Scar Improvements
In 2000, I deeply scratched the back of my hand on a piece of furniture. It was hard to heal, being in an area tht flexes a lot, and I ended up with an ugly scar. It's a typical EDS-type scar, white and funky. I've never liked it. For years I found it upsetting, then I tried to get over it. I tried Mederma and I tried Vitamin E oil and nothing was really helping it, though it became less prominent over time. It is white, slightly raised up (I'm not sure I would say it is keloided, but it has significant texture) and the skin on it is distorted.
Since I started eating meat, I've seen a change in the scar. I first noticed it about a monnth ago. It is much flatter and much less visible now. I bet that now, someone who didn't know it was there wouldn't even notice it unless my hand was right in their face.
Just now B pointed out that a scar on my shoulder, one from having a mole removed in like 2009 or so, is less noticable too. This scar was kind of big and lumpy because I had a bad reaction to the ointment and bandage that were used on it, so I had to go without and heal it dry for most of the healing. Now it, too, is barely noticeable, it is almost flat now. it is still bright white, but not lumpy.
One of the factors in me leaving vegetarianism behind was a website I found, by a woman with EDS and FMS. She said that she had tried being vegetarian for many years but found that eating meat improved her wound healing and other EDS symptoms. Honestly, I don't think my joint pain or hypermobility has in general been improved, but this is a nice improvement and I'll take it. I hope that these are signs that I am healing internally as well.
I wish I had an old pic of the scar to compare.
Also while my nails all broke off midwinter, they grew back and have been in good shape for at least a month now. I think maybe the breakage was due to the hypoglycemic state I was in for a month last fall.
ETA: I do have a pic! will update by adding it and a recent shot tomorrow. But interestingly, the reason I have a pic is that I severely burned the same hand in November and I expected the scar from that to last a long time, especially as I kept forgetting to oil it regularly. But it is almost gone.
Since I started eating meat, I've seen a change in the scar. I first noticed it about a monnth ago. It is much flatter and much less visible now. I bet that now, someone who didn't know it was there wouldn't even notice it unless my hand was right in their face.
Just now B pointed out that a scar on my shoulder, one from having a mole removed in like 2009 or so, is less noticable too. This scar was kind of big and lumpy because I had a bad reaction to the ointment and bandage that were used on it, so I had to go without and heal it dry for most of the healing. Now it, too, is barely noticeable, it is almost flat now. it is still bright white, but not lumpy.
One of the factors in me leaving vegetarianism behind was a website I found, by a woman with EDS and FMS. She said that she had tried being vegetarian for many years but found that eating meat improved her wound healing and other EDS symptoms. Honestly, I don't think my joint pain or hypermobility has in general been improved, but this is a nice improvement and I'll take it. I hope that these are signs that I am healing internally as well.
I wish I had an old pic of the scar to compare.
Also while my nails all broke off midwinter, they grew back and have been in good shape for at least a month now. I think maybe the breakage was due to the hypoglycemic state I was in for a month last fall.
ETA: I do have a pic! will update by adding it and a recent shot tomorrow. But interestingly, the reason I have a pic is that I severely burned the same hand in November and I expected the scar from that to last a long time, especially as I kept forgetting to oil it regularly. But it is almost gone.