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Why new skin hasn't grown back from sun damage?

Hello,

I need some advice please.

I went to Greece in July 2009.

I fell asleep in the sun for four hours, I did put sun cream on but not a lot of it.

I came home and the leg formed a scab and was bright red, I did pick some of the scab off and now eight months on I still have the scab mark from where I picked the scab off and the skin still hasn’t grown in place of where the scab was. I am asking will new skin still come back after I picked it?

I do use Bio-oil everyday on the leg have done for eight months now, it has made a big difference.

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Answer #1

GO TO THE DOCTOR.

Answer #2

the leg was tingling today does that mean new skin is coming up? It’s the top layer of skin that isn’t there

Answer #3

Probably not if your skin was damaged that badly. that sounds like 3rd degree burn to me. I suggest that you in any case get it checked out by a doctor, sunburn like that should be looked at.

Answer #4

It depends on how severe the sunburn was; you should go to a dermatologist if you have questions about your skin, I’m sure they would be very helpful.

Answer #5

well I slept in the sun for four hours so that’s a long time it’s not that bad the mark but I just wish the skin would come back to match the other leg lol. I do also have a small amount of Pigmentation a patch from it too

Answer #6

basically your skin is made up of melanin. Which is like a natural sun factor. When there’s sun damage the melanin in your skin can be damaged due to pigmentation.. Your best off going to a doctor and seeing if you can get treatments done

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