I fell off of a horse and got a few cuts on my face, which have turned into scabs. They're hideous. How on earth do you get rid of a scab?? They look so ugly!!
2006-10-14 12:58:00 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Other - Skin & Body
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2006-10-14 12:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by cutiez 2 · 0⤊ 12⤋
FIRST OF ALL DO NOT PICK AT THEM! Try a mixture of aloe and vitamin E...keep them moist, and let them fall off on their own, they are less likely to leave a scar that way. This was an unfortunate thing that happened, and you are just going to have to deal with it the best way you can until the flesh heals...The aloe and vitamin E will help reduce any scarring too. One day you will put a warm wash cloth on the scab and it will fall away on it's own! Then continue to use the aloe and vitamin E to help the skin beneathe the scab heal and reduce the scar...This is over the counter stuff, keep them soft with the aloe and don't put your hands on them! Your hands are full of germs and if these places get infected, they will only be worse!
Good luck, and I know sometimes it difficult to not pick but don't even think about it.
2006-10-14 13:10:45 · answer #2 · answered by ruthie_msw 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Keep them clean with warm water, neosporin and for the LOVE OF GOD DO NOT PICK THEM..... picking will potentially cause and infection and can cause scarring, which is like having them there for life. Enjoy a little injury noteriety and sympathy until they fall off naturally. Also don't rub them with a wash cloth, just let the warm water run over them in the shower. Hope this helps, and keep them clean, dry, sanitized and they'll be gone in a week or two.
2006-10-14 13:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by Porterhouse 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DON'T pick them at all if they are on your face---you could scar. Put neosporin on them at night and cover with a bandaid (so it doesn't rub off when you're sleeping).... You could put it on without a bandaid during the day. Keep applying it. The scab will fall off in a couple of days---the neosporin will speed the process up, prevent infection (yuck---that wouldn't be fun to see on your face!) and prevent it from scarring.
2006-10-14 13:00:57 · answer #4 · answered by josie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could pick it, but then it might leave a scar. Best to just leave it alone. Some scabs will come off by themselves if soaked in water, but you can't exactly soak your face in water.
2006-10-14 13:01:16 · answer #5 · answered by Heather B 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its probably best to just wait it out. Nature seems to take care of these things in its own time. Now don't worry about this too much, but you may have a scar, but scars fade. There may be treatments to eliminate or minimize scars and it would be worth talking with a doctor about this if it is a concern. However, scars do fade on their own, it just takes a while.
2006-10-14 13:01:02 · answer #6 · answered by jxt299 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can't.
you can put lotion on it to make it look better but you can't make it go away any faster than it does.
and also don't pick at it. that will make it take longer since you are undoing what the scab was doing.
2006-10-14 13:01:44 · answer #7 · answered by Major Tom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't pick them off or they'll leave bigger scars. Just live with it for a few days.....after they go away no one is gonna turn around a few months from now and say "Hey look didn't that girl have scabs all over her face?"
2006-10-14 13:00:30 · answer #8 · answered by Ruth Less RN 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Cocoa Butter
2006-10-14 12:59:51 · answer #9 · answered by rspp73 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi
You cant really make it go away you just have to wait until it goes away i know how annoying they are but if it is really annoying you then you can get this makeup stuff and put it over it and you want see it at all i am a pefetoinall.
good luck xoxo
2006-10-14 13:18:35 · answer #10 · answered by Kiss_Kris_xo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neosporin and a band-aid works great! That way it won't turn into an ugly scar
2006-10-14 13:13:54 · answer #11 · answered by [ Xtine ] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋