Make your own ointments against scars

What you need:

• 3 teaspoons of shea butter
• 3 teaspoons of cocoa butter
• 3 teaspoons of castor oil
• 3 teaspoons of wild rose oil
• 0.5 teaspoon of lanolin
• cooking pot
• small glass bowl
• Stir bar
• Ointment jar

Produce your own ointments

1. Put all the utensils you need on your countertop.
2. Of course, when manufacturing cosmetic products, the saucepan, glass bowl, stirrer and your hands should be carefully cleaned before use.
3. Place the saucepan on the hot stove and add enough water so that the small glass bowl is in the water bath.
4. Now put the butter and oils you need in the glass bowl.
5. When the water bath is hot enough, the ingredients will start to melt.


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6. When all has melted, stir the liquid and remove the glass bowl from the water bath.
7. Let the oily liquid cool down at room temperature.
8. When the oil and butter are slowly cooling and setting, take a stirring stick or hand-held milk frother and use it to lift air into the liquid.
9. You will see that the liquid, which was golden for the first time, now turns into a whitish-yellow cream.
10. Repeat this process two to three times until the mass has solidified.
11. If the cream has become too hard, put the bowl in the water bath again, liquefy the cream, add some oil of your choice and let it cool. So you can feel for your personal favorite consistency of your ointments against scars.
12. If the scar ointment is the way you like it, you can transfer it to an ointment jar.

Active ingredients against scars

• Each ingredient makes an important contribution in the manufacture of ointments against scars. Since the scars can harden and the surrounding tissue can dry out and become itchy, it is important that you treat your damaged one skin pamper yourself with high-quality, nourishing substances after washing.
• Shea butter helps dry and flaky skin. If your skin is damaged, as is the case with scars, shea butter in ointments helps to keep your skin supple.
• Cocoa butter is used in the Cosmetics used as a consistency generator, but it also contains vitamins E and K. Your skin becomes supple and soft with cocoa butter; if you use unrefined cocoa butter, your ointment will also have a delicate and natural cocoa scent.
• Castor oil is used in cosmetics for the external application of scars and dandruff and should therefore not be missing in your scar cream.
• Rosehip seed oil or wild rose oil is traditionally used by the Indians in South America to treat wounds. Since this oil with its high-quality ingredients has an influence on the regeneration of the skin, it is not only used as a follow-up treatment for scars, but also as a preventative measure against stretch marks will.
• Lanolin is mainly found in cosmetic products for dry skin and moisturizers. Lanolin is therefore a valuable component in your scar cream.
• You can get some of the raw materials for your scar cream from your pharmacy and some from specialty stores for natural substances.