Treating Acne Scars

Acne scars are a sad memento of the having suffered pimples or even acne before. They are unbearable because of their apparent longevity and their non-complimentary appearance. Generally speaking, acne scars are rather difficult to treat, but tissue regrowth is not impossible these days with all the fantastic technological developments.

Generally speaking, when referring to acne scars, we mean the healed lesions caused by an acne infection. While most scarring is temporary and will probably disappear naturally over time, scars from the more severe forms of acne can become permanent.

Acne scarring can be prevented if the patient sees a doctor when it is in the incipient stage, particularly if nodules or cysts accompany the red pustules on the skin's surface. If the bouts of acne have marked your skin, you will have to approach the issue from another perspective, which most of the time means surgery.

Laser resurfacing is one possibility of removing the damaged skin parts and stimulating the organic regeneration of the tissue beneath. This operation only requires local anaesthesia and can take between a few minutes and an hour depending on the extent of the damage.

Fractional laser therapy is one of the most recent forms of removing acne scars. It involves surgical intervention at deep skin layers. The treatment is better than both dermabrasion and laser resurfacing in terms of quality and involves a much reduced healing period. Nevertheless, fractional laser therapy lies within the reach of only those few fortunate people, who can pay for it, since it is the most expensive acne treatment available these days.

It can be that additional sessions are necessary to improve the condition of the upper layers of skin, before they can start the deep level treatment of the acne scarring. The doctor may inject collagen into the scars 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 further.

As for the types of acne scars, they can be classified according to the formation pattern. 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 an extremely important factor in deciding on the selection of one type of therapy or the other.