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TREATMENT FOR ACNE SCARS
Acne Treatment Tips
Acne treatment for acne scars can significantly help to reduce or even
remove them. Many dermatologists offer a number of acne treatment
options for those suffering with acne scars. Acne treatment
possibilities can vary depending on skin type, cost, scar reduction
possible, and knowing that sometimes acne treatment for scars can
actually make a scar worse.
Consider the following before seeking acne treatment for scars.
- What does your dermatologist think about your scar? Does your
dermatologist think acne treatment for scars will help or hurt you?
- Remember that scar treatments may make your skin look better, but
it will not restore your skin to an earlier time before you had acne or
a scar.
- Is your scar severe and disfiguring? Do you have anything to lose if the scar looks worse after acne treatment for scars?
- Many scars fade with time. How does your scar make you feel? Can
you wait for it to fade to avoid a scar possibly looking worse with
acne treatment?
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If you have decided you need acne treatment for scars, consider the following non-surgical options.
- Acne Treatment Tip #1 Collagen - A dermatologist injects
collage underneath the skin to "fill it out". This works best with soft
scars. It does not work too well for keloids or ice pick scars.
Collagen is temporary, lasting only three to six months, and must be
repeated or the scar will return.
- Acne Treatment Tip #2 Dermabrasion - A dermatologist puts
the patient under a local anesthetic and, with a high-speed brush tool,
removes the surface skin to change the contour of a raised scar. Small
scars are sometimes totally removed. Deep scars and scars on people
with darker skin do not respond as well to dermabrasion.
- Acne Treatment Tip #3 Fat Transfer - A dermatologist
takes fat from a part of the body and injects it under the skin to
"fill out" depressed scars. Fat transfer is temporary, lasting only six
to eighteen months, and must be repeated or the scar will return.
- Acne Treatment Tip #4 Lasers - A dermatologist uses
lasers of various strengths to contour scars and reduce redness. Many
times one laser treatment will significantly reduce scarring, but
sometimes redness can last for months.
- Acne Treatment Tip #5 Microdermabrasion - A dermatologist
uses aluminum oxide crystals and a vacuum, instead of a high-speed
brush as with dermabrasion. Otherwise, this procedure is similar to
dermabrasion in that it removes surface skin and contours a raised scar.
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