Scars & Healing Through Essential Oils DIY
I have gotten alot of requests regarding how to reduce scars on the face or body: Here is a list of 11 of the top oils that will help that! They heal Scar Tissue and reduce scars.
Holistic healing or not scars often take 3-6 months before they are majorly healed. If you follow the DIY steps below you will be able to easily make large amounts of scar healing lotion that you can apply until your scar is fully healed.
1. Carrot Seed: In addition to helping treat scars it helps improve skin tone and elasticity as well as reduce fine lines and wrinkles. Apart from scar treatment it is often used in recipes for eczema, psoriasis and as an aid to balance sebum production. Carrot seed oil contains powerful antioxidant properties which aid the skin in fighting free radicals and improve the skin’s ability to age and heal well.
2. Cedarwood: Cedarwood works well with the skin’s own self-maintenance capabilities. It is balancing to both dry and oily skin conditions and helps to cleanse the skin of impurities. It helps to decongest sluggish skin tissues and draws out excess fat between the tissue.
3.Geranium: Geranium is a wonderful skin tonic oil. It revitalizes skin cells, helps to control sebum production in oily skin, helps to keep the skin supple and rejuvinates pale, dull skin. It is anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, astringent, balancing, tonic, stimulant and uplifting. Geranium stimulates the lymphatic system, helps to diminish water retention and eliminates toxins. Geranium significantly improves the likelihood of scar reduction with its cicatrisant properties that can help scars to fade over time.
4. Hyssop: (I have not used this oil ever) I can't find it honestly not from a trusted source.
Hyssop essential oil is commonly used for wound and bruise healing. It is antiseptic, anti-rheumatic, antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, cicatrisant, digestive, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, hypertensive, nervine, stimulant, sudorific, tonic, vulnerary.
5. Juniper Berry: Juniper is a great tonic for the skin. It is detoxifying, cleansing and is effective at soothing a variety of skin ailments. It’s often used for skin conditions like dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis but is also helpful for other less common skin complaints like cellulite and scar healing.
6. Rose: Rose essential oil helps to tone and lift the skin, helping to improve skin health and elasticity while improving circulation as it tones blood capillaries.. Regular use of rose oil has a significant effect on reducing the appearing of scar tissue.
7. Neroli: Neroli, also known as orange blossom, is a fantastic oil for aging skin as it stimulates and promotes cell regeneration. It is very beneficial for stretch marks and scars with its excellent cell regeneration properties.
8. Patchouli: Patchouli is a common skin restorative oil. It stimulates skin cell regeneration, is anti-inflammatory, cicastristant and sedative. It has been widely used for scar tissues healing by facilitating the rejuvenation of skin cells old and new.
9. Frankincense: In addition to scar healing Frankincense is known to improve skin tone, smooth and soften wrinkles and balance sebum levels. Frankincense also promotes the growth of new skin cells which grow over scar tissue to eventually smooth the skin.
10. Lavender: Lavender, as you likely know, has a wealth of therapeutic actions. It has excellent anti-inflammatory properties and is a go-to essential oil for calming a variety of skin conditions. Lavender does well at both preventing scar tissue from forming and reducing the appearance of existing scar tissue.
11. Myrrh: Myrrh contains some powerful healing properties. It is especially useful for skin conditions and is widely used to treat a broad variety of complaints including chapped/cracked skin, eczema/psoriasis, rashes, stretch marks and scar tissue. It rejuvenates mature skin and reduces fine lines and wrinkles while also helping to promote healthy new skin growth.
4 Simple DIY Recipes for Scar Tissue healing:
1.) Simple Coconut Application
The most basic option for treating your scars over time with essential oils is to combine small amounts of your favorite scar healing oils with coconut oil and apply the mixture to your scar(s) on a daily basis.
Just add 1-3 drops of your favorite essential oils with 1/2- 1 teaspoon of coconut oil and gently massage onto your scar tissue.
2.) Simple Scar Healing Cream
Ingredients:
1 tsp rose-hip seed or borage oil 1 tsp lotion 1 drop rose, lavender or neroli Directions:
Combine ingredients Apply to scar(s) at least twice daily
3.) Simple Daily Scar Treating Moisturizer
Ingredients:
5 tsp jojoba, apricot or peach kernel oil 1-2 drops neroli 1-2 drops rose 1-2 drops lavender Combine Ingredients, apply daily as moisturizer
4.) Scar Tissue Oil
Ingredients:
1/8 tsp vitamin E oil (or two 250 IU vitamin E capsules) 9 tsp sweet almond or sunflower oil 1 tsp rosehip seed oil 30 drops frankincense essential oil 30 drops lavender 30 drops myrrh 30 drops sandalwood OR cedarwood Directions:
Add ingredients to a 2 oz (60 ml) glass bottle Shake to blend (If using vitamin E capsules simply pierce the capsules with the point of a clean, sharp knife and squeeze into your 2 oz bottle)
Treatment:
Pour a small amount of your scar tissue oil into the palm of your hand and massage onto scar(s) twice daily. Apply as long as needed (results can take upwards of 6 months, but will often be seen earlier)
