Scraped my face on pavement =(
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Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:17 am

Hi Everyone,

Saturday night I scraped the side of my face on some pavement. I read online that I shouldn't let the wound scab and for the most part I haven't. Initially there was some soft scab formation but because I slathered on vaseline the scab softened up more and came off. So, right now the skin is pink. Just wondering how long I should expect the skin to stay pink? But, also if it's okay to keep the pink skin moisturized with vaseline throughout the day.

Right now, I have vaseline on it. Is that okay? Or ...?

free skin care · Thu Oct 20, 2016 6:19 pm

polysporin might be better- they have one that has the antibacterial stuff and the vaseline stuff in it.

I'm not sure exactly what else is good,
But I know to help repair skin-once your skin is not open or scraped silver is supposed to help repair your skin.

The only product I know of that has silver and is not absorbed by the body that you do not need a prescription for is Zyderma cream.

-they should still have a discount for a trial size bottle on their website.

*Also want to add I do not make any money to reccomend their cream. I do get a discount on what I buy for myself (and sometimes some reg size bottle...but I ended up giving them away to my sister who needed them).

So far I have tried at least 3 creams with silver, just to see if anything would work better.

-Jack Black, their version sucked, did not do anything at all.
I really like Jack black lip balms though.

Lavera SOS cream, worked allright-but presonally like a formula with much less ingredients.
-the lavera one I would prob buy again,but it is kind of expensive and sold out at a lot of places.

You can maybe see if a Dr wants to prescribe the silver cream for burns.
One of my guys friends had a precription when he had a bad sunburn on his legs while in Europe and he said it worked great.
no idea on the price for that.

Fri Oct 21, 2016 12:59 pm

Ottawa Shopper wrote:

polysporin might be better- they have one that has the antibacterial stuff and the vaseline stuff in it.

I'm not sure exactly what else is good,
But I know to help repair skin-once your skin is not open or scraped silver is supposed to help repair your skin.

The only product I know of that has silver and is not absorbed by the body that you do not need a prescription for is Zyderma cream.

-they should still have a discount for a trial size bottle on their website.

*Also want to add I do not make any money to reccomend their cream. I do get a discount on what I buy for myself (and sometimes some reg size bottle...but I ended up giving them away to my sister who needed them).

So far I have tried at least 3 creams with silver, just to see if anything would work better.

-Jack Black, their version sucked, did not do anything at all.
I really like Jack black lip balms though.

Lavera SOS cream, worked allright-but presonally like a formula with much less ingredients.
-the lavera one I would prob buy again,but it is kind of expensive and sold out at a lot of places.

You can maybe see if a Dr wants to prescribe the silver cream for burns.
One of my guys friends had a precription when he had a bad sunburn on his legs while in Europe and he said it worked great.
no idea on the price for that.

Thanks for replying, I'll definitely look into a cream with silver. Planning on going to the derm on Monday. Do you have any how long it might take for the skin to grow back?

Mon Oct 24, 2016 8:24 pm

Sorry I have nothing useful to offer and I wish you were getting more replies... but I still need to ask, does it hurt? The cosmetic issue is unfortunate enough, but I hope that's the only thing. Are you ok?

Sat Nov 05, 2016 1:02 pm

Try using a natural herbal salve (I use Ora's Amazing Herbal) or coconut oil on it instead of vaseline! It will heal a lot better and quicker. It will probably stay pink for a week or so, depending on how bad the scrape was.

free skin care · Wed Nov 09, 2016 7:01 pm

Oh my I did this a couple months ago. It was an epic bicycle accident, flipped off the curb, whacked my head, fell on my face and skidded across the pavement. I had just started a new job and I couldn't see out of one eye and had some loose teeth. Now I'm not one to just leave well enough alone, but I did this time and did absolutely nothing. Let the scab do its thing and fall off. No scar- and if I am to be perfectly honest, the new skin on that side looks even better than the side I didn't smash on concrete clipping along at a decent pace. Teeth are no longer loose, they set back into my face in about two weeks... sometimes the body is amazing and doesn't need our help. Wishing you a speedy recovery!!!!

free skin care · Wed Nov 30, 2016 4:18 pm

I'm sorry to hear that. I'm no reason. But Aloe maybe right

Wed Dec 21, 2016 9:52 am

Hi Everyone,

I haven't checked the forum in quite a while. But, thanks to everyone who responded.

Just wanted to update everyone and maybe help out others if they ever find themselves in a similar situation.

My skin more or less healed in 3 weeks. And my skin returned to its regular colour after about 1-1.5 months.

For the first three weeks while it was healing I kept it moisturized under a layer of vaseline and then just it let be afterwards.

Wed Jan 04, 2017 4:20 am

lala005 wrote:

Hi Everyone,

I haven't checked the forum in quite a while. But, thanks to everyone who responded.

Just wanted to update everyone and maybe help out others if they ever find themselves in a similar situation.

My skin more or less healed in 3 weeks. And my skin returned to its regular colour after about 1-1.5 months.

For the first three weeks while it was healing I kept it moisturized under a layer of vaseline and then just it let be afterwards.

Thats great to hear!

So there wasn't any kind of scarring?

Did you find it difficult to maintain and to prevent it from stabbing during that time?

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