Acne Scars

By Gail Jones

Acne scars are an awful memento of the having suffered pimples or even acne. They are intolerable because of their apparent permanence and their non-complimentary look. Normally speaking, acne scars are rather difficult to treat, but tissue regeneration is not unusual these days with all the fantastic technological developments.

In general terms, by acne scars, we are talking about the healed lesions caused by an acne infection. While most scarring is temporary and will probably disappear naturally over time, scarring from the more severe forms of acne can become permanent.

Acne scarring may be avoided if the sufferer visits dermatologist when the acne scarring is in an early 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 issue from another perspective, which most of the time means surgery.

Laser resurfacing is one way of removing the damaged skin areas and stimulating the organic regeneration of the tissue underneath. This procedure only requires local anaesthesia and can last 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 means surgical intervention at deep skin layers. The therapy is superior to both dermabrasion and laser resurfacing in terms of quality and has a very 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 therapy currently available.

Sometimes, additional sessions are required to improve the condition of the upper layers of skin, before they can tackle 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 very same purpose. Trying to perform chemical peels for acne treatment at home could be 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 grouped by the way they look. Scars 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 another. - 29955

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