ways to prevent scarring

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My monkey of a foal got under the electric fence about 5 days ago now (later found out it had stopped working!) and whilst on her adventures, cut the back of her thigh on barbed wire (hence the reason the electric fence is up). The wound is about 2" x 1" and quite deep. After speaking to the vet, I have been cleaning it regularly and applying cream, as well as fly spray around but obv not in the wound. its looking pretty good and no infection so my question is....does anybody have any suggestions as to what i can use to prevent/minimise scarring??

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try Neal's Yard Calendular Oil it is very good for soft tissue healing and helps seal the wound, if you mix a couple of drops of rosemary into a couple of teaspoons of the oil that can help trigger any undamaged hair folicles to regrow too. It seems to work for my horse anyway, but be absolutely sure the wound is not infected before using as you don't want to seal any infection in.
 
I've used Bio-oil and camrosa (not sure if you can still get that?!) in the past on wounds that looked like they'd scar terribly and you can barely see the scars on him now.
 
Scarring is worsened by scabbing so don't let the wound dry out. keep it moist with a wound gel, which also cushions nerve endings as so reduces pain to the site.
Wounds also heal quicker with a moist environment.
It sounds as though you are doing a good job already, but unless the wound is visibly dirty then don't try and clean it as this would damage the new cell growth. If you do see contamination such as mud or dirt use a syringe of cool (not cold) boiled water to gently irrigate until dirt is removed.

Manuka honey should only be used for infected wounds so wouldn't be beneficial in this case.
 
At and below the hock and the knee, injuries can present problems. Above those points, Intrasite gel. It was designed for humans, but works equally well on horses. It's brilliant stuff.

Alec.
 
Alec Swan said:
Intrasite gel. It was designed for humans, but works equally well on horses. It's brilliant stuff.
Alec.
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thanks guys. ive been flushing it with saline and applying dermisol to remove the necrotic tissue/ dirt. it has scabbed over today so ill try and get that off tomorrow and buy some bio oil or camrosa. intrasite is good stuff, im just not sure it will stay on the wound because of where it is.

thank you!
 
callmelucky said:
has scabbed over today so ill try and get that off tomorrow and buy some bio oil or camrosa. intrasite is good stuff, im just not sure it will stay on the wound because of where it is.

thank you!
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In places where a wound gel won't 'stick' or on wounds that are not too deep I use plain old Zinc & castor oil cream (for baby's bottoms :D), zinc is good for wound healing and it keeps flies off too. ;)
 
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