Guest guest Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 I'm still here, Carol...alive and well. Just haven't had much to say lately. But I think the whole list has been quiet of late. Happy Holidays, all! Funny, though...I've been thinking about asking...I'm having some elective surgery on Jan. 2 -- first surgery of my life -- getting my eyelids (which are resting on my eyelashes) lifted, my forehead/eyebrows lifted, and figured since I was there under the knife would get my 55yo boobs lifted, too...I'm taking Arnica 200C before and after surgery, have Vit. E to put on the incisions after...am, of course, building up my immune system before I go in...any other suggestions?? Sharyn -----Original Message----- From: health [mailto:health ] On Behalf Of cgiambri Seems like long time since we heard from Sharyn or maybe it's my imagination. Hope you are doing great Sharyn. hugs, carolg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Hi Sharyn, Best of luck with your surgery. How about high doses of vitamin C and MSM? Also, would Aloe Vera gel be better than vitamin E? I seem to remember that oils are not good for healing skin wounds. Does anyone have any thoughts about that? Good Luck! Peace on earth. Cheryl RE: Where's Sharyn? I'm still here, Carol...alive and well. Just haven't had much to saylately. But I think the whole list has been quiet of late.Happy Holidays, all!Funny, though...I've been thinking about asking...I'm having some electivesurgery on Jan. 2 -- first surgery of my life -- getting my eyelids _._,_.___ Messages in this topic (2) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic MARKETPLACE Earn your degree in as few as 2 years - Advance your career with an AS, BS, MS degree - College-Finder.net. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Due to a serious car accident when my daughter was about 7, she had to have extensive plastic surgery on her face, a lot of it in the eye region, eye socket, half of her forehead and down one side of her face, into the temple area and into her cheek. The plastic surgeon (the only medical doctor I would ever consider worthy of his God complex :-) ) recommended multiple daily applications of Vitamin E oil on the surgical incisions and absolutely no sunlight on her face for at least 6 months. The child healed beautifully, so well that she was written up in a medical journal showing the before and after pictures. She had an excellent surgeon, sure, but I contribute the healing to the Vitamin E oil. At 10:36 PM 12/21/2007, you wrote: Hi Sharyn, Best of luck with your surgery. How about high doses of vitamin C and MSM? Also, would Aloe Vera gel be better than vitamin E? I seem to remember that oils are not good for healing skin wounds. Does anyone have any thoughts about that? Good Luck! Peace on earth. Cheryl -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Thank you, and Cheryl! I’ve always heard Vit. E for scars, but certainly not until after the incision has healed. Keeping out of the sun will be problematical, though, as I am a sun bunny.<G> The eye and forehead scars should be in places where they can’t be seen, though…in the crease of the lid and in the hairline. The lower ones will be a challenge.<G> Sharyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Sharyn how about getting a gorgeous hat or two and wearing them always? Gayla Always Enough RanchAcampo, Californiahttp://bouncinghoofs.com/alwaysenough.htmlaeranch@... RE: Where's Sharyn? Thank you, and Cheryl! I’ve always heard Vit. E for scars, but certainly not until after the incision has healed. Keeping out of the sun will be problematical, though, as I am a sun bunny.<G> The eye and forehead scars should be in places where they can’t be seen, though…in the crease of the lid and in the hairline. The lower ones will be a challenge.<G> Sharyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 That’s a great idea, Gayla! I have two that I’d planned to take to Jamaica the end of February, but hadn’t thought about wearing them before then. Will do! Sharyn From: health [mailto:health ] On Behalf Of Gayla Sharyn how about getting a gorgeous hat or two and wearing them always? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 You look beautiful in them my dear! Gayla Always Enough RanchAcampo, Californiahttp://bouncinghoofs.com/alwaysenough.htmlaeranch@... RE: Where's Sharyn? That’s a great idea, Gayla! I have two that I’d planned to take to Jamaica the end of February, but hadn’t thought about wearing them before then. Will do! Sharyn From: health [mailto:health ] On Behalf Of Gayla Sharyn how about getting a gorgeous hat or two and wearing them always? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Sharyn, Also wishing you the best for your surgery! Hugs, carolg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 I assume you're taking echinacea or astralagus for your immune system.. Vit E is a good choice.. make sure it is pure. MSM is also good afterwards. You may want some white willow for pain later.. Good luck Sharyn... When is this again? Suzi "Sharyn E. Cerniglia" <sharyncern@...> wrote: too...I'm taking Arnica 200C before and after surgery, have Vit. E to put onthe incisions after...am, of course, building up my immune system before Igo in...any other suggestions??Sharyn Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Thanks, CarolG and Suzi. It’s January 2. I’m not allowed to take Echinacea or astralagus or Vit.E pre-op, or for three weeks post-op. There’s a huge long list of drugs, herbs and supplements I’m now allowed to take three weeks before or three weeks after. They worry a lot about bleeding, especially with the eyelid procedure, because if I get a bleed-out behind the eye I could go blind. I’m inclined to follow their advice on this one.<G> I am eating really well, though…lots of fresh fruits, veggies, and greens. Drinking a ton of water and lemon juice/water. Watching what I eat during this holiday season. I feel great. Sharyn From: health [mailto:health ] On Behalf Of Suzanne I assume you're taking echinacea or astralagus for your immune system.. Vit E is a good choice.. make sure it is pure. MSM is also good afterwards. You may want some white willow for pain later.. Good luck Sharyn... When is this again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Argh! That should be NOT allowed to take… Sharyn From: health [mailto:health ] On Behalf Of Sharyn E. Cerniglia There’s a huge long list of drugs, herbs and supplements I’m now allowed to take three weeks before or three weeks after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Got cha... I had a few they didn't want me to take 2 wks before... As long as you're eating healthy you should do fine. Suzi"Sharyn E. Cerniglia" <sharyncern@...> wrote: Thanks, CarolG and Suzi. It’s January 2. I’m not allowed to take Echinacea or astralagus or Vit.E pre-op, or for three weeks post-op. There’s a huge long list of drugs, herbs and supplements I’m now allowed to take three weeks before or three weeks after. They worry a lot about bleeding, especially with the eyelid procedure, because if I get a bleed-out behind the eye I could go blind. I’m inclined to follow their advice on this one.<G> I am eating really well, though…lots of fresh fruits, veggies, and greens. Drinking a ton of water and lemon juice/water. Watching what I eat during this holiday season. I feel great. Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Sharyn - The plastic surgeon that operated on my daughter had me putting the Vit. E around and directly on the incisions from the second we had her home from the hospital. A lot of her incisions weren't typical incisions like you would think with an operation, they were simply a thin red line because they were on the face. As badly as she was hurt, her age and as upset as I was the doctor let me sit right beside him while he did her operation and he explained everything he was doing step by step. I puke when the cat pukes and I have to clean it up but I sat there and watched all that go on and didn't pass out or feel sick once, LOL. With her facial surgery in order to prevent scarring, after he cut off and manipulated the ragged edges of skin that were all over her face from the cuts and cleaned everything up, he sewed the " underlayment " skin in three steps - one layer of stitches were deep in the tissue, the other round of sutures was the next layer of tissue up, then the next layer of tissue which was right under the skin. Then when he sewed the top layer of skin together he sewed under the skin, taking tiny stitches and then pulling the sutures in such a way that the skin went together on the front of her face and no sutures showed at all - just a very few on each end and the cuts then looked like they had gone together without any stitching - they were just long red lines on her face. He explained how and why he was doing what he was doing but I don't remember what was said, other than it was done that way to prevent scarring. It's hard to explain but think about a good seamstress sewing a hem on a skirt and the stitches you take are on the backside and it's enough to hold the hem in place but you can't see anything on the front of the skirt. It was something like that and it is the way plastic surgeons suture so you can't see the stitches and there is no scarring afterwards. This child only ended up with two scars on her face, each one about one-quarter of an inch long. One is on her forehead and the other around her temple/eye socket area, as those areas was where the damage was the deepest. Considering they thought she was going to lose her eye and be permanently damaged, facially, how she looked after the healing was complete was a miracle. What a testament to an excellent surgeon who just happened to be in the hospital the day we were brought in by ambulance and to the healing power of little children. The Vit. E I bought was the most expensive kind I could find at the makeup counter at Dillards. I knew nothing about natural healing or health food stores at that time and I bought the kind of Vit. E that was in the little blister bubbles and you broke it open and applied it in one application per blister. It was some kind of skin repair step in a high priced makeup line but I don't remember the name, I just knew I wasn't buying a bottle of Vit. E at Wal-mart and putting that on my daughter's face, LOL. I would certainly ask the surgeon what he thought before you used any type of oil, though. On another note, last summer my two nieces were in a car accident and one broke her back, her ankles, her knee, ruptured her spleen, collapsed a lung and lacerated her liver. She had 3 surgeries in the first 2 days she was in the trauma center, and one of the surgeries was to put pins and screws in her ankles and her legs. Her legs and ankles looked like a train track of stitches. Both girls had a lot of cuts and scrapes all over, and my oldest niece had some very wicked cuts on her arms where she drug her sister out of the mangled truck. The truck was on fire and exploded, hurling both girls another hundred feet through the air and onto a gravel road. The first thing my mom did after she saw the girls was go to a health food store and buy Vit. E oil, take it back to the hospital and start putting it on every stitch, scrape and cut she could find. I was on the other end of the country at the time but the minute I got back home I stopped and bought the best Vit E oil I could find at the local HFS and drove it down, not finding out until I got there that my mom was already on the ball with it, LOL. Today, you can't find hardly any scarring on either one of those girls and what is showing is very faint. It had to be the Vit. E oil, and the angels. :-) At 09:16 AM 12/22/2007, you wrote: Thank you, and Cheryl! I’ve always heard Vit. E for scars, but certainly not until after the incision has healed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Sharyn, Do talk with your surgeon... as mine wanted me to wait like 3 wks before starting the vit E... He wanted the wound healed (or completely closed) on my neck.. My scar is a bit noticeable but not bad compared to what it was in the beginning. Sometimes you hardly see it unless you're looking for it. Suzi Suzi List Owner health/ http://360./suziesgoats What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Wow , Great testimonial. Suzi Landes <L@...> wrote: Sharyn -The plastic surgeon that operated on my daughter had me putting the Vit. E around and directly on the incisions from the second we had her home from the hospital. Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Will do, Suzi. Thanks. Since this is cosmetic surgery, after all, he’ll do his best to make sure no scars are visible at all, no matter what I do to mitigate them. That’s what I’m paying him for…<BG> Sharyn From: health [mailto:health ] On Behalf Of Suzanne Sharyn, Do talk with your surgeon... as mine wanted me to wait like 3 wks before starting the vit E... He wanted the wound healed (or completely closed) on my neck.. My scar is a bit noticeable but not bad compared to what it was in the beginning. Sometimes you hardly see it unless you're looking for it. Suzi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 What a great story, ! (Except that your daughter was so badly injured, of course.) I’m very confident of my plastic surgeon and will be using Vit E topically on the scars…I think he only doesn’t want me to take it internally in case it interferes with the clotting around my eyes. And I can’t blame him for that! Will keep you all posted! Sharyn From: health [mailto:health ] On Behalf Of Landes The plastic surgeon that operated on my daughter had me putting the Vit. E around and directly on the incisions from the second we had her home from the hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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