Ginger For Hypopigmented Scars?

[glxy5oo]

Can anyone attest that using fresh ginger works to heal/return pigment to hypopigmented scars? I was doing a search on hypopigmented scars and found a peculiar blog about how "passing over" fresh ginger onto hypopigmented scars will heal them - that this will return basically full pigment in 1 - 6 months.

Some quotes from the blog are:
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I was referred by a friend to an old Chinese man who practices alternative medicine from his home. He told me to start using the juice of fresh ginger roots on my vitiligo.

Buy fresh ginger roots. Go home and wash the roots to rinse off soil and chemicals. Cut off a slice of the root and pass it over the discolored areas. Do not rub! When that slice dries out, cut another slice and do the same thing again. Do that everyday. Don't forget. You can also do it a couple of times a day. You DO NOT need to go out in the sun. You DO NOT need the ultraviolet sessions. You can QUIT everything else you're using.

(...)A healthy cell has to communicate with a neighbor discolored cell and 'tell it' to begin producing melanin. But the ginger roots have some type of property that 'teaches' the cells to begin producing melanin SPONTANEOUSLY, from inside out.
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The entire blog's 5 entries are devoted to this specific topic (ginger for hypopigmentation) and is written sort of gimmicky . But why would someone go at great lengths to make something this obscure up? Especially if it didn't work. There's nothing for sale on the blog and I can't see how the author would make any profilt.


I'm about to try this on a hypopigmented scar I've had for a few years now (on my penis), but wanted to know what some of you think. It wouldn't suprise me if works greatly and is hardly known at all, seeing as ginger basically costs nothing and no big companies can make a profit from its sale.

Also the site's quotes mention to use the juice of fresh ginger, but then says to simply "pass" the ginger over the scar until it dries (not rub). I'm not quite sure what that means.. Maybe I should just try squeezing a little juice on the scar?

[jmejayy]

Yes, ginger does work but it takes time and requires a routine. I used it on my face for about 4 months and definitely saw a difference. The problem was that I stopped because I got lazy and I wish I hadnt. I'm  going to start again and what I do is cut ginger in half and rub it on the effective areas every night after showering. Overall in my experience it does work!!

[JollyNurse]

Ginger does work for scars and white marks. It has been known as a skin discoloration remedy in China for thousands of years. I recently came across a scar gel that has fresh ginger as its main ingredient - hypohil. Try it out if you are too lazy to buy ginger every day. It also works better than plain ginger as it has other things in it like aloe vera and onion which are very good for scars and are ingredients from known scar gels like Mederma.

[Haseen26]

Due to too much breakout and scars ,I applied garlic on my both cheek but unfortunately due to garlic I suffered from a second degree burn which caused me a lot of medical attention,mental stress and over all I can't express how depressed I was.I applied so many cosmetics to cover the hypopigmentation on my both cheeks.whenever I looked at the mirror I was terrified,my self confidence broke into pieces.one day after suffering straight 1 year I came across an article that said ginger can effectively help.with hypopigmentation.It's been only a week I am using fresh ginger juice on my cheeks and I can say 50% of the scars are already gone.people pls give it a try .I promise you won't regret.It's amazing...

[Frog100]

I'm trying ginger root juice on my lightened skin & if anything it looks like it's further lightening the skin. Any idea why that might be?

[mgr2019]

I just read that Ginger can actually be a skin lightener. I am VERY disappointed as I was going to start using Ginger Essential Oil for hypopigmentation :( There was a study done and you can read up on the findings here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23892040

[Karelu]

Hello! my daughter has Vitiligo and we read a link about how  Calendula Ointment can help for white spots and vitiligo.We bought de one from the company Boiron .(it is made from Calendula flower). The results are pretty amazing, the spots faded very quickly. There are oils and gels, we try a few different brands but that one so far is the best . Stay out of the sun and wear sunblock with titanium oxide. Good luck.Ahhh I almost forgot  in Cuba they found the vitiligo cure do your research. I hope its helpful! good luck!

[lisa_111]

When you use the dermaroller, do you expose your skin to the sun or do you simply roll the roller on your skin ?
Any advice would be helpful. I am really stressed out and desperate myself.

[lovely789]

I don't, but I probably wouldn't even if I got the chance (it's snowing where I live) simply b/c I would be afraid of UV damage but if you think it would help I don't see an issue with trying just a small part of your body

[lovely789]

Hey guys so I was just thinking, do you think it would be helpful if we used ginger root oil?  I figured it's more potent but I don't have much experience with essential oils or ginger root oil....any thoughts?

Also I ended up buying a dermaroller or something like it as someone else suggested on this forum and I think its helping...I don't really have much time so I'm never consistent but whenever I am, I do get more brown spots appearing...so something else to consider...