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newperspective , 30 Mar 2012

wounds are HEALING and scars are FADING------> PLEASE READ!!!!!

I've mentioned calamine lotion on this site many times before but I want to scream it out for everyone to hear and to understand that IT REALLY DOES WORK! My skin has seriously never looked better. Being that I'm still in active recovery from CSP, I relapsed a bit yesterday and went to town on my chin. I was so angry with myself but instead of spiraling out of control, I just took a deep breath, washed my face with my antibacterial face wash and applied a thick layer of calamine lotion all over my chin and let it be. This morning, the wounds were already healing over and the swelling and inflamation had subsided immensely! After washing my face in the shower, I applied another thick layer and left it on for about 4 hours. When I washed it off, they again looked even better than when I first woke up this morning. My hopes are that they will be completely healed within the next few days... I will keep everyone posted. My chin aside, the rest of my skin looks INCREDIBLE! I've been using calamine lotion consistenly for the past month and the results are AMAZING! My scars have faded about 50% and my skin actually looks NORMAL. I don't feel so ashamed walking around without makeup on in front of my husband and kids, and when I am wearing makeup, my complexion has never looked better. To achieve the same results, you have to be consistent and use it every night. After washing my face at night, I apply a THIN layer (apply a thicker layer ONLY on the areas where wounds are present) all over my face and leave it on overnight. In the morning I wash my face and apply a zinc-based moisturizer before applying my makeup and then go about my day. I've done this for a month straight and I can honestly say that I am a believer. Calamine lotion has helped with healing my self-inflicted wounds, fading my scars, and evening out my overall skin tone. The best part about it is that it's dirt cheap. I spent $1.44USD on ONE bottle! PLEASE give this a try... I promise you won't regret it!

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staypositive527
November 03, 2012
hey ugh i feel like such an idiot! first off i picked at this little blackhead on my chin and of course i made it worse as usual! just came back to look at the boards and i saw that i shouldn't have been using Caladryl! anyway thats my fault, it was written a little further down! i was always wondering why people were saying it was runny! so just picked up the Rite Aid brand which you said has the same ingredients as Humco and i even double checked online lol :) so i am going to start spot treating with that today and i'm sure i'll see more improvement! it is very messy as you warned so i am using a q-tip! can't wait to see some good results! i will let you know!
kvpetty
November 10, 2012
Hi--I am 56 years old and until finding this site thought I was the only person on the planet with this problem. I can literally zone out for hours picking one tiny spot on my face. It can bring me to tears but it has been going on for so many years. Right now I only have one sore on my chin that I have been digging at for three months. After treating it with Tegaderm films at night (which do help) and calamine lotion in the day it is finally healing. I have also been taking an antibiotic because it was so deep and sore. My question is, even with all of this and I must say it is getting better why does it still hurt. I JUST WANT TO SPEND A DAY NOT FEELING MY FACE THROB. It is so much easier to ignore it when I don't feel pain which I then interpret to mean that something is still inside of it that I have to pick out. I do notice as I get older that my sores take longer to heal. I have missed so many events and so many weekends with hiding that I can never get back. My husband and grown kids all want me to stop but as you know that is so hard to do. Anyway back to my question--why does it still hurt if it is obviously healing?
softy
November 13, 2012
Hi, i am new to this .. Please i am having a scar on my face from an Accident about 9years ago .. Do you think this will help clear the scar off of me .. please kindly reply cause i have lived 9years hating how my face looks like .. thanks.
staypositive527
November 22, 2012
new perspective usually knows all about this, but just figures i'd try. seems like the longer a wound is present on my face the longer it takes to heal, however i don't see how it would hurt to apply it to a scar. i know i most likely would give it a try! also i know a little expensive or maybe your dermotologist would do it.. but microdermabrasion gets rid of the first layer of skin. go 2-3 times a year and helps even out skin tone. hope i helped!
falling4autumn
November 15, 2012
hii, so i was wondering if applying a few layers of calamine to some of the red spots i have on my face at night will help the redness heal? i would love to just be able to not have to cover the redness up! thanks so much!
staypositive527
November 22, 2012
hey new perspective is the real pro at this, but if you are wondering about redness i have applied it as spot treatment and seems to fade them. the older spots that were there for a while are taking a little longer, but i have seen an improvement. i use it on my acne too. i hope this helps!
Barbara
February 04, 2013
Just went out and bought calamine lotion. Mr problem at this point is that after I peel the skin off my nose or above my eye so that it's bright red...I leave it for a day or two and it heals with a hard thin layer of skin (a scab I guess) but it drives me crazy because it's hard and I peel it off again. This goes on and on and on. I keeping thinking that it's just going to be hard discolored skin forever. I thought that keeping it moist with shea butter, vaseline or coconut oil would prevent the hard layer. Red is bad and drying dark hard skin is no better. I will stop picking if I know I'm going to have normal skin again. What does anyone think? Thank you, thank you, thank you!
hopingtoheal
February 05, 2013
Hi, i came across this thread and am hoping someone can help me. I've had a terrible pimple on my nose (of all places!) for over two months now. It's now gotten to a point that it's weeping and I can't cover it up (which is the worst part). I feel that the skin is very tender and it's a raw, open wound. Would calamine lotion be the best for this? I have used polysporin in the past, but maybe my skin has become immune to it because it doesn't seem to be working. Also, has anyone ever heard of fucidin? Because I am using that currently. edit: also, there is skin around the edges which I feel are preventing it from healing. I want to pick the skin around the edges as I feel it will help, but obviously am also afraid it will make things worse. if anyone has any advice or thoughts, I'd really appreciate it.
jen1212
March 04, 2013
I just want to thank you so much for this post.. I posted the other day about a lesion or (something!?!) that's been on my chin for 3 months now, 2 dermatologist appointments and a 3rd one set for in 2 weeks, and 3 medications later, NOTHING has been working to diminish this thing.. it just kept scabbing over and if i picked it, it would bleed a bit.. no puss or any other filling really.. but the skin was rasied to about the size of an apple seed.. I came across this site while googling my symptoms and started reading down the forum and saw your positive remarks regarding the anti bacterial soap and calomine. I immediately head to the store and purchased both. I'm now into my 3rd day of treating - wasing with the soap and applying calomine about 4 times a day and it has DRASTICALLY IMPROVED. It's still healing, but NOTHING has worked like this , in my 3 months of dealing with this thing. THANK YOU, THANK YOU for sharing what worked for you, its working for me and am so grateful you shared.
laurams_1991
March 06, 2013
I have been using the calamine lotion every day for almost a week. It feels like a miracle! The wounds on my face had been getting progressively worse for at least a week, but since starting this they immediately started to heal. They are healing soo much faster than normal! My scars are fading too. Thank you so much!
ShannonEmily
April 05, 2013
Hello everyone! I came across this post yesterday after searching on Google ways to even out a red skin tone, and boy am I glad I came across this! It worked so well on my skin that I even made myself an account just to post on here how good this stuff is! Anyway...I will give you a brief description of my skin. My skin is normally oily, but because of the harsh winter weather in the UK right now my skin is incredibly dry and inflamed. I constantly have blotchy red cheeks,a red chin (from scars and spots), and little small bumps on my forehead which were spots at one point, but are now at that stage where there are bumps that won't go away! I also have blue/purple under eye circles, blackheads on my chin and nose, scars above my top lip and quite visible pores on my cheeks. Overall, my skin isn't great...but it isn't bad either! I hardly get spots (anymore that is!) and only really get them when I'm due to start my period. I could feel 2 cystic spots forming near my eyebrow and thought I should stop these suckers from forming. Anyway, I read this post and luckily I had a pot of 100% pure Calamine cream in my draw and dabbed some on the parts where I could feel it hurting. I also read that it helped with evening out the skin tone so I thought...what the heck and I applied it basically all over my face. I left it on overnight and when I woke up...WOW!! It had literally transformed my skin overnight! The blotchy red cheeks I have had for years had vanished (I think it could be Rosacea), my pores were invisible, the blue/purple circles I had under my eyes had reduced by about 70%, the cystic spots I could feel were flat and didn't hurt anymore, and the bumps on my forehead I have tried to get rid of for ages have nearly gone, the red scars I have had faded dramatically and even the blackheads have gotten smaller! If it did all this in one night...imagine the results in a week! Thank you so much for this post...you have transformed my skin! :-)
latercraters
June 13, 2013
The person who originally started the post about the Calamine and Witch Hazel said they would not leave it on over night because it can clog pores so be very careful and just be sure to wash well and this is just my advice but if you are going to do it again over night go out and get some St Ives sea salt and sea kelp exfoliant and use that to clean but don't rub hard. You will be amazed at how smooth and wonderful your skin feels. I use it on my knees, elbows and feet too but only do it a few times a week, maybe just on the days you have left the calamine over night and always end with a moist cotton ball or pad of Witch Hazel. I know we all have different skin and some items might not work as well for others but we do have these awful blemishes in common. I'm almost 54 and went for years with clear skin and I had these horrible things start showing up in almost a year now I guess. I went to a dermatologist (mine are the ones that actually started out looking like boils now they just look like normal pimples unless I pick it and then it becomes the Thing from hell. It has a lot of little whiteheads inside it and sometimes one large one right in the middle so I have try really really hard not to touch my face. She actually said that it did not look like acne but she didn't know what it is. She did 2 cultures, one for bacteria and the other for fungi. They both came back negative but I had already started using some antifugal cream which could have caused a negative results.
ellebelle1031
April 10, 2013
Hi! So my prom is in a few days (today is Tuesday night and my prom is this saturday) and OF COURSE i starting getting a really bad "under the skin zit" over the weekend. I also picked it even though i knew i shouldnt...*sigh*. now i have a really big (about the size of a quarter) wound on my face. it isn't raised or anything, but its weeping and impossible to cover with makeup (which is the worst bit!!). i went out and bought calamine lotion when i read this ( i have CVS brand). should i leave a thick layer on the area overnight, or should i just leave it on for a few hours till i go to bed? Also, do you think it will be healed enough by saturday to be unnoticeable under makeup? Thanks so much! comforting to read im not the only one who picks even though i know i shouldnt :P
newperspective
April 10, 2013
Hello ellebelle1031! I don't recommend leaving the calamine lotion on overnight - it's best to let your skin breathe. You can leave a thick layer of calamine lotion on for 30 min - 1 hour at a time (like a mask) and then wash it off. I experienced the best results when I didn't leave it on for longer periods of time (it can clog your pores and therefore cause new problem areas to form). I would also suggest using witch hazel in conjunction with the calamine lotion - it really does help a lot and makes a HUGE difference in the overall healing process. After you've washed off the calamine lotion, soak a cotton ball in witch hazel and apply it all over your face (not just the problem area). The witch hazel truly helps with the overall health of your skin and creates a more smooth, even tone and texture. I'm preferential to using T.N. Dickinson's Witch Hazel. I hope this helps and so long as you don't continue to pick the area and continue to treat it with the calamine lotion and witch hazel, I promise your skin will look so much better by your prom night come Saturday and your skin will cover up beautifully with makeup. :) XO - newperspective
latercraters
June 13, 2013
Something that may help stop the weeping so you can cover it during the time you will be out (get a styptic pencil it will be in the shaving items isle) and dab the area dry and quickly apply the pencil before it starts weeping again, do this as many times as it takes to get it dry. Then I would get something like a cover liquid that is specifically for blemishes, such as salicylic acid which matches your make-up and /or skin color. Then wash it well but don't scrub with something gentle like Cetaphil antibacterial soap bar before bedtime and wounds heal better with less scarring when kept moist. If you don't have an infection that needs the antibiotics the just purchase some Aquaphor to keep it moist. You can do a rinse with the Witch Hazel before putting on the Aquaphor. You might want to purchase lot of gauze and lay this over the Aquaphor so you can apply a good thick layer and gauze will help keep it there instead of your pillowcase.
latercraters
June 13, 2013
Something that may help stop the weeping so you can cover it during the time you will be out (get a styptic pencil it will be in the shaving items isle) and dab the area dry and quickly apply the pencil before it starts weeping again, do this as many times as it takes to get it dry. Then I would get something like a cover liquid that is specifically for blemishes, such as salicylic acid which matches your make-up and /or skin color. Then wash it well but don't scrub with something gentle like Cetaphil antibacterial soap bar before bedtime and wounds heal better with less scarring when kept moist. If you don't have an infection that needs the antibiotics the just purchase some Aquaphor to keep it moist.
BeeGee
April 12, 2013
Has anyone tried BandAid's calamine spray? My face isn't the problem. It's my legs, back, and butt: some hard to reach places.

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