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Nawaz - pls help with burn scars!

Hello,

I had electrolysis done a year ago, and it continued every few weeks for 5 months before I realized that the redness from the procedure was not going away anymore. It has now been about 8 months since I stopped having the procedure done and I have seen some improvement by applying natural oils, but the scars are still very much there.

I now have hypertrophic scarring and red and dark pigment all along my upper lip, together with indents and wrinkles, the area is always dry, sometimes slightly painful if i smile too much, and my skin elasticity is terrible (when i smile, the lines don't go away for many minutes, and I never had these wrinkles before the treatment, I'm in my early 20s, and female).

I also have lots of enlarged pores along my upper lip as well as between my brows (which was also treated but never got hypertrophic, it just caved in and made lots of intense wrinkles).

I have started using a topical oil mixture containing aromatherapy ingredients as well as Thiosinaminum and Silicea. And I have started taking 5 pills of Causticum 30C three times a day because I read it's supposed to be good for old scars. I don't know if these electrolysis scars are considered chemical or electrical burns, because the procedure involves application of an electric current to each follicle, but within the follicle the electricity causes a chemical reaction to create lye and burn the hair root. Apparently I was either overtreated, or I just reacted badly, and didn't realize until it was too late.

Am I taking the right treatment? Should I be taking Thiosinaminum internally? Or something else?

Please help!

This whole process has made me incredibly anxious, depressed, and antisocial...and I was already a fairly insecure person. I obsess over this every day now, and most of the time I feel I don't know how I'm ever going to be happy again if this doesn't resolve, I'm too ashamed to even look in the mirror, and my entire life has basically been put on hold indefinitely. If anyone can please offer any advice I would be incredibly grateful.

Thank you in advance!

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Here is my detailed case information:

1. ID: Mithlonde
2. Age: 24
3. Sex: Female
4. Single/Married: Single
5. weight: 165lbs
6. Height: 5 feet 8 inches
7. country: USA
8. climate: dry
9. List of your complaints: scar tissue (hardened red and shiny bumps, darker pigmentation in certain spots, enlarged pores) along upper lip area, feels dry and inflexible, occasional soreness when smiling, enlarged pores, ridges and wrinkling. Also enlarged pores and exaggerated lines between the brows (both areas treated by electrolysis). Greatly reduced elasticity in both areas (scars run across expression lines). Area glows a more visible red when i smile or eat, or when the temperature changes.

10. Since how long are you suffering from each complaint: Original treatment started May 2011, continued every few weeks for 5 months before I realized it was damaging me. Stopped treatment 8 months ago.

11. Diabetic or non-Diabetic: non diabetic
12. Desire sweets/sour/salt: mostly salt, sweets too but not as much (following a low carb diet currently)
13. Thirst: frequently, but I forget to drink water regardless
14. Tongue and Taste: normal
15. Current BP (without medicine and with medicine): normal, without medicine

16. What exactly is happening?: skin is not working properly, there is scar tissue buildup that is causing dryness, soreness, loss of elasticity, uneven texture, ridges, discoloration, and extreme emotional distress.

17. How do you feel? depressed, anxious, obsessed with this situation, scatterbrained, unable to focus on anything, despair.
18. How does this affect you? all i ever want to do is figure out how to fix this. i obsessively check my face in the mirror, i apply oils to try to get the tissue to break up, i have stopped living my life basically and cannot focus on much else, i avoid smiling and socializing.

19. How does it feel like? dry, uncomfortable, thick, inflexible, bumpy. horrible, depressing, embarrassing, shame, guilt, regret.
20. What comes to your mind? i need this to be gone, completely 100% gone, and for my skin color texture and elasticity to be back to normal.
21. One situation that had a
big effect on you? when the temperature changes it looks worse...cold weather makes it look more pronounced red, and warm weather makes it look dark and dirty.

22. How did that feel like? embarrassing, unbearable, hopeless, and physically the skin felt dry.
23. What sensation do you experience in that situation? hopelessness and despair, embarrassment, regret.

24. What are you showing by that gesture of your hand (Habits or Actions)? n/a

25. Current and previous remedies/medicines you are taking or took in the past? currently taking 30C causticum and 30C graphites three times a day (5 pellets). also applying daily a scar oil containing silica and thiosin and calendula, as well as some essential oils (rosemary, helichrysum, lavender). using tamanu and rosehip seed oils to moisturize daily. used to be using castor oil and camphorated oil before, as well as bunch of other essential oils, but have stopped those now.

26. Family Background: normal, high emphasis on academic acheivement
27. Educational Qualifications of the patient: finished college, currently in graduate school

28. Nature of work, what do you do for living? graduate student, doing research

29. Desires, likes and dislikes for food: i like everything except mayonnaise and eggplant. enjoy fruits and vegetables, beef and fish. currently eating low carb, so sugar cravings are diminished, but normally enjoy bread and pasta and pastries/desserts.

30. Name of foods which increase your problem: n/a

31. Mind-behavior, anger, irritability, hurry, impatientÂ…and so on.. How are you different from other persons, public speaking or not , you can describe all of the details about your behavior, love and affections: currently feeling regret, embarrassment, despair, depression, anxiety, diminished focus and memory, very impatient. usually i am somewhat insecure (body image), socially comfortable but more quiet than talkative. don't like public speaking, need to feel more than fully prepared before doing something like that, otherwise my voice starts to shake while presenting. like being agreeable and amusing. usually am considered nice and agreeable and sweet by my friends. in terms of love, it's difficult for me to find someone or something i'm passionate about. i can like everything fairly easily, i can find a lot of things amusing very easily, but i cannot love very easily so when i find something or someone i love, i hang on to it.

32. Aggravation (increases-time, season,)& Amelioration (Decreases): i get frustrated with myself more than with others, especially about my body or about time that i've wasted. i like making the most of my time but cannot do so unless i feel fully content in myself. tedious and repetitive tasks make me angry and irritable (don't enjoy my current job as a researcher, it's both tedious and repetitive). i get more aggravated in the summertime because of body image problems and inability to wear what i want.

33. Attached here your photographs of the affected area. (if required/optional)

34. Location of the disease: face (upper lip along either side, across smile lines, and between the eyebrows)
35. Side of the problem (Right or Left), (Upper or Lower part of body): both sides.
36. Color of the secretions/discharges e.g urine, stool, sputum, Saliva etc. : normal

For Females Only
37. When is the period during the month approx date? Any monthly cycle issues? Regular, early, late, before problems, after problems, pain, any other discharges? : normal. i am on medication to control my cycles.
38. Are you pregnant? If yes, please give pregnancy start date? Any current issues? : No.

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  mithlonde on 2012-05-22
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
Hi Mithlonde,
you need to see a homeopath in person.

If you need help finding one tell me where you are, and I will research options
for you.

You have to be supervised on what to take.

One thing that is supposed to be good
for scars, is Calendula Q- mother tincture
where you put 10 drops into a cup of
water and swab the area with this mix
twice a day. It can take some time tho.

regards,
simone717
 
simone717 last decade
Hi simone,

Thanks for replying. I did look into going to a homeopath in person but its just too expensive, I simply can't do it, otherwise I would have gone there first instead of posting here. If I can get any sort of direction from someone here I would really appreciate it.
 
mithlonde last decade
-Hi- I understand, Am waiting for
someone to take your case here-seemed
like it was not being picked up-
hopefully it will be,
 
simone717 last decade
Thanks, I hope it gets picked up too.
 
mithlonde last decade
Hi- I would like you to go click on
posts by nawazkhan and see the intake
form he has for new people.

fill out that form and also list everything
you have been taking. You can take
something that seems right but not
have the potency correct and so you
need guidance.

Next use your edit button and change
headline to Nawaz plse help with burns.
scars.

He is traveling right now - internet
off and on- but he will respond
and try to help you out here.

Regards,
simone717
 
simone717 last decade
Thanks simone, I will do so.
 
mithlonde last decade
Hi mithlonde,
I had a really similar thing happen to me from a heat device to my face and its been awful and i feel all of the emotions you have been going through ( or went through). All of the things you mentioned externally i have.
I know its been a couple years, but would you mind sharing with me if you found a remedy that helped repair your tissue?
It would mean a lot!
-Nikki x
 
Nicwill7 9 years ago

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