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BellaSong
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For times when we give in and do cut, I wanted to share some things that I have learned about taking care of the cuts and making them heal and disappear faster.
One of the major reasons that I want to share this is that I know that looking at my wounds and old scars used to make me feel even more shameful and would contribute to making me want to cut again. Now, having no scars left, I want to stay that way and I try to make healthier choices for coping so that I don't have to look at those scars anymore.
Here are some things to do that will help significantly for cutting and burns.
1) Vitamin E - If you have Vitamin E Jel Caps, you can poke it with scissors and then rub the goo directly on to the cut, it will be really sticky, but I have found that this helps things to heal faster than anything else I've used and it also reduces itching.
2) Keep it covered - This is good for a few reasons; first so that you don't have to look at it every ten seconds, and second so that you don't get any dirt in it.
Doing these two things together will also keep scaring to almost nothing.
3) Diaper Rash Cream - This is primarily for burns, but can be used on many other things like scrapes and abrasions. It will soothe, speed healing, and reduce scaring. I use this on every burn that I get (not SI, I am terrified of burns, but I know this is a struggle for some as cutting is for me). Two years ago I got a major burn on my face from boiling water and had to go to the hospital. I was told that I would almost definitely have scarring on my face, but my mother put Diaperine on the wound, and you can't even tell that I was burned now.
4) Keep it moist - using whatever meathod, keeping a wound moist will always lessen the dark scaring. If you are like me and are prone to dark scarring instead of light scarring, (I don't know much about preventing that) just keeping something moist as it heals is an incredible tool.
5) My last suggestion is one that is obvious, but I still feel the need to include it. Prevention is the best way to avoid scars. If you are feeling the need to hurt yourself, find something random to focus all of your energy on. Diversion in the heat of the moment can work wonders. In the rational moments, pray. God wants to protect us, keep us, heal us, and make us whole. Even if you are hurting too much to pray in the heat of a moment (I know that feeling well) pray about those moments in other times. Prayer does much more than we think it does.
One of the major reasons that I want to share this is that I know that looking at my wounds and old scars used to make me feel even more shameful and would contribute to making me want to cut again. Now, having no scars left, I want to stay that way and I try to make healthier choices for coping so that I don't have to look at those scars anymore.
Here are some things to do that will help significantly for cutting and burns.
1) Vitamin E - If you have Vitamin E Jel Caps, you can poke it with scissors and then rub the goo directly on to the cut, it will be really sticky, but I have found that this helps things to heal faster than anything else I've used and it also reduces itching.
2) Keep it covered - This is good for a few reasons; first so that you don't have to look at it every ten seconds, and second so that you don't get any dirt in it.
Doing these two things together will also keep scaring to almost nothing.
3) Diaper Rash Cream - This is primarily for burns, but can be used on many other things like scrapes and abrasions. It will soothe, speed healing, and reduce scaring. I use this on every burn that I get (not SI, I am terrified of burns, but I know this is a struggle for some as cutting is for me). Two years ago I got a major burn on my face from boiling water and had to go to the hospital. I was told that I would almost definitely have scarring on my face, but my mother put Diaperine on the wound, and you can't even tell that I was burned now.
4) Keep it moist - using whatever meathod, keeping a wound moist will always lessen the dark scaring. If you are like me and are prone to dark scarring instead of light scarring, (I don't know much about preventing that) just keeping something moist as it heals is an incredible tool.
5) My last suggestion is one that is obvious, but I still feel the need to include it. Prevention is the best way to avoid scars. If you are feeling the need to hurt yourself, find something random to focus all of your energy on. Diversion in the heat of the moment can work wonders. In the rational moments, pray. God wants to protect us, keep us, heal us, and make us whole. Even if you are hurting too much to pray in the heat of a moment (I know that feeling well) pray about those moments in other times. Prayer does much more than we think it does.
