Acne scars are an awful reminder of the having suffered pimples or even acne before. They are unbearable because of their seeming permanence and their non-complimentary appearance. Normally speaking, acne scars are rather hard to eradicate, but tissue regrowth is not impossible these days with all the fantastic technological advancements.
In general terms, by acne scarring, we mean the healed lesions caused by an acne infection. While most scarring is temporary and will probably disappear naturally in time, scarring from the more severe forms of acne can become permanent.
Acne scarring can be prevented if the sufferer sees a doctor when it is in the incipient stage, especially if nodules or cysts accompany the red pustules on the skin’s surface. If the breakouts of acne have marked your skin, you will have to approach the problem from a different perspective, which usually involves surgery.
Laser resurfacing is one way of removing the damaged skin areas and stimulating the natural regeneration of the tissue beneath. The procedure requires only local anaesthesia and can last between a few minutes and an hour depending on the extent of the problem.
Fractional laser therapy is one of the most recent methods of removing acne scarring. It involves surgical intervention at deep skin layers. The therapy is superior to both dermabrasion and laser resurfacing in terms of quality and involves a very reduced healing period. Nevertheless, fractional laser therapy lies within the reach of only those few lucky people, who can afford it, since it is the most expensive acne treatment currently available.
It can be that additional sessions are required to improve the condition of the superficial layers of skin, before they can start the deep level treatment of the acne scar. The doctor may inject collagen into the scarring in order to raise the normal skin level or she/he may suggest micro-dermabrasion for the same reason. Trying to perform chemical peels for acne treatment at home is a bad idea given the risk of aggravating the condition by irritating the scars even more.
As for the forms of acne scars, they can be classified by the way they look. Scarring can result because of an increase of tissue or due to a loss of tissue They both have an adverse impact on the way the face looks. Specialists’ evaluation of the nature of the scars is a very important factor in deciding on the adoption of one kind of treatment or the other.
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