Natural Skin Care: How to take care of you Scars
If the truth be told, I would be hard pressed to find a friend or family member who does not have some type of scar. Scars are just a part of life. Some can be are easily covered with a bit of makeup while others require more drastic measures.
There are at least a dozen different types of skin care products that claim to help reduce stretch marks, surgery scars, or wounds scars. However, most of them seem very expensive and are not very effective.
You may have tried all the traditional products there are and still have scars, but don't let this discourage you. However, you can still find a great deal of comfort in a natural skin care cream that contains ingredients capable of "dissolving" scar tissue. It may seem a bit crazy to trust a natural product over a more traditional one, but bear with me.
Miracle Products from Nature
Two skin care ingredients have been used for centuries to cure skin problems and other ailments:
*Snail Serum or Helix Aspersa Muller extract
*and Rose hip seed oil
The use of snail serum, for example, can be traced as far back as Hippocrates. Both Hippocrates and some of his colleagues would use snail serum to soften skin and treat Rosacea.
Rose hip oil has also been used for centuries by indigenous tribes in the South of Chile. They've used rose hips to treat physical problems such as scurvy and kidney dysfunction, but have also used it as a moisturizer and to minimize stretch marks.
Scar Treatment
Snail serum became important to scar treatments about two decades ago when heliculture workers noticed that the part of their skin that had come in contact with snail serum was healing at a miraculous rate. It was soon apparent that this ingredient should become a part of every scar treatment and skin care product.
Snail serum is a glycoconjugates compound that contains natural enzymes, co-enzymes, peptides, and other molecules. It corrects cellular communication and reduces scar tissue formation in the skin. These glycoconjugates also help reduce excessive inflammation by regulating cell proliferation.
When the serum is applied to the affected area, the glycoconjugates make a bee line towards the site of injury and begin the process of breaking down the damaged cells with amino acids. The broken down cells are quickly eliminated and replaced with healthy cells.
Rose hip seed oil has also proven to have amazing results when it comes to stretch mark removal. Thanks to its rich composition, consisting of Vitamins A and C and essential fatty acids, this product works by accelerating the skin's cellular activity to improve skin renewal and cell regeneration.
Both of these ingredients can speed up the healing process. They both help accelerate the skin's natural renewal process thereby quickly replacing damaged skin cells with new ones. But, be warned, not all scars react alike. For example, rose hip oil and helix aspersa muller extract may not be as effective on keloid scar removal as they are on preventing their formation.
If you are tired of trying ineffective, synthetic creams to eliminate your scars, try a natural scar treatment instead. BIOSKINCARE is one of the best natural skincare products that can help reduce stretch marks and keloid scars.
Published November 18th, 2009
Filed in Health