When
I was a kid, whenever I got scrapes on my legs, my mom never failed to remind
me to put sebo de macho on the affected areas if I don’t want to get
unsightly scars on my legs. As much as I hate its scent (it stinks a lot), I religiously
applied it on my scrapes every night, hoping to do its magic while I sleep. Now
the big question is “can sebo de macho effectively remove scars?”.
The
answer is NO. In contrast to the common belief, sebo de macho can only reduce
(lighten) the appearance of scar so that it will blend to your skin's
natural color, making it less noticeable. However, it won’t completely remove
the scar like it’s never been there, most especially for thick raised scars
like keloid.
Based
on personal experience, I can vouch for the effectiveness of sebo de macho
for its ability to lighten scars. The secret lies to the main ingredient of sebo
de macho – pure mutton tallow. Mutton tallow refers to the processed fat of
an adult sheep. In other words, it’s an animal-derived grease, thus the word sebo
in its product name. It is said that the fatty acid composition of tallow
is similar to the sebum found on the human skin. In fact, tallow has high
concentration of oleic (47%), palmitic (26%) and stearic (14%) fatty acids.
These fatty acids are responsible for reducing the appearance of scars. Wound
heals faster and scar formation is minimized if the wound area is kept hydrated.
The fatty acids in sebo de macho make it happen by forming an occlusive
barrier on top of the skin to lock in the moisture. It is also very emollient
(moisturizing) so as your wound heals, it softens and smoothens the wound area
which could help in making the scar less noticeable.
To
summarize, sebo de macho won’t remove scars but it can effectively
reduce their appearance by consistently applying it on your newly healed
wounds (yep, it won’t work on old scars). Just make sure that the sebo de
macho you buy is made from 100% pure tallow to reap its scar reducing
benefits.
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