Will a scratch on a child's face leave a scar?

Children are the most important to every family and are cared for like the apple of their eye. However, as children have no awareness of safety and danger, they are generally lively and active, curious about everything and want to see everything. Even if parents protect them well, bumps and bruises are inevitable. Facial bruises often occur. So, will a scratch on a child's face leave scars? What are some good tips and precautions? Next I will introduce it to you in detail.

For children's facial scratches and bumps, whether they are minor or serious, they should be treated correctly immediately. If the method is appropriate, there will be no obvious scars left on the baby's face.

The correct treatment of children's facial bumps and bruises should follow several key steps: First, provide emergency treatment for the wound in a timely manner to avoid infection.

When a child gets hurt, parents should not panic. Children who are in pain from bumps and bruises should be comforted. If it is a minor injury without bleeding, you can apply a Band-Aid first and then go to the hospital for disinfection and bandaging.

If it is an open, deep wound that is bleeding, you can first rinse the blood and wound with purified water, then put a band-aid on the wound to protect it and prevent infection. However, do not decide on your own to use Yunnan Baiyao or other medicines on the wound on your child's face. The correct way is to go to the hospital immediately for disinfection and bandaging. In addition, your child should be given a tetanus shot as soon as possible.

Parents, please note: Do not use iodine, alcohol or other disinfectants to disinfect the wounds on your baby's face by yourself at this time. The severe pain in the child may be difficult to control during the disinfection process. Parents should take their children to the hospital for formal treatment in time.

Second, try to avoid rubbing and massaging the wound on the baby's face during the recovery period.

After the wound was disinfected and bandaged in the hospital, the wound on the baby's face is in the recovery and healing stage. Because children's skin is delicate, especially the skin on their faces is more sensitive, itching is likely to occur during the wound healing process.

At this time, parents must remember, first, do not relieve the baby's itching by rubbing or massaging, and second, avoid getting the wound wet to prevent infection. Parents should help their babies wash their faces and eat to prevent foreign objects and water from entering the wound, so that the wound can heal as soon as possible.

Third, pay attention to your diet during the scar repair period.

Whether your baby's wound is in the healing period or during scar repair, you should pay attention to his daily diet.

First of all, do not feed your baby foods that are too pigmented, such as soy sauce, grapes, etc., to prevent the wound from becoming darker and leaving ugly marks. Also, avoid eating some raw, cold, and spicy foods.

At this time, you can choose some high-protein foods, such as soy products, egg custard, and lean meat. At the same time, give your baby some fresh fruits or vegetable soup to promote metabolism and wound healing.

Fourth, after the wound heals, find the right scar repair method and don’t seek medical treatment blindly.

After the baby's wound heals, scar fading should begin immediately.

Expectant mothers and fathers please remember: the sooner you treat and lighten scars, the better they will disappear.

The so-called wound healing refers to the natural shedding of the scab after the wound. In simple terms, the wound healed from the inside out. Because babies between 2 and 6 years old have delicate skin, they need special skin care products to treat and fade scars. This type of product should have been used clinically for a long time and can be proven to be safe and effective in repairing children's skin scars and to be in line with the special physiological characteristics of children of this age group.

Currently in China, parents can consider using onion extract skin smoothing gel immediately after the wound on the child's face heals.

For children, children as young as three years old can safely use Mederma, an onion extract skin smoothing gel. For children under three years old, the amount can be determined based on their skin condition. Parents are advised to carefully choose other children's scar treatment products and methods, and not to blindly seek medical treatment based on advertisements they have seen, and not to use skin scar repair products they do not understand.