Possible Scar on 2 Year Old's Face

J., It would probably fade over time, but why not help it along? Invest in some Mederma, I know it's expensive but probably worth it!

M.

I've had a similar thing with my 2 1/2 year old son. He fell on Mother's Day this year and poked his teeth through the corner of his mouth. It's still a little pink now. I worry too. It's hard to be patient for it to go away. It has faded considerably from May. Some days I don't even notice it. I think as moms we are always looking though. It will take months and months so don't start worrying too much. I've been told too that as he grows any scars will stretch out which will make them less noticable too if not completely gone. Good luck.

J.,
My mom and I myself have used Vitamin E oil. And this really helps the scar look better. However, we usually start using it right away. But you could go ahead and try to use it. It may not be too late. Just try and my best to you!!
K.

go to the store and pick up some Mederma. It's the cream for scars and it does help.

My three (will be four on sunday) year old got stiches on his face last Thanksgiving and this summer. Both have heal up very well. The one from last thanksgiving aren't even noticable. The only thing I did after they heal was to use Vitamin E on them a couple of times a week. The Vitamin E come in little capsule that you just prick with a pin and squeeze the oil out and apply it to the scar.

use sunblock on the scar every day until it fades. Keeping the scar out of the sun will prevent it from discoloring or even bleaching white.
My 5yr old had open heart surgery a month ago and has a 4 inch scar on her sternum - we have been told by many different people to keep the scar out of the sun for a year with either sunblock or covered with clothing (should be easy during the winter). Since hers is a large surgical scar it will take longer than your son's smaller one - but from what I've been told it's the sun that makes the scar darker or even "bleaches" white.
I would suggest sunblock everyday until it fades.

They said the same thing with my daughter when she was in grade school. Guess what it scarred. I tried mederma,but they have some new item out called perrfered on for scars. I am currently using it although it has only been a couple of weeks I have noticed some difference. It is worth a try. Good Luck!

I wouldn't worry too much. My now 3 year old cut open a spot just above his eye when he was 1 1/2. It is now completely gone. Little ones skin cells turn over so quickly they are much less likely to scar then adults. :)

2 year olds heal very well and I doubt there will be a scar. I have three boys so we have gone though the same thing count less time. The most importment thing you can do is protect it from the sun for the first year or til it's gone. Sun block!!!! My Mother and her sister had the same surgery around the same time on there necks years ago. My mother kept her scar covered for a year my Aunt didn't. My mother's scar is gone, my Aunt has a purple line across her neck.

When my daughter was 3 months old, I had her in her car seat while I took a shower. I didn't realize that our cat had snuck in and sat on the toilet. When I opened the shower curtain, it startled the cat who then tried to leap over my baby, didn't quite make it and instead used her face as an intermediate leap point. As a result my baby girl, had a huge gash on her face, below her right eye. After taking her to her pediatrician, he recommended we see a plastic surgeon. "Because she's a girl" was his response. No plastic surgeon was available to see us so he told us to go to the ER at Children's Mercy Hospital as they have a plastic surgeon on staff. At the ER they didn't even let us see a plastic surgeon because it was unnecessary. She didn't even need stitches. They cleaned the wound, put some steri-strips on it and applied Aqua-phor and told us to continue to apply it when we get home.

Mind you, we did all of this because I was so freaked out and unable to properly think, months later and hundreds of dollars later, my daughter has a faint scar and I'm okay with it. After that horrendous experience at the Doctors's office and then to the ER (all in all, we spent 10 hours with 1 hour in actual care from a physician, the rest was in waiting) I've decided not to worry about scars.

The nurse in the ER told us that she would heal fast because she is young and her skin heals quicker. I bet it would be the same for your boy. If not, he'll have a great story to tell each time someone asks about his scar.

Sorry my story was so long, I thought maybe it would help you know that I went through it too, but decided it wasn't worth the time and stress.

My two year old boy hit his face in the exact same spot. but he did his on the window pane. He had a cut and was swollen in between the eyes at the top of his nose for about a week. The cut healed but left a knot there for a couple of months. You could only feel it but could not see it. the scar from the cut faded after about 4 months. I too was very worried about it leaving a pink mark forever but it did not. I put triple antibotic on it while it was still a cut and I used vasaline on it untill it was not noticeable anymore. I was just thankful we did not have any pictures scheduled to be taken duirng this time. I think there is nothing wrong with wanting out little boys to have perfect litle faces that they were born with. In one week my son had three accidents at daycare and had scratches all over his face from running into things and fighting with others over toys, I even went as far to call my doctor to see what to put on all of the scratches to not leave scars and he said that there skin is so much more durable then ours since they are still growing and the only things that will leave a scar will be major trauma that requires stitches at that too will fade.

Good luck with your busy boy.

I have the very same question. About a week ago we left our 3 year old son with a babysitter and she called us to come back about a hour later because my son was trying to be spider man and wrapped the blind strings around his neck and somehow got a really bad cut. I didn't want to get mad at the babysitter because i know my son is very active and is always getting into anything he can, but ever since this happened people always stare at my sons neck and it makes me feel uncomfortable. I don't want him to grow up feeling like people are always looking at his scar. He has a very bad scar on his neck now and it breaks my heart because he is so little and i feel like the scar will be there forever. I took him to the ER and all they told me was to put neosporin and peroxide but now its fully healed and like a bleach white. I don't know what to do! Any advice?

It will fade, Mederma is expensive but does reduce the appearance of scars. Check with your ped first because of his age and having it so close to his eyes...
B.

Don't worry so much! It will go away. IT will take several weeks or so!
I have four boys and believe me there will be some scars! Let him be a boy! HE will survive (although there may be times that you wonder!!!!)
Just be glad that he is a healthy boy! A few "war wounds" are all part of growing up! I have some scars and I imagine that you probably do too. Sure it is hard to accept that our precious children will endure pain and hardship and likely will maintain a few scars; however, it is a part of life.
One of my sons has a permanent scar between his eyes where he was accidentally hit in the face by a small ball when he was two weeks old! His older brother was tossing a ball and lost control of it and it bounced and hit his brother who was resting on a nearby blanket. The scar is light blue and the doctor said that it is permanent. it is very light and not noticeable to most, but of course as a mother, I feel for him (I don't think he even notices it though!).
Try to relax (easier said than done!) and hug him lots when the inevitable "boo-boos" of life occur!

My son suffers from enlarged scars and has a couple of quite nasty ones that we regularly treat with silicone dressings - unfortunately when it is very hot he does not tolerate wearing the dressings too well and also his scars seem to become more enlarged due to the heat. I purchased dermelastic serum to use at times when he cant wear his dressings an it does appear to have helped his scars remain less prominent in both size and colour.

It should fade. My de had a nasty fall a year ago. Took several months to fade. Doctor told us to keep sunblock on it so the skin doesn't suffer further damage. I know how you are feeling and just give it time.

My seven year old daughter had 9 stitches above her eye. We apply dermalmd scar serum every night and I swear it looks better every morning. I am so impressed with how well this works. I am forever grateful to you for reducing the scar on my daughter's face.

I don't want to sound rude but your being over protective and paranoid. kids are kids whether they are boys or girls they will eventually have scars. I have several from as a kid barely noticable unless ya look closely but all but one I can remember where and why I got it. My daughter is just as much a tomboy as me and if I worried about a few scars I would drive myself insane. Most of the time though it won't scar kids heal better than us adults. learn that it isn't hurting him and he doesn't care and other 2 year olds won't care either.

after all eventually all the boys will be trying to show off their scars or wounds or how far they can jump. remember he will be a teenager sooner than you want and just think about all the dumb and dangerous stuff teenage boys like to do and remember to just take it one day at a time.

Don't worry J., It will fade with time, It seems like every cut my daughter get it takes forever to fade, but they do with time. If you are worried you can try the mederma or good old fashion Vitamin works really well. You can buy a liquid form or the gel capsules. On the capsules you just pop open and rub the liquid on the scar.

J.-

First I am sorry that your son hurt himself. Oh the things and pain we endure as parents!! I do not have any suggestions but wanted to tell you that when my younger sister was 2, she got scratched in the lip by my aunt's cat. It was a very deep cut from underneath her nose across her lip down under it. We thought for sure she would have a horrible scar on her upper lip and lower chin. She's now almost 16 and you can barely see the scar and only if you are right close to her lip. It will probably heal but may take time! If not, he'll have a great story about how he got it!!

My son busted his chin to the bone and had to get liquid stitches. This was when he was 3 and he is now on the verge of being 10 (wow, how time flies!). He still has a lightly visible scar from the trauma. No one else would think twice about it, I am sure. But I see it since I knew what happened on his chin. That is not to say your child's scar won't disappear. I have scars on my knees from when I was a bike riding kid who fell off her bike a million times and I am now 32. But I also cut up my foot really badly one year as a child and there are no scars from that. Just give it time. I am sure it will take a while to become less noticable.

My son fell off his trike when he was about 18 months old and the "scar" on his chin took about a year to fully fade. We too thought he'd have a scar and felt bad that it happened so early in his life, but with time it has disappeared. Best of luck!

I am sure it will fade over time. Even if it is still there it isn't the end of the world. I have a scar down my nose from sinus surgery when I was 6 months old. It could have been covered up but my parents chose not to. It is a part of me and hasn't affected who I am or how people treat me.Just love you little one and be grateful that is the worst thing you have to worry about, lol.

I can understand your fear of his beautiful face having a scar. My now 11 y/o was about the same age when he accidently got hit in the face by his brother who was playing paddle ball with my husband. The cut on his nose bled quite a bit, and we had to wait for a couple of days for the swelling to go down to see if his nose was broken (it wasn't). A couple of months later, he pulled a heavy ceramic stocking hanger down from a windowsill, again hitting his nose, but in a different spot. Both areas have tiny scars that we know are there, but no one else can notice unless they are right in his face. He doesn't even notice them. Your son's scar should fade like mine did, but there are creams specially made to lighten scars. You can get them at the drugstore. It's a boy thing, we moms just hate to see their beautiful faces get banged up. (I tease my son that he injured his face because he has very delicate features and looks like me and wanted to toughen himself up! Of course he laughs!)

It should slowly fade to normal but be sure to apply sunscreen to it. Scars are more vunerable to sun dammage.

My 7 year old got a scar (about 1 inch long) on the forehead when she's 4. It stays there forever. We never thought about treating it until last month.
She uses dermalmd scar serum 2-3 times every day. Only several days later I can see the difference! Amazing! Now it's been 1 month. This scar has been significantly reduced. It is an old scar so I didn't expect it'll disappear so quickly. I'm impressed. I think a couple of months later it'll go away completely.

When mine was about 12 months old he fell and split his lip. We thought it wasn't that bad and didn't go to the hospital - probably not the best choice because now he has a scar on his lip. But then, he's a boy - and scars are sexy!!!

July 1 of this year my three year old fell and had her head glued. It was very red. It has become less and less red as time goes on. We use Mederma when we think of it but we aren't very good at it. But, I am confident it won't be noticable in another 6 months.