The wonderful Julie has been experimenting on herself, and she’s going to be regularly sharing her results with us….

Someone told me the other day that scars mean you’ve had an interesting life.  And certainly the scars on my right hand did come about in a slightly interesting fashion, involving an altercation with the Basement Cat from Hell.  After a suitable period of being annoyed about my immobile hand, I’ve decided to see this as an opportunity instead;  glass half full and all that.

So I’m going to use my twin scars, conveniently placed close enough to fit in one photo frame, to test Bio Oil.

For those not familiar with Bio Oil, it claims to be:
“…a specialist skincare product that helps improve the appearance of scars, stretch marks and uneven skin tone. Its advanced formulation, which contains the breakthrough ingredient PurCellin Oil™, also makes it highly effective for numerous other skin concerns, including aging skin and dehydrated skin.”

Certainly the women on their advertising (I’m yet to see a man feature) appear to swear by it.  My half-hearted attempts to use it on other scars in the past have not made any discernible difference that I could see, but this is a chance to test it properly.

Here are the scars in question, while in my hand is a box of Bio Oil:

(Click here to read more)You can see the scars are pretty much identical. As it’s a lot easier to see them when my hand is tight like that, that’s how I’ll be taking the photos. Not the prettiest of shots, but that’s not the point. For the last ten days I’ve been rubbing Bio Oil into the left scar every morning. Otherwise both scars have been treated identically (eg when I bother with hand cream or sun screen I do my whole hand).

Here’s a pic taken this morning, at the 10 day mark:

Now whilst writing this post, I’ve discovered that I haven’t entirely been following the instructions that Bio Oil gives out for treatment of scars on their website:

“Bio-Oil should be massaged in a circular motion into the scar and surrounding skin, twice daily, for a minimum of 3 months. Younger scars have a greater chance of improvement within a shorter time period, however, older scars will also benefit from the regular use of Bio-Oil. On new scars, Bio-Oil should be applied only once the wound has healed,  and should never be used on broken skin.”

Thus from today I’ll be increasing the frequency of application from once daily to twice daily. I hope to keep this up for three months at least, and will send photos in to Pretty Pretty Pretty periodically to show the progress, if any.

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