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I got a 5 day old black eye. saw er doc on day 3-4. still blue and black looking and a bit swelling. does taking vitamin c good to heal faster?
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Not especially : Drinking a glass of orange juice daily and keeping up your fruit intake is enough vitamin c. Since it is a water soluble vitamin, your body will excrete any excess. I am not aware of any data supporting mega vitamin c for this kind of wound healing. May get a little worse before it fully resolves and go through purple to brown to yellow stages. Best of luck!
Answered 4/12/2015
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