connective tissue, deliver nutrition and moisturize skin.
make up
Do not use cosmetics containing lead, mercury, silver and other heavy metal elements and photosensitive substances to avoid skin pigmentation. The skin care during the scar removal period should also be based on simple hydration.
Protect yourself from the sun.
Sunscreen is the most important job during scar removal. Because the newborn's skin is immature, it is difficult to resist ultraviolet rays in the sun and it is easy to form pigmentation. Therefore, we must do a good job in sun protection at ordinary times, especially during the scar removal period.
It is suggested that beauty seekers take double measures when they go out during scar removal. On the one hand, you should wear an umbrella or a sun hat, and at the same time, you should apply sunscreen and replenish it in time.