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3 1/2 months since i grazed my face on asphalt. still a brown/red mark but is it road rash? will vitamin e scar serum/bio oil help and make it go?

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Dr. Julie Abbott answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Healing abrasion: It seems like 3.5 months is a long time for these marks to persist, but that time frame is very common. Road rash is used to generally describe any abrasion that results from a sports injury, usually from bicycle/motorcycle riding. There are individual reports that vitamin E serum/bio oil may help with scarring, but it is not universally endorsed. It will gradually fade.Did you get tetanus updated

Answered 3/31/2015

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