How long for scars to heal?

[Mrs.F]

As a vain dachsie Mom who believes her babies are the most beautiful ever, I'm wondering how long it usually takes for hair to grow back in after a cut or sore. Maggie cut her chest a few weeks ago and the skin looks smooth and unblemished but there is still a little line without fur. Penny had a large bug bite that Maggie kept biting at and working on (until I finally resorted to the Bitter Apple). It healed nicely but there's no hair growth there now...

[Owen's Mom]

Owen had some strange owie on his back, right down the middle of his spine and it looked like a perfect circle. I don't know what it was, but it ruined his absolute perfection!! I took him into the vet for something else and asked them about it, and they did a scraping and didn't find anything. It took months for the hair to start coming back in. You can still see the circle, because the hair's still so short that growing in. If there is damage to the hair folicles, it may never grow back.

[Penny's Aunt]

The hair doesn't usually grown back over a true scar; in humans, the scar doesn't tan, either. Although the hair, when full-length, may cover it, you will probably always be able to lift the hair & see the scar. The opening in the skin fills in with tissue that looks like skin, but there are no hair follicles in it.

However, if the scar is quite wide, it will probably always be visible. You will be able to recognize her even from a distance.

Just make up a good story for the rude people that ask. I knew a guy in high school that got a scar across his cheek from a car accident; he became sensitive about it because people kept asking. He said he could see them staring at it. I told him to tell everyone that it was a fencing scar (much more romantic!) Well, he DID at a party where there were no school people to contradict him, & the girls SWARMED over him. He was thinking of taking up fencing so he could back it up... (VBG)

[Krista]

A good way to help minimize the appearence of scars is rubbbing pure vit E oil into the scar twice daily. I have used this successfully on myself. The scars on my hands from my car accident last year are hardly noticeable now. I had my mom do this on her scar from having her kidney removed and her urologist commented that it was fading quickly at her visit today.

I usually buy the softgels with 400 IU of Vit E. I puncture it with a stick pen and apply the oil. It is thicker than the stuff in the bottle so it stays on better. You dont have to apply the whole capsule at one time -just enough to lube up the scar.

[WOTANSMUTTI]

Interestingly enough, the first "Dachshund" book I got said that dachsies are one breed that if they get scars they don't deduct it from their looks. They are a working hound and may get cuts and scratches fighting varmints at close quarters...
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[Penny's Aunt]

... and if they get their scars from fighting each other, no one is the wiser (of the judges).

AND you can translate "varmint" into "cat", & teasing the cats is covered, too.

But it's still hard to believe that some of these couch potatoes come from working dogs...

A friend sent a little dachsie cartoon: in the drawing is a magic lamp, a genie, & a dachsie (lying on its back). The genie is floating in the air, hands on his hips asking the dog: "You've only got one wish left... are you SURE you want another belly rub?"

[wireweiners]

The standard says that scars from honorable wounds shall not be counted against the dog. Tell them she got the scar fighting a badger.

Seriously, the hair should grow over so it doesn't show too much.