After a caesarean section, there will inevitably be scars on the abdomen. Many mothers worry that scars will not grow well and affect their appearance. How to heal cesarean section scars?
Guiding expert: Hu Kuikui, chief physician of the Cosmetology Department of Guangdong Maternal and Child Health Hospital
When Ms. Li gave birth to her baby, she had to have a knife stabbed in her belly because the fetus was too big. However, almost a year later, a raised hard scar can still be seen on her belly. This made Ms. Li, who loves beauty, very distressed. My belly How to get rid of this ugly scar?
After the skin is damaged due to surgery, trauma, etc., the skin tissue will initiate a repair mechanism to promote its healing. However, if the skin damage has reached the dermis, scars may appear due to excessive repair and abnormal growth of the skin.
Usually the scars will have redness, swelling, pain, itching and other reactions at the beginning. After 3-6 months, the scars will gradually become flat and the color will gradually fade. Finally, the scars will become less and less tender. obviously. However, there are also some people whose scars do not fade for a long time, and some even become redder and more obvious. what is going on?
In fact, whether the scars after cesarean section can grow well is mainly related to two factors. One is nervousness. In layman\’s terms, it is the power to open wounds. This also had something to do with the suture method the mother chose to receive at the time. Generally speaking, the more tension there is, the more the skin will start to repair and create more scar tissue trying to connect the broken parts, ending up with the red, raised, hard scars we see. In addition, whether the scar will grow well in the future is also related to the individual\’s physical constitution. For some people with scarring constitution, or people with malnutrition, anemia, diabetes, etc. that are not conducive to wound healing, the wound will grow slightly worse than ordinary people in the future.
So, for women who love beauty, how can we make the scars after caesarean section grow better?
1. After surgery, you must first keep the wound clean to avoid infection. Do not rush to do some strenuous activities after surgery, avoid excessive stretching or side bending, and try to sleep on your side with a slight bend to reduce the tension on the abdominal wall. For women with severe anemia, the anemia should be actively corrected at the same time.
2. When scars begin to proliferate, there will be a feeling of pain and itching, especially in summer when you sweat a lot. The itching feeling is often unbearable for many people. However, do not scratch it with your hands at this time, and do not scald it with water to avoid it. After stimulation, the connective tissue produces an inflammatory reaction, further aggravating itching. If the pain and itching are unbearable, you can use some topical drugs under the guidance of a doctor, such as re-injury, dexamethasone, etc.
3. When scars are scabbed, do not remove them too early, because removing scars too early can easily take away the epidermal cells that are still in the repair stage, and even tear the dermal tissue, irritating the wound and causing itching again. In addition, since the skin of newborns is prone to leaving melanin after being stimulated by ultraviolet rays, they should also avoid sunlight exposure as much as possible.
4. Pay attention to nutrition in your diet and eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs, milk, lean meat, etc.Foods rich in vitamin C, vitamin E and essential amino acids promote blood circulation and improve epidermal metabolism. Try to avoid spicy food.
5. Some people want to remove scars as soon as possible, so they want to turn to plastic surgery, which is also a shortcut to remove scars. However, since the scars formed within six months after surgery are still in an unstable stage, it is generally not recommended to use hasty surgical methods at this time. Instead, some conservative methods should be used to make scars grow as little as possible, or even as little as possible. Conservative methods include some lasers, elastic compression, topical or local injection of drugs, etc. After six months to one year, if the scar is still very wide and not good enough, plastic surgery can be used to remove the scar. This is currently the most effective method for treating such hypertrophic scars.