Hi, New to group, Need advice on healing surgery wounds

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

I just joined the group on the recommendation of a friend who told

me this was the place for info on essential oils and healing oils.

My son (14yo) just had an emergency appendectomy this weekend and

his wound is healing nicely but he is the active type. Other than

his appendix he is a perfectly healthy teen who doesn't take any

meds and has no known allergies to anything.

 

I would like to use something natural to help him heal just a little

faster if possible so there won't be any problems with him moving

around a little. Right now there is no infection, the doctors say he

is healing so well that he came home a day early. After his wound is

healed and the stitches come out I want to keep the scar down since

he gets keloid scars on most of his cuts, chicken pox (when 6yo),

etc. He gets white scars and he tans easily so they stand out very

strongly.

 

I would appreciate any info on what to use. I have only a few EOs

since I mostly make soap and didn't want to have EOs sitting on a

shelf until I needed them. I have patchouli, rosewood, rose

geranium, ylang ylang, lemongrass, bergamot, and juniper berry. I

also have an assortment of oils for soapmaking including

fractionated coconut, raw shea butter, refined mango butter, kokum

butter, emu oil, macadamia nut oil, kukui oil, and cocoa butter.

 

There are more fixed oils than I can list right now but I thought

those would be the best to mention for healing. I don't know if I

should use these without beeswax or make them into a " stick " form

for spreading easily onto the scar after the wound heals. Is there

anything I should use to wash the wound, neem oil was mentioned on

one website. I really need some help here. My son says that if the

scar stays then he will " tell the ladies he was run through by a

sword " , lol. Such a gentleman.

 

TIA for any and all help,

Annette

[Guest guest]

> Hi,

 

Hi Annette! Welcome aboard!

 

> I just joined the group on the recommendation of a friend who told

me this was the place for info on essential oils and healing oils.

 

How nice of them Its great to have you here.

 

 

> My son (14yo) just had an emergency appendectomy this weekend

 

Sorry to hear he had to go through that

 

> and

his wound is healing nicely but he is the active type. Other than

his appendix he is a perfectly healthy teen who doesn't take any

meds and has no known allergies to anything.

 

But I'm glad to hear that!

 

> I would like to use something natural to help him heal just a little

 

faster if possible so there won't be any problems with him moving

around a little. Right now there is no infection, the doctors say he

is healing so well that he came home a day early. After his wound is

healed and the stitches come out I want to keep the scar down since

he gets keloid scars on most of his cuts, chicken pox (when 6yo),

etc. He gets white scars and he tans easily so they stand out very

strongly.

 

If it were me I'd start with using an Echinacea decoction as a

fomentation. Maybe some time after the deep surgical wound was healed

I'd use something like comfrey, but starting that too soon is no good

cause it will cause the skin tissue to heal too quickly, healing the

outer layers before the deeper layers have a chance to heal properly,

and that can cause problems.

 

> I would appreciate any info on what to use. I have only a few EOs

since I mostly make soap and didn't want to have EOs sitting on a

shelf until I needed them. I have patchouli, rosewood, rose

geranium, ylang ylang, lemongrass, bergamot, and juniper berry. I

also have an assortment of oils for soapmaking including

fractionated coconut, raw shea butter, refined mango butter, kokum

butter, emu oil, macadamia nut oil, kukui oil, and cocoa butter.

 

The best oil blend I can think of for preventing/fading scars is:

helichrysum and lavender in rose hip seed oil and maybe some cocoa

butter. That'd be used after the skin is healed and sealed.

 

There are more fixed oils than I can list right now but I thought

those would be the best to mention for healing. I don't know if I

should use these without beeswax or make them into a " stick " form

for spreading easily onto the scar after the wound heals. Is there

anything I should use to wash the wound, neem oil was mentioned on

one website. I really need some help here. My son says that if the

scar stays then he will " tell the ladies he was run through by a

sword " , lol. Such a gentleman.

 

*LOL* I like the way he thinks

 

 

> TIA for any and all help,

Annette

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

> Hi,

 

Hi Annette! Welcome aboard!

 

> I just joined the group on the recommendation of a friend who told

me this was the place for info on essential oils and healing oils.

 

How nice of them Its great to have you here.

 

 

> My son (14yo) just had an emergency appendectomy this weekend

 

Sorry to hear he had to go through that

 

> and

his wound is healing nicely but he is the active type. Other than

his appendix he is a perfectly healthy teen who doesn't take any

meds and has no known allergies to anything.

 

But I'm glad to hear that!

 

> I would like to use something natural to help him heal just a little

 

faster if possible so there won't be any problems with him moving

around a little. Right now there is no infection, the doctors say he

is healing so well that he came home a day early. After his wound is

healed and the stitches come out I want to keep the scar down since

he gets keloid scars on most of his cuts, chicken pox (when 6yo),

etc. He gets white scars and he tans easily so they stand out very

strongly.

 

If it were me I'd start with using an Echinacea decoction as a

fomentation. Maybe some time after the deep surgical wound was healed

I'd use something like comfrey, but starting that too soon is no good

cause it will cause the skin tissue to heal too quickly, healing the

outer layers before the deeper layers have a chance to heal properly,

and that can cause problems.

 

> I would appreciate any info on what to use. I have only a few EOs

since I mostly make soap and didn't want to have EOs sitting on a

shelf until I needed them. I have patchouli, rosewood, rose

geranium, ylang ylang, lemongrass, bergamot, and juniper berry. I

also have an assortment of oils for soapmaking including

fractionated coconut, raw shea butter, refined mango butter, kokum

butter, emu oil, macadamia nut oil, kukui oil, and cocoa butter.

 

The best oil blend I can think of for preventing/fading scars is:

helichrysum and lavender in rose hip seed oil and maybe some cocoa

butter. That'd be used after the skin is healed and sealed.

 

> There are more fixed oils than I can list right now but I thought

those would be the best to mention for healing. I don't know if I

should use these without beeswax or make them into a " stick " form

for spreading easily onto the scar after the wound heals. Is there

anything I should use to wash the wound, neem oil was mentioned on

one website. I really need some help here. My son says that if the

scar stays then he will " tell the ladies he was run through by a

sword " , lol. Such a gentleman.

 

*LOL* I like the way he thinks

 

 

> TIA for any and all help,

Annette

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com <http://www.alittleolfactory.com/>