Condition: Wounds

Whether caused by a sudden trauma, such as a cut from an accident or surgery, or by chemical services to treat over-oxidized skin conditions, a wound can be something that heals completely or becomes a permanent new "sign" of trauma on your body.

Depending on the severity of a wound, the healing process may take days, weeks, or even months. The stages of wound healing include:

• Inflammatory Phase : This first phase of wound healing is approximately two to five days and consists of inflammation on and around the wound area.

• Proliferative Phase: This phase of wound healing last approximately two days to three weeks. Fibroblasts lay bed of collagen (connective tissue of skin) and the wound edges pull together to decrease the wound and epithelialization occurs.

• Remodeling Phase: This final phase of wound healing can last three weeks to two years. New collagen forms which increases the strength to the wound area and scar tissue may form. The more severe the wound the more likely a scar may form.

The Wellness Solution

The wellness approach uses nature's own Vitamin C and Vitamin E to help in all stages of wound healing. To help the skin renew, and to improve the appearance of the wound healing, we suggest Vitamin C followed by Vitamin E will help in all stages of wound healing for the following reasons:

• Due to their anti-inflammatory properties, Vitamin C and Vitamin E can help reduce inflammation in the early stages of wound healing.
  Vitamin C can help skin regenerate by increasing collagen synthesis (the connective tissue of skin).
  (Clinical Research)
• Vitamin E can improve the healing process of the wound.
  (Clinical Research)
• Vitamin E can help modify scar formation.
  (Clinical Research)

It is most important to realize that any wound has the potential for infection. Care should be taken to defend the wound against bacteria or viral infections that could enter the wound early in the healing process. Therefore, follow your physician's recommendations regarding infection.

Use Vitamin C and Vitamin E to protect the wound against free radicals that might enter the skin during the healing. A wound usually involves the exposure of skin layers below the protective stratum corneum. Therefore, care should be taken to cover those areas from any aggressive oxidation and sunlight exposure.

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