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VITAMIN E SCAR HEALING
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Vitamin e scar healing - is this a myth and does vitamin e fade scars?

Vitamin e, like many other vitamins, plays an important role in
healthy skin care and the overall good health of individuals. Certain
vitamins also possess special properties. One of the often mentioned
special properties of vitamin e is its ability to heal scars or fade
scars. Vitamin e has been proven to possess the ability to penetrate
skin layers and reduce the formation of harmful free radicals that age
skin and interfere with the healing process. Vitamin e also influences
collagen production in the skin which plays a role in skin elasticity.

With the above stated vitamin e properties in mind, there has been a
long standing discussion about the benefits of vitamin e scar healing
and vitamin e for scar fading. Vitamin e oil, lotions, ointments, and
creams have been used for many decades by individuals in order to try
and fade scars or promote scar healing. In fact, even physicians have
prescribed vitamin e containing products after skin surgery. But the
questions remain, does vitamin e fade scars and is vitamin e scar
healing a myth?

There is little supporting evidence for either side of the vitamin e
for scars argument. Many years of anecdotal reports of use and
benefits exist, but few controlled and detailed scientific studies to
support the stated benefits for skin scars have been performed. Where
scientific studies do exist, they support the view that vitamin e does
not fade scars and vitamin e scar healing is insignificant.

One study in 1986 used vitamin e cream after reconstructive surgery
for burns. When compared with individuals who were only given a cream
with no vitamin e there was no difference in the appearance or healing
of the scarring. Another study in 1999 looked at a vitamin e cream
versus the same cream without vitamin e being applied to a scar after
minor skin surgery. In most cases, the scar was no better with the use
of vitamin e and in fact the scar was worse for many of the test
subjects. For some individuals, a vitamin e skin rash developed due to
the frequent use of vitamin e.

Basically, to resolve whether vitamin e for scars is beneficial or
not, more research is required. Dosage or strength of the vitamin e
product, when after the scar is formed should the cream or lotion be
applied, type of scar or wound, and age of the individual, are just
some of the variables to focus on in future medical and scientific
studies. Only then can the anecdotal reports be validated and the
truth be learned about vitamin e scar healing.

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