How The Skin Reduces Scars
Have you ever thought about scars? We normally see them as part of life. One usually cuts oneself, and then we expect our body to take care of things. We take the whole scar process for granted. But have you ever wondered how the scar that you usually feel so proud of, showing it to your friends actually forms on your skin? On the other hand, some of you may feel that the scar in a certain part of your body disfigures your look, and you may be considering removing it. Well, this article will answer both sides of the story.
The elimination or shrinking of scars and marks from lesions to the skin depends on a mechanism called "skin remodeling". The skin is made to heal wounds quickly to avoid blood loss and infection. Scars are formed from a rapidly formed "collagen glue" in the body that gathers into an injured area for defense and strength. In optimal skin healing, wounded skin is rapidly closed, then the healed area is slowly reconstructed to eliminate the residual collagen scars and fade the skin area into nearby skin. Scar collagen is removed and substituted with a mixture of skin cells and imperceptible collagen fibers. This skin remodeling can continue in a skin area for ten years. In kids, the rejuvenating rate is high and scars are usually removed rapidly from injured skin areas. But as we reach adulthood, this rate diminishes and tiny scars can remain for years. One way to speed up remodeling is to produce a small amount of controlled skin damage with a needle, laser, or other means, and then let the body repair processes reconstruct the skin area. A second alternative is to use skin healing accelerators to increase the body's innate healing processes to reach an even better final result.
Keloids are benign skin tumours occurring during injury healing in genetically predisposed people. They are characterized by a scar which results in an overgrowth of tissue at the site where the skin has already been healed after an injury. The scars' colour usually vary from pink to flesh colored or red ro dark brown, and they usually have a firm rubbery texture, and are usually described as anabnormal deposition of extracellular matrix components, particularly collagen, as it tends to overgrow in this area sometimes producing a lump which is larger than the original scar.
A new face cream has appeared with a unique skin regenerating substance proven effective for the treatment of all types of scars. It is a powerful complex of biologically active protein enzymes, copper peptides, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans that act as biological activators of both the removal of dead and damaged skin cells and the renewal of healthy cells.
*It eliminates itching
*It softens and helps to eliminate keloid scars
*It reduces ice pick scars
*It reduces scarring and acts as a natural treatment for acne
*It is a stretch mark removal cream
This biological ingredient penetrates deep down into the middle layer of the skin making it extremely effective.
Scars can now be easily eliminated thanks to a skin care cream that embodies one of the best healing ingredients that Mother Nature can produce.
Published February 6th, 2008