Guest guest Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 In 1994, I had a 5 " scar from a surgery. It had been healing for over a year but was thick and purple. I had been drinking komucha tea for a few months and suddenly when I was brushing my teeth, noticed my scar went from purple to pink. I had a total of four surgeries over that same scar since 1987. So, I knew it was a drastic change. I would not use the komucha for anything bacterial or fungi related but I would use for healing scars that are closed wounds. I think that the skin could use the extra nutrients at the closure site. JB P.S. I do mean a closed wound--over the top of a scar. > > I have another larger bump on my chest, I put a piece of scoby there and hold it there with a band-aid. It is more specifically on the bump and not on the surrounding skin so much. It doesn't irritate me there, so I will continue it for now. I can't tell if the bump is smaller yet. > - Tamara > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 In 1994, I had a 5 " scar from a surgery. It had been healing for over a year but was thick and purple. I had been drinking komucha tea for a few months and suddenly when I was brushing my teeth, noticed my scar went from purple to pink. I had a total of four surgeries over that same scar since 1987. So, I knew it was a drastic change. I would not use the komucha for anything bacterial or fungi related but I would use for healing scars that are closed wounds. I think that the skin could use the extra nutrients at the closure site. JB P.S. I do mean a closed wound--over the top of a scar. > > I have another larger bump on my chest, I put a piece of scoby there and hold it there with a band-aid. It is more specifically on the bump and not on the surrounding skin so much. It doesn't irritate me there, so I will continue it for now. I can't tell if the bump is smaller yet. > - Tamara > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 Sometimes that is how it works, like with skin tags & warts. Or when they do chemical face peels. From: tamaratornado <tamaratornado@...> Subject: scoby as skin cream experiments kombucha tea Date: Friday, November 19, 2010, 5:08 PM Â I put a piece of scoby on my forehead as I have several small bumps on my forehead. Not sure what the bumps are, I've had them a long time, they are very small. I just took a whole scoby and laid it across my forehead when I went to bed. The first night the scoby fell off during the night. Last night the scoby stuck to my forehead all night long. When I woke in the morning, I took the scoby off and my skin was red and itchy. Hours later, my forehead is still red and itchy, so I won't do that again. I have another larger bump on my chest, I put a piece of scoby there and hold it there with a band-aid. It is more specifically on the bump and not on the surrounding skin so much. It doesn't irritate me there, so I will continue it for now. I can't tell if the bump is smaller yet. I put some scoby in the blender to make skin cream, but I added a bit too much liquid, so it's a bit runny. So I am not sure what to do with it. - Tamara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 Sometimes that is how it works, like with skin tags & warts. Or when they do chemical face peels. From: tamaratornado <tamaratornado@...> Subject: scoby as skin cream experiments kombucha tea Date: Friday, November 19, 2010, 5:08 PM Â I put a piece of scoby on my forehead as I have several small bumps on my forehead. Not sure what the bumps are, I've had them a long time, they are very small. I just took a whole scoby and laid it across my forehead when I went to bed. The first night the scoby fell off during the night. Last night the scoby stuck to my forehead all night long. When I woke in the morning, I took the scoby off and my skin was red and itchy. Hours later, my forehead is still red and itchy, so I won't do that again. I have another larger bump on my chest, I put a piece of scoby there and hold it there with a band-aid. It is more specifically on the bump and not on the surrounding skin so much. It doesn't irritate me there, so I will continue it for now. I can't tell if the bump is smaller yet. I put some scoby in the blender to make skin cream, but I added a bit too much liquid, so it's a bit runny. So I am not sure what to do with it. - Tamara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 Re .. the advice not to use a scoby on any open, bacterial or fungal wound. I had great success with using both scobies and MOV (Mother of Vinegar) on a large sebaceous cyst my husband had on his chest which started oozing, hot, swollen around it ... we went to doc, he put him on course of antibiotics but simultaneously I started taping bits of scoby or MOV over it .. large enough to cover completely. The doc had made an appointment for 1 week or 10 days or some such when he said he would do surgery on it. (He did not know about my treatment on the side). So when Dave went back the doc was so surprised that it was quite drained and said surgery would not be necessary as whatever I was doing was doing what it would have done. He did not know about MOV and scobies. I explained MOV, he was laughing & told the nurses about it .. not in mean spirit, but as delighted to hear of it. He told us just to go continue the treatments, which we did. It got to where it seemed all healed over & I thought by the next day would need no more. But, for whatever internal reason, I guess, it was oozing again .. that time, instead of just draining yukky pus, the one day some objects like flat white waxy slivers came out. I believe they must have been the hardened, old sebacaceous wax almost like ivory looking ... acting as a sliver, a foreign body, might have reirritated the area. Doc told me I should patent it! Best wishes ... Joyce Simmerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 Joyce, those cysts ususally form in a sac and unless the sac is removed, the cyst will regrow. Maybe the K is denaturing the sac and causing it to be expelled..if so, I would think you could get a complete heal. Fingers crossed. Carol k On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Joyce M. Simmerman <nativelegal@...>wrote: > > > Re .. the advice not to use a scoby on any open, bacterial or fungal > wound. I had great success with using both scobies and MOV (Mother of > Vinegar) on a large sebaceous cyst my husband had on his chest which > started oozing, hot, swollen around it ... we went to doc, he put him on > course of antibiotics but simultaneously I started taping bits of scoby > or MOV over it .. large enough to cover completely. The doc had made an > appointment for 1 week or 10 days or some such when he said he would do > surgery on it. (He did not know about my treatment on the side). So > when Dave went back the doc was so surprised that it was quite drained > and said surgery would not be necessary as whatever I was doing was > doing what it would have done. He did not know about MOV and scobies. > I explained MOV, he was laughing & told the nurses about it .. not in > mean spirit, but as delighted to hear of it. > > He told us just to go continue the treatments, which we did. It got > to where it seemed all healed over & I thought by the next day would > need no more. But, for whatever internal reason, I guess, it was oozing > again .. that time, instead of just draining yukky pus, the one day some > objects like flat white waxy slivers came out. I believe they must have > been the hardened, old sebacaceous wax almost like ivory looking ... > acting as a sliver, a foreign body, might have reirritated the area. > > Doc told me I should patent it! > > Best wishes ... Joyce Simmerman > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 the best scoby moisturizer I have made so far I used a fresh baby scoby from my scoby hotel about 5 inches in diameter and 3 inches thick. I put this in the blender (after a blessing for it! It's kind of hard putting your baby scoby in a blender :/ ) With 3/4 a cup of coconut oil infused in a slow cooker with peppermint and lavender. I was also noticing it was a bit too liquidy so I added 2 tablespoons of raw organic honey and that improved the consistency immensely. I think in future batches I will use a different oil. The smell of the coconut with the vinegary scoby isn't my favourite. Also infusing the oil longer with herbs, or adding a store bought essential oil can help with the smell. I keep this mixture in a jar in the fridge and dole it out with a spoon. It's consistency is kind of like a nut butter when you refrigerate it but softer. When you rub it onto your skin do it in small amounts because it will melt and quickly escape you. It does leave a bit of a residue, like lint babies, so It's best to do it before a shower! I have already found this recipe effective for heat rash (tinea versicolor) which I get in the summer often on my back and chest. normally only baby diaper rash cream clears it up in a couple days, but this moisturizer eliminated it in one application, like nothing I have ever seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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