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I heard that eatin vitamin c helps get rid of scars, how long does it take?
I have a few spots from hormones most likely because i get very stressed out because of school and stuff like that which is normal i guess. So I have a few very small spots which I don't really mind but then I got a few really large spots and i tried o squeeze them whic i know i shouldn do but they turned into these scars that look like blemishes or scabs. Usually they heal in about a week. But I did some research and i learned that if you eat vitamin c it will speed up the healing of scars. I did research of how much vitamin c an average person needs and it is and it is about 75 mg for a woman and for a child it is slightly less. For lunch i eat a salad and an orange in school this is equivalent to 75 mg. so I eat slightly more than i need. I was wondering how long will it take for the blemishes to heal of i have this amount of vitamin c in my diet. There is also small amounts of vitamin e in my lunch. Im not sure how much. Sorry if this is a lot to read. Thanks
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Let me add to what kittenlover2000 wrote.
Back in the dark ages when I was a teenager. That was about the time Washington was crossing the Delaware. (Yea I'm old enough to be your grandfather)The stress and problems it is causing such as what you wrote along with being moody and ill tempered. Was considered a phase children went through as they became teenagers. Parents felt is was something they had to live with and that the child would grow out of. They were about half right.
We have learned since then or I should say the doctors have learned. That puberty in an of itself causes a certain amount of stress. Then there is other stressors that is added on some of which is caused by puberty, some self imposed; some unwittingly imposed by parents and teachers and some imposed by social standards.
Doctors know that stress causes depression. Depression cause pain both physical and mental pain. The body does not react well to pain of either type and one of the problems pain causes is healing takes longer.
The type of depression a teenager suffers from now has a name called teenage depression. Most teenage depression which is a form of clinical depression if left untreated will pass as the teenager passes through puberty and matures. As they mature the different stressors in their lives get less and they learn to handle them better.
Now the question becomes why suffer when doctors can easily treat this problem and the teenager can live a better life. Diagnosing the problem is simple and painless. The doctor will ask a number of questions. Based on the answers a diagnoses can be made and treatment rendered.
I suggest you go see your family doctor. This is the best time to make an appointment for if you have not already had your preschool year physical you are going to need to have one soon anyway. Tell the doctor how you feel and about the stress you feel your under.
A simple pill taken once a day for a year or so will make you feel so much better and you do better in school too.
Depression gets a bad rap as everyone feels it is a mental illness. It is actually a physical illness. Clinical depression is very much like diabetes in that the body is not making enough of one or both of the hormones that help us deal with mods and stress. Since these hormones secrete into the brain an psychiatrists are felt to be the best medical doctors to treat this condition. People think anyone that suffers from clinical depression is mentally ill. They are not.
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Eat a healthy amount.
But you need to get to the bottom of your stresses. It could be hormones but there are different types. Stress, possibly, acne maybe?
Go see your doctor they can perscrive effective cream.
I have various qualifications in psychology. Let me tell you the science. Research exists that proves one's immune system is less effective when someone is stressed. This is because it is having to deal with the pysical symptoms of stress like fatigue, colds and flu/aches and pains as well as these scars. This means the body can't produce enough white blood cells and interleukin B (clotting agent) cells that it needs, thus taking the scars loger to heal.
Hope that explains it, so you see, levels of vitimin C can ease the scars within a week, but the spots will still be there. You need to reduce your stress levels-try meditation. Look up mood juice on Google for tips on how to self help deal with stress. Hope I helped
~Take Care~
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