davejonesbkk Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I have a bit of a problem with a graze I had on my face. Let me explain what happened first. I was at a party and the theme was 'tribal', later on in the night the host was going round putting face paint on people, except it wasn't face paint, it was henna! At the time I didn't know this so when it was time to leave I was in the bathroom trying to clean it off and of course it wouldn't come off! I was pretty drunk by this point and thought it would be a good ideo to grab a brush and scrub as hard as I could. This resulted in me cutting and grazing both cheeks quite badly the next day I looked awful as if I'd come of a motorbike and landed on my face. Luckily I put vaseline on it everyday and within a week it had scabbed over and healed. However once the scabs had come off there were red blotches on each of my cheeks, at first I thought they would fade but has now been 6 weeks and they seem to look the same. I have been putting vitamin E cream on almost everyday and I'm getting worried that it will never go Any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 It seems that Henna stain can last a month. I hope that you breaking the skin hasn't permanently '' tattooed '' the skin. I have a mark on my hand that has been there for 20 yrs that is now a tattoo, from a colour used at work that got into broken skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davejonesbkk Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 The henna ink was black and these blotches are ready so I'm hoping its just some kind of tissue damage that will heal, would like to speed it up a bit though! Can anyone recommend a skin doctor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davejonesbkk Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) Double post Edited January 5, 2011 by davejonesbkk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim armstrong Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Don't know a skin doctor, but try to get hold of some Tea Tree cream for acne. It's the Australian variety made by Thursday Plantation. There is American tea tree stuff around , but not so good. But once it heals it may take time before your skin regenerates with clear tissue. Try Fascino, or Body Shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinka1948 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Get Active U M F Manuka honey +15 or stronger from New Zealand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Go to the hospital and see a dermatologist before this becomes permanent. Henna isn't black so maybe you've gotten something else in there or scarred the subcutaneous tissue. What I can tell you, as a doctor, is that none of the advice you'll get on this board will help EXCEPT go see a derm specialist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davejonesbkk Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 ok thanks, where is there a good derm doctor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Dr Nussra at Bumrungrad has gotten positive reviews from some members Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabeticsurvivor Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I'd like to recommend Associate Prof Pravit Assawanonda at Bumrungrad. He's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenmohr Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Igor and with the greatest respect , the manuka UMF grade honey mentioned by the earlier poster has been subject to separate studies at the Universities of Dresden, Bristol , Waikato and others . It is highly regarded as a healing agent for skin repair. You may not have been aware that the plastic surgeons operating on burnt pilots as far back as World War 2 used honey as a skin restorer. Nowadays the appropriately prepared honey based solution is expensive and hard to procure, being its only drawback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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