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Every now and again at Vitale we hear really amazing stories and one of these is about my friend Karen. A bit about Karen, she is very fit and has no fear and so when she decided to learn how to skydive solo, no-one was surprised. So she spent 3 months prepping for her first solo dive and one sunny Sunday morning jumped out of a plane (the thought almost makes me pee my pants but she says she had no fear!). The dive was perfect, the landing was perfect and then Karen to one step and shattered her ankle and lower leg. The ambulance people told her that this was a common occurance and that they had been out at the same field the week before for the same reason. If only she had known!

What followed was lots of leg surgery, bed rest, casts etc. But Karen is a busy kind of person so within 5 days she was up and about. Three weeks later she came to me and said “I need some Rosehip oil for my scar – it isn’t healing”. I had a look at the scar – it was gruesome! So I replied, “yes Rosehip oil is good, but try this stuff, it is Excellent!”.

Five days after that I received a text message with photos attached. Being a scientific-type, Karen took a photo of her scar and sent it through to me:

After 5 days I received this surprising photo:

Finally on Day 7 of application I received this photo:

Karen is pretty happy with the results and her surgeon was also quietly impressed!

The product I recommended is Third Stone Botanicals Skin Smoother. It does contain Rosehip Oil, which is great for scar healing but it also contains some other key ingredients that promote even more rapid skin healing including Calendula, vitamin E and Wheatgerm oil. Karen’s isn’t the only story I have been told about this product – open heart surgery scars and scars from a broken arm have also responded similarly. You can also use Skin Smoother on small scars, wounds and abrasions. For areas where the skin is dry or dehydrated, choose Calm Magic Balm instead.

If you have a story about wound or scar healing or have used this product yourself, I would love to hear about it.

I love paw paw ointment but haven’t used it for years. The brand I used to use I found out contained petrochemicals as a base so I stopped using it all together. Recently however a couple of natural brands have popped up and I have been trialling them to see how they compare to the original. Of those natural brands I have done a comparison below and interestingly while I love the Pure Nutraceuticals product which we stock, the Suvana Paw Paw Ointment is really good too. For this reason, you will see it in-store soon! (Ed note: I is now in-store and on-line)

Brand	Natural/Organic	Ingredients	Product Experience/Rating	Price
Lucas Paw Paw Ointment	High concetration of paw paw ointment. A TGA listed product which means the base ingredients aren’t listed on the label	Contains natural paw paw extract in a petroleum jelly base (a petrochemical)	The original product, which is great to use but I don’t like the petrochemical base. 3 stars for high paw paw concentration but loses out because of the base ingredients	$5.95
Pure Nutraceuticals Paw Paw Ointment	Natural with food grade preservative. Contains calendula which is healing and nourishing to the skin.	Vitis Vinifera (Grapeseed) Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Beeswax, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Paw Paw Ferment, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) Fruit, Coconut Flavour, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Benzyl Alcohol	Great taste & feel. Contains coconut flavour, which is too strong for many. 4 stars – coconut flavour & preservative stop it from being 5 stars	$6.95
Suvana Paw Paw Ointment	Natural with some organic ingredients	Castor seed oil*, beeswax*, coconut oil*, cocoa butter*, papaya extract, honey*, jojoba oil*, vanilla bean oil*, candilia wax, carrot seed oil, stevia extract, vitamin e. * organic ingredients	No added flavour. Tastes like honey. Lovely to use. 4.5 stars. Higher price brings down from 5.	$8.95
Simmons Paw Paw Salve	Natural. Made with 51mg/gram of fresh paw paw. More papaw per volume than other leading brands.	Fermented fresh paw paw fruit, Rhus succedanea wax, glycerine, canola oil, hydrogenated castor oil, beeswax, corn starch.	Tastes bitter so not pleasant to use. 3.5 stars. Ingredients good but tastes awful.	$5.95

My video blog about Pure Nutraceuticals Paw Paw Ointment