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want my clean wrist back (how can I get it back to before I started cutting?)
Im only 14 I HATE MYSELF i have scars on my wrist and thats why.. I want to know how to get rid of them without surgery!! Please! Someone! Anyone! Let me know!! I want my scar free wrist back. I'll do anything to have it back. Please sometime help fast! I can't take it
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congrats on stopping cuttiiing btw.I find that using lemon juice fades the scars very nicely.You can also buy scar faders at almost any drugstore.
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I am very happy to hear you have stopped cutting yourself. I'm someone that is old enough to be your grandfather and I would like to offer some grandfatherly advice.
First a question: Do your parents know you have been cutting? If the answer is no, then the first step is to tell them. Why? They need to know so that they can help you not only to get your wrist back as close to what it was before you started cutting, but to help you fully recover from cutting yourself. You have taken the first step by asking us for some help.
I'm a little concerned about your use of " I HATE MYSELF", this tells me that the reason you cut may still be in you. We can get your scars reduced. We also need to help you find why you started cutting and fix that reason as well.
Ordinarily reduction of scars as it is called is not covered under medical insurance as it is considered cosmetic surgery. In your case because the scars were caused by your cutting they can be covered or may be covered by your parents health insurance with the proper treatment for the reason you cut.
The start to all this is to tell your parents that you have been cutting and ask them to arrange for you to see a psychologist. You may have to interview one or more psychologists to find one you comfortable with. You maybe more comfortable with a women. If so say so. He or she should be some one you are willing to tell your deepest secrets to comfortable in the knowledge that they go no further than where they are spoken. As you have full medical confidentiality in therapy.
While in therapy you tell the therapist how much you hate your scars. The therapist and a plastic surgeon will then work together to see if they can convince the insurance company to pay for the scar reduction.
Home remedies rarely work. There are some creams on the market that will lighten the scars but they will not heal them or make them go away. Anytime we get a cut no matter how it happens a scar is left behind.
A plastic surgeon will explain this better but what they do to reduce the scar is actually make a new scar in a place where it is not so prominent such as a natural crease; moving or eliminating the scar that was made by your cutting.
What you need to do is find a good plastic surgeon. One who is Board Certified in Plastic Surgery. This is the only true way to in essence eliminate the scars you have.
This all starts by telling your parents, if they don't already know. Then asking for the proper help to find out why you cut. Yes I know you believe you know why and that is good. The psychologist will want to hear this. There may be other factors, stressors as they are called, related to what you are telling him or her that they will help you uncover and deal with properly. Once you have dealt properly with the problem and have had your scars reduced you can properly put your cutting behind you.
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There are many easy ways to get rid of scars... But one of the best ways is to take a cotton ball and twice a day apply the honey to the scars... It may take a few days to fully diminish the scar but soon you will be scar free!
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I am glad to hear you are no longer cutting yourself. People have scars for many reasons. They are like a road map of places we've been or ordeals we had to go through like surgery, childhood scrapes cuts and gashes. Some people have stretch marks from a quick gain of weight and they can look like long scars. Quite a few have written to ask how to get them to heal faster or disappear totally as you've asked. I dont know of any.
Perhaps a plastic surgeon but do the parents even have that kind of money? You'd have to ask to see if one even does that kind of fixup or if its even possible.
Since the issue is how you feel about yourself as you see your wrists, I would suggest you find a way to cover them with bracelets of your choice, like lots of cloth woven friendship type bracelet, enough so that they cover the 3 or so inches you need to cover. I make my own beaded bracelets with beads and stretchy cord from Michaels because I have wrists too small for most bangles and bracelets. I will wear 8 or so in a row, all made to hug my skin so they can't catch on anything. This would cover a wrist well and there are some bigger ones ready made to buy where one or two together may cover the area. You might find something cool at a store like hot topic, a leather cuff that goes all the way around the wrist and is wide.
It will take time but as you grow older the scars should become fainter. You need to get past the next couple years without having a low self esteem, any depression, or any self hatred. We all make choices we regret later, some aren't as devastating as other peoples but when its ourself, we take it very seriously. I hope this helps you some dear.
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