Re: URGENT! Dog Bites Nose
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:28 pm
Yes, honey and/or calendula should help at all phases. Vitamin E is another have used with good result to heal scars, both topical and internal.
Calendula is "bacteriostatic" (stops them from growing) and speeds tissue healing and reduces scarring.
Honey too is antibacterial, and draws the tissues together, which speeds healing and reduces scarring.
Vitamin E reduces scarring, don't know if it has the other effects.
Calendula and honey I think are more specific to the time of healing, and help tissues heal without scarring, whereas vitamin E can also reduce scars which have already formed.
Shannon
Calendula is "bacteriostatic" (stops them from growing) and speeds tissue healing and reduces scarring.
Honey too is antibacterial, and draws the tissues together, which speeds healing and reduces scarring.
Vitamin E reduces scarring, don't know if it has the other effects.
Calendula and honey I think are more specific to the time of healing, and help tissues heal without scarring, whereas vitamin E can also reduce scars which have already formed.
Shannon