The post you've all been waiting for (maybe). . .
I have had a nasty scar on my leg, left from a venomous spider, and have been putting homemade calendula cream on it for over a year now.
Did you know that calendula has the properties to help new skin growth? I just learned this even though I was already using the cream/lotion. It has helped too.
Warning: Graphic photos. If you do not want to see the bite before and after (some of the before) do NOT click to continue reading.
I regret not taking a photo the day I was bitten. It was simply a painful red area with a red ring a bit outside of the bite mark. The next day it was a huge (tall) filled blister and the outer ring turned black. The next photo you see is what I was dealing with, when I had an ignorant doctor who saw money and that was it, and prescribed me the wrong antibiotics not only for the pneumonia I had at the time, but also for the spider bite.
Actually two doctors that didn't take care of me right away - the first told me to put a compress on it and that was it. Then when it got worse, I went to the second one, and he just saw money coming in, so he made sure I'd come back often (truly the case, and I found out later he was about to go out of business, and was a private practice).
Anyway, the new doctor (my 3rd doctor) simply treated it with the same cream you treat burns, a ton of gauze, and tape. He put me on Bactrim for a very short time on the onset of meeting with me.
I followed his instructions, met with him when needed (and way less than the other doctor wanted to see me, who was doing NOTHING for me/it).
I then made calendula cream to use on it religiously, after the bite healed completely. I had to keep it out of the sun (no problem there), and allow it to heal.
So...here is the series of photos, not including the bite on my foot, which is almost not even visible now. These are not even the worst photos either.
First, I started putting plantain poultices on both bite marks, while seeing the first doctor. I honestly feel this saved my leg and foot from serious damage.
Fighting to get help with the second doctor who robbed me blind, did nothing medically to heal this correctly, and who ignored me when I asked him to look at it each visit which was 3 x week or more.
I saw my new doctor August 28th, of 2017. Amazing results.
This photo is somewhat bad quality, but you can see the scar healing. I also put the calendula cream on my old camping scar, which is almost gone.
I am working on another scar treatment, so I will have another update after it's been applied for several months.
Advice - if you see unfamiliar bite that hurts go straight to the ER. Me? I would put a plantain poultice on it while going to ER.
I have had a nasty scar on my leg, left from a venomous spider, and have been putting homemade calendula cream on it for over a year now.
Did you know that calendula has the properties to help new skin growth? I just learned this even though I was already using the cream/lotion. It has helped too.
Warning: Graphic photos. If you do not want to see the bite before and after (some of the before) do NOT click to continue reading.
I regret not taking a photo the day I was bitten. It was simply a painful red area with a red ring a bit outside of the bite mark. The next day it was a huge (tall) filled blister and the outer ring turned black. The next photo you see is what I was dealing with, when I had an ignorant doctor who saw money and that was it, and prescribed me the wrong antibiotics not only for the pneumonia I had at the time, but also for the spider bite.
Actually two doctors that didn't take care of me right away - the first told me to put a compress on it and that was it. Then when it got worse, I went to the second one, and he just saw money coming in, so he made sure I'd come back often (truly the case, and I found out later he was about to go out of business, and was a private practice).
Anyway, the new doctor (my 3rd doctor) simply treated it with the same cream you treat burns, a ton of gauze, and tape. He put me on Bactrim for a very short time on the onset of meeting with me.
I followed his instructions, met with him when needed (and way less than the other doctor wanted to see me, who was doing NOTHING for me/it).
I then made calendula cream to use on it religiously, after the bite healed completely. I had to keep it out of the sun (no problem there), and allow it to heal.
So...here is the series of photos, not including the bite on my foot, which is almost not even visible now. These are not even the worst photos either.
First, I started putting plantain poultices on both bite marks, while seeing the first doctor. I honestly feel this saved my leg and foot from serious damage.
I am working on another scar treatment, so I will have another update after it's been applied for several months.
Advice - if you see unfamiliar bite that hurts go straight to the ER. Me? I would put a plantain poultice on it while going to ER.
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