I have several raised scars from self-harm from two years ago. 3 days ago I learned about a process called "dermabrasion" where doctors use glorified sandpaper to sand away your skin to improve the look of a scar.
So I got one of these foot-scrubbers women use to smoothen their skin and sanded my scar away. I'm currently waiting for the wound to heal (it bled a lot)
Anyone have experience with this? I use zinc ointment to help the healing process. Any recommendations?
Here's what it looks like now. You can't really see it in the first pic but it really protruded around 1,5mm before I took the skin off. The white stuff is zinc ointment.
Bentley Russell
This is generally a bad idea, you should go to an actual dermatologist. Especially since it's over a large area, you'll want the end result to look consistent. Otherwise it may end up looking like you got into an industrial accident with a belt sander.
The zinc is fine, but you likely want to use a disinfectant before and after (eg alcohol or an iodine solution).
If you don't mind, could you explain the method behind the self-harm? ie how did you make the decision where to cut?
Colton Morales
I reccomend you stop sanding your skin and go see a doctor.
Juan Gray
are you retarded dude? get an actual doctor to do that, don't perform medical procedures on yourself
what the fuck goes on in the mind of some people
Gavin Allen
So not only were you an edgy retarded piece of shit for cutting, and not even thinking about doing it somewhere kind of hidden on your body, like inner thigh. But now you're fucking sanding your skin?
Gavin Adams
You are an idiot
Levi Torres
I've never met someone who cut themselves who wasn't fucked in the head
OP please an hero
Jose Gray
>from self-harm disregard thread, it's shit as always
Tyler Davis
Medfag here, I'm afraid I don't have the best news. After about 2 year, the healing process in scars is usually finished/mostly done and it's the best you're going to get. The type of scars you have right now are white, pitted scars which is usually a sign that the healing process is finished. Furthermore, the surgery that you're talking about is usually performed under anaesthetic (local) and for your skin would need to go quite deep. Recovery is a long process and it will be sore. Furthermore, the results are variable and tend to come back over time. What you're doing is not good for your skin, all you're going to go is damage the skin that's still healthy. I recommend seeking help from a trained dermatologist or plastic surgeon. There are a couple of other treatments for the scars you have, but may be quite costly. I'm sorry to hear about your self harm user, I hope you are better now.
I can relate. Not nearly that bad, just one half-assed suicide attempt. It's incredibly embarrassing. Best of luck to ya
Also, go to a specialist, you're going to really hurt or disfigure yourself.
John Foster
>several
Mason Rogers
>Talks about people being fucked in the head >Encouraging a stranger to kill himself
Liam Perry
kill urself fgt
Justin Cruz
OOOOOHHH GIVE ME SOME OF THAT EDGE AND I WILL.
Alexander Campbell
>>twitch
Isaiah Ortiz
You're such a failure you can't even an hero properly? Any wonder you tried to kill yourself.
Justin Harris
>LITERALLY sandpapering your skin
Jesus I have now seen it all, this wont work at all you're just gonna further fuck it up
Jaxon Hill
>tfw now I want to dermabrate my circ scar
Brody Campbell
Why?
Mason Barnes
Looks like you found a new method of self-harm. You think you are doing it because you want to get rid of the scars but you do it so much that it becomes something that releases those sweet, sweet endorphins. Nice move.
Dylan Price
lmao I thought only 13 year old girls cut themselves
William Morgan
>Veeky Forums has daily cutting threads with people who are depressed because of their weight >everyone attacks this one guy for some reason You're all hypocrites.
Connor Reyes
Because he's an utter retard who just sand papered his skin?
I mean cutters are retarded but this dude is next level
Charles Fisher
No, self harm is self harm. You didn't attack any of the people in the threads below, so please don't attack OP for doing the same thing. People with weight issues have low self esteem and they cut. So what? Get over it.
Xavier Peterson
Sandpapering is the next level version of the elementary school kids who rubbed away their skin with erasers. This guy is literally still self sanding.
Adam Wright
Still into self harm I see. You should probably see a therapist.
...again?
Xavier Perry
Couldn't you have just gotten a tattoo. That's what the girl from my old highschool did.
Dylan Martin
Those people you linked are doing a very different type of cutting lmao
Inb4 I got baited hard, Poe's Law
Isaiah Ramirez
what? is this real - what the fuck? Im not sure I should even tell you to do this because youre definitely too retarded to do this yourself but I think using a TCA chemical peel on your arm might help and then using vit E during recovery. Not going to research this for you but this is what I would do if I had this shit on my arm. I cannot believe that someone could be retarded enough to fucking sandpaper their arm.
William Mitchell
Tattoo ink tends to be unpredictable when it comes to going over scar tissue. Sometimes it works fine, often the ink spreads or doesn't take or gets discoloured.
Jason Ortiz
There's some good tattoo artist out there with experience dealing with specifically this. Covering scars is a pretty common reason for people to get inked. It won't be super cheap though.
Benjamin Kelly
I heard hydrochloric acid works better than sanding :^)
Carter Bailey
Chuckled
Christopher Torres
Why dude? Those honestly look cool as fuck. Got a Fist of the Northstar, battle-scars vibe going on. Beef out your forearms and holy shit. Now you done fucked it up. This is why we cant have nice things Veeky Forums
Eli Nguyen
Seek help, your grasp on reality is thinner than you seem to believe.
Cooper Kelly
This, just live with the scars or go full yakuza style arm sleeve.
Julian Cruz
Victor Zsazs?
Jackson Wood
Kekked
John Cook
Fuck it up more and then get a skin graft
Jackson Cook
To most of you, stop being niggers. Me and and a few others at least tried to give some real advice. Go to /b/ if you want to shitpost.
this, it's one of the reasons some gangs (eg yakuza) are fond of it.
this (microdermabrasion) won't do the job unfortunately, the scars are major and full dermabrasion in OP's case.
Yeah every time i see some bad scars i wonder what kind of bullshit story i could make up to explain them For OP's case i think it'd be something like >got dared to stick my arm in a cage full of angry wolverines >tasmanian devil encounter during a mission trip >had a falcon named Hyperion, they thought he was useless since he wouldn't land on a glove, but I saved him from being put down
Ryder Richardson
My friend had scars like this but he'd always tell me he played a lot with is cats
I even believed him..
Kevin Turner
>3 days ago I learned about a process called "dermabrasion" where doctors use glorified sandpaper to sand away your skin to improve the look of a scar. what could possibly go wrong?
Henry Watson
OP here, I was gone for the past couple hours. Thanks for all the legit advice, especially medfag and the other guy. That Hyperion story cracked me up. I can't afford any professional treatment, I already looked into it. The scars don't bother me too muchmuch, thanks for trying to get me to a therapist though. I'm honestly pretty stable right now. Have been for the past year.
I'll look into getting a Falcon
Brody Williams
Buddy, I was in your shoes when I was an angsty edgy teen.
Just use liquid silicone to fade your scars, it's the most effective, non insane method.
Lucas White
I can just use lube, right?
Michael Fisher
I'd cut myself too if I had wasted my money on an Apple product
Luke Fisher
"Old high school"
Are you still in high school (under 18) because I went to two high schools and know several others that did the same and we all referred to our first high school as the "old" one only when we were at the second. After we graduated we called it our first high school.
James Robinson
>liquid silicone
Does this actually work or is it a meme?
Alexander Lopez
And 13 year old boys. But people don't stay 13 forever.
Julian Smith
For fuck's sake, user.
Logan Evans
actual advice for you senpai dont use sandpaper like a mongrel use a derma roller it does exactly what you are thinking of, it makes little pricks into the skin, not enough to cause scabbing or anything like that, but enough to get the ol' collagen a-flowing. try that for a few months, then try sandpapering again if nothing helps.
.5 to 1mm for face and neck up to 2mm for body.
something like $20 off amazon
Isaac Perry
That's what one of my exs told me. I was so naive
Jose Jackson
>i cut myself cause i was edgy af >i don't want people to know cause i did it in an edgy af place >let me sand my forearm to fix the scarring that i caused
get it together
Aaron Morales
No. I graduated college a few years ago. I was referring to my old life back in my home town. I never went back.
Justin Gray
If he fucks his arms up enough it could look like an accident. No one need know how edgy you are.
Carson Morales
are you that fucking retarded that you actually did that holy shit you don't have to go to medical school to realize that's not the best idea
Jack Ortiz
jesus fucking christo nigger, you could have told people you were attacked by a dog as a kid, would have been badass.
Angel Thompson
where do you think you are.webm
Christopher Adams
Oh man this is like that /diy/ thread where the OP was asking about self tattoo-removal