scars like chameleons
 

why is it that on some days i can go out and my scars on my arm are nearly invisible, but other days they practically shout "look at me"!!! i dont get it. . .its weird. do your scars change color? they dont feeel different on a day they show than on a day they dont. ..? so whats going on?

yes, depending on if i wear lotion or sunblock that day or not, or if i'm getting more sun than normal, they will darken up. they also get dark in hot water (shower, bath, jacuzzi, etc). scar tissue just reacts different than living skin tissue

I have the same problem. I have been on holiday.. so i got a pretty neat tan.... arms were dark... then i started to peel... but not on the scars... so now i got pale arms again and frigging DARK scars. its crazy. some are pink too. think i need a top up tan lol

I think keloids are particularly suseptable to this.

yep i get hypertrophic scarring so until they have gone white which took a good yr or 2 they range from being purple, red, pink, whiteish....mainly depends on how hot i am. i call them my mood scars :) but the older ones that have gone like a silvery white colour and dont change anymore xx

Yeah I have a particularly bad scar that changes colour randomly from time to time. Its purple when I'm cold, white when i'm normal temperature and pinky red when i'm hot.

Its to do with the blood supply to the scars. when your hot the veins come to the top of your skin to help keep you cool which makes the scars more visable an the reverse is true.