You would not use a toner after this.

Aloha Michael,
I’m sorry to hear about your face scars. I have done a lot of research on the benefits and healing effects of castor oil on both new and old scars. The ricinoleic acid in castor oil penetrates deep into rhe skins layers and helps reduce inflammation. Actually castor oil has the ability to penetrate deeper than any of the oils…thus castor oil packs great effectiveness. If you look online you can find many great articles as well as videos with first hand experience. It will take time but it should help heal them slowly. I use straight castor oil on my face and LOVE the way it softens and moisturizes my face. I did not realize it was drying to some skin types but knew it was usually good for acne prone skin. I recently had a mole biopsied behind my shoulder. After the initial surface part was healed and had used bacitracin to heal the seam if the wound I then used castor oil…3 or 4 times a day… I would apply it. After a couple of weeks the scar was SO well healed…not very visible! I was so impressed with how it was healing it. The biopsy revealed some abnormal cells…not cancer but my dermatologist thought it prudent to take out larger margins so I went in to have them cut. They stitched it and now I am at the point in healing where stitches will come out so I will do the castor oil treatment to speed up the scars healing. I hope it will work for your red scars. Castor oil has some vitamin E in it but is well known for healing scars effectively. I know from previous trips to the dermatologist and research that scars that are newer tend to be redder. Time and further healing will take the redness away. I wish I knew of castor oil for some other mole biopsy sites, but the good news is it can also penetrate old scars and assist in and expedite the healing of old scars as well. It seems to me the vitamin E you thought was irritating and inflaming your face scars were actually doing it’s job bringing healing to the site…thus the reddening. These oils take time but they are nature’s amazing healers. Good luck!

Here you go! https://wellnessmama.com/health/gelatin-uses/

I have oil-cleansed my skin for 8-10 years and I love it! I started out with coconut oil but now use avocado oil. I’ll try adding castor oil too!

You could probably use it on other areas of concern but it’s not necessary to use it all over.

To anyone with acne reading this: I highly recommend researching oils high in Linoleic acid for acne prone skin! I have been doing OCM for a decade, it saved my acne-prone skin as a teen, but it only started helping when I learned about oleic and linoleic acids. Olive and coconut oils are often recommended but can be very unhelpful if you really have an acne problem, which is why there are so many comments from people who found OCM to make their acne worse. I personally love pumpkin seed oil the most, and I like rosehip seed oil as a moisturizer.

Me too! I have oily skin in the summer and dry skin in the winter. But I also have the tbone line where it’s oily and my cheeks and nose are pretty dry.

Hi, thank you, that makes sense!

Hi Kitty, using just oils can help increase blood flood which may be the cause of redness. If it continues for more than 3-4 days, please consult with your doctor or try a different combination of oils.

I like to apply an oil cleanse to my hair once a week. I use argan oil with a couple of drops of tea tree oil. It helps if you have dandruff or dry scalp and hair. I leave it in for 2 hours and wash it out with shampoo and conditioner.

I do this too. I keep a detergent size cup in my shower and mix about 1/8 cup of baking soda with the rest water, then pour on my hair and massage in. I let it sit for a bit while I wash other places, then rinse it out and apply about 1/4 c of ACV with the rest water. Just before I leave the shower I rinse that out. My hair is soft, clean, shiny, wavy, and I’m often complimented. I don’t color it—don’t need to. I just turned 70 last year.

Yes!

Thank you for the wonderful post!

Jamie