Many essential oils contain the properties that are needed to help scar healing and boost the healing process. They are also effective at reducing the appearance of scars over time. The essential oils help regenerate the damaged skin and support a healthy and balanced skin tone.
Essential oils can also help reduce any redness and inflammation, and some have amazing wound healing properties. All you have to do is find the best essential oils and see which oil or combination of oils will work best for you.
The following are a few of these amazing essential oils and how they can help with scar healing:
Rose Geranium. This essential oil helps to relieve inflammation, evens out your skin tone, and encourages the growth of new skin cells. It is packed full of antiseptic, antimicrobial, and antibacterial properties to help heal the wound and diminish the appearance of scars. Keep in mind, however, that using this essential oil for scarring may take several weeks before any visible results are noted.
Frankincense. This essential oil soothes the skin, evens out your skin tone, and can even kill bacteria which is great for scar healing. It also effectively promotes the growth of new skin cells and can tighten the skin which helps reduce the appearance of scars. Frankincense oil contains boswellic acid as well which has been shown to help with inflammation.
Patchouli. This oil stimulates the skin and contains restorative healing properties for all skin types. It won’t clog your skin. This oil is packed full of antioxidants and helps stimulate skin cell regeneration to help with scar healing. It works on new and old scars and can be mixed with tea tree oil or lavender as well. However, make sure when using this oil to dilute it before using it on the skin.
Lavender. This oil has many health benefits and uses including scar healing. It has antibiotic, antioxidant, and antiseptic properties and you can see results within one week of using it for scar healing.
Cedarwood. For results within a month, cedarwood has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. It also has a pain relieving effect as well. Exercise caution when using this oil, however, because it has been known to cause allergic reactions.
Tea Tree Oil. Again, this is another essential oil with many health benefits because of its antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal properties. It has healing properties that can help accelerate the healing process and can also boost immunity while you are healing and treating your scars and other wounds.
Neroli Oil. This oil is often used for a variety of different skin conditions including scar healing. It can also effectively reduce pain and inflammation and has antimicrobial and antioxidant properties.
Using these essential oils can significantly help with scar healing, but keep in mind that the results of each may vary in time and some will take longer than others. Also, when using essential oils, they should be diluted with a carrier oil. We recommend using tamanu oil, jojoba, argan, and coconut oil.
The best way to do this is to add twelve drops of essential oil to 30 ml of the carrier oil.
Meta: Due to their many antimicrobial and antibiotic properties, essential oils are a viable way to help with scar healing and promote new skin growth and regeneration.
