WhitneyHow to Heal a Human Brand
January 12th 2010 15:05
Strike Branding Equipment
First off, take into account that depending on the extent of the brand, it may take a long time to properly heal. Some brands may take an average of 6 to 12 months to heal. Larger human brands will take longer to heal than smaller ones, but if they're performed properly, they should still be the same depth, which will average out the healing time. Plus, depending on your own body, you'll find that the actual healing time will vary.
No matter what type of skin brand you got or plan to, you want to always treat it like a burn.
When it comes to healing a human brand, you'll find that there are many different methods. Some people claim that irritating with the wound will help it scar better and some claim by suffocating it with vaseline will help. For the most part though, you'll find that more people use the 'leave it alone' method.
A brand is basically a third degree burn, and will easily become infected, so you want to make sure that you take care of it properly. Avoid getting debri into the wound, and avoid picking at it. When it comes to irritating and suffocating ta human brand, you'll find that the scarring will vary in places over the brand. Some areas of the brand may have raised scarring, whereas others may have just light scarring. You want to leave the human brand alone!
Let your body heal the burn naturally.
Keep in mind that brands are not like tattoos and are not going to be even. If you let your body heal the brand naturally, you'll find that you may see uneven scarring across the overall design. Sometimes the scar may migrate, and sometimes some areas may scar darker than others.
Also keep in mind that lines within a brand may heal up to three times the initial width of the brand. This means that when healing, the image may be distorted no matter how you choose to care for the brand.
Branding does not produce perfect lines like tattooing. Scars will migrate and can heal inconsistently leaving some areas more pronounced then others. Any lines formed during the branding process can be expected to heal to three times the initial wound width. So, with this factor alone, if you pick at the wound, you're going to have even more distortion because when you pick at a wound, you're not only pulling up the scab, but sometimes you can remove part of the healthy skin, which can cause more scarring outside of the brand.
And, if all else fails and you're not happy how the brand healed, you can have it re-branded once the tissue has completely healed. It's best to wait at least a full year before you try to re-brand though. If you decide that you don't want the brand or want to cover it up, you can have it tattooed over, as well, again wait at least a year.
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