Acne Scars
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Owen Jones in Diet & Nutrition
Acne scars are a sad memento of the having suffered pimples or even acne. They are unbearable because of their seeming permanence and their non-complimentary look. Generally speaking, acne scars are quite difficult to treat, but tissue regeneration is not impossible these days with all the fantastic technological developments.
In general terms, when referring to acne scars, we mean the healed lesions caused by an acne infection. While most scarring is temporary and will probably disappear on its own over time, scars from the more severe forms of acne can be permanent.
Acne scarring may be prevented if the sufferer sees doctor when the acne scarring is in an incipient stage, particularly if nodules or cysts accompany the red pustules on the skin’s surface. If the breakouts of acne have scarred your skin, you will have to approach the problem from a different perspective, which most of the time involves surgery.
Laser resurfacing is one way of removing the damaged skin parts and stimulating the natural 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 problem.
Fractional laser therapy is one of the most recent forms of eliminating acne scarring. It involves surgical intervention at deep skin layers. The treatment is superior to both dermabrasion and laser resurfacing in terms of quality and has a much reduced healing period. Nevertheless, fractional laser therapy remains within the reach of only those few fortunate sufferers, who can pay for it, since it is the most expensive acne treatment currently available.
It can be that additional sessions are necessary to improve the condition of the upper layers of skin, before they can tackle the deep level treatment of the acne scarring. 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 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 scarring, they can be grouped 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 kind of therapy or the other.
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