So someone asked me if they can use apple cider vinegar to replicate the effect of the Hei Ba Gao. I think it does. Vinegar has a shrinking effect. The Hei Ba Gao uses black rice vinegar and apple cider is also a vinegar. I will try some and update. But I do know that too much vinegar on the skin is very drying. They have changed the name of the Hei Ba Gao black paste to Black Scar Masque. Same thing to me.

5 years on, my friend. I now know that keloids, like all scars, will be forever part of you. Some enlightened person told me its my karma. I have injured someone in my past lives. It is now my turn to suffer the same type of disfigurement. Treatment? Its on and off. Only when I feel pain or when the keloids are growing. Otherwise I just leave them alone. After stopping for a few months, I am back on the Hei Ba Gao again. I dont like it but I miss it. It troublesome but it somehow soothes the keloids. Makes them softer. I can swing my arms futher and not feel restrained when playing golf.