Scar formation, known as cicatrization, is essential to the wound healing process. That means it is important to avoid scar reducing protocols during the initial stages of healing from surgical or accidental trauma. Once the surgeon is done with followups and any non-self-resorbing stitches are removed, or once the scabs are coming off the wounds, scar reduction helps to restore the injured tissue toward the original genetic blueprint. 

The material body is a flow system. Tissues are always cleansing and healing... and that process can be supported and enhanced. That applies to scar tissue, no matter how long ago it was formed...

For example, my father had an appendectomy at age 6. In his 70s, the scar was still inflamed, appearing red, raised, and dotted with blackheads... Within 6 months of scar reduction support, that scar that had not changed appearance in 7 decades became flat with normal coloration and no more blackheads.

Scar tissue is an issue for more than cosmetic reasons. Scar tissue seals the wound, but it also blocks the flow of matter, energy and information through the area. This affects the flows through nerves, blood vessels, lymph vessels and the extracellular fluid (ECF).

A common cause of visual dysfunction requiring rehabilitation is closed head injury. While scar tissue may not be visible on the body surface, it is most likely a major factor in the central nervous system when vision therapy is needed for neuro-optometric rehabilitation.

The meridians and electroacupuncture vessels carry flows of direct current and material detoxification through the ECF). In European Biological Medicine, the functional interference caused by a scar is known as a scar disturbance field, an interference field, or a chronic focus. The Scar Reduction Protocol is our optimum Accelerated Self Healing™ program for clearing scar disturbance fields and reforming scar tissue toward normal tissue structure function according to the original genetic blueprint. 

Scar tissue contracts over time, especially in the first six months or so. That is why many vision related disturbances often become symptomatic about six months after a head injury. With closed head trauma, there is scarring internally that is not visible, but can have profound effects on consciousness, perception and performance. 

The contraction of scar tissue can put further stress on surrounding tissues and cause additional damage. For example, in the retina, scar tissue formed in the healing of a bleed can cause another blood vessel break, and another round of scarring. 

I had a patient in her sixties who had undergone radiation therapy for thyroid cancer as a teenager. The radiation had caused cancer in the muscles of the right side of her neck, so the muscles had been surgically removed. She could no longer turn her head to the right because the muscles were gone... The skin on that side of the neck was so thick and leathery, that even though she had muscles on the left side of her neck she could not turn her head to the left at all due to the resistance of the scar tissue. In one month of scar reduction support, she gained about 15 degrees range of motion turning her head to the left.

When additional professional support is needed, neural therapy injections into the scar can be considered. Neural therapy applies an anesthetic, typically procaine or lidocaine, to help reset the electrical properties of the scar tissue. Procaine metabolizes into the B vitamin para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) in the blood plasma, while lidocaine must be detoxified in the liver, so procaine may be preferable as a cleaner injection.