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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Acne Scars

By Gail Jones

Acne scars are a sad reminder 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 unusual these days with all the fantastic technological developments.

Generally speaking, by acne scarring, we are talking about the healed lesions caused by an acne breakout. While most scarring is temporary and will probably disappear on its own in time, scars from the more severe forms of acne can be permanent.

Acne scarring can be prevented if the sufferer visits 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 another perspective, which usually means surgery.

Laser resurfacing is one possibility of removing the damaged skin areas and stimulating the organic regrowth of the tissue beneath. This operation only requires local anaesthetic and can last between a few minutes and an hour depending on the amount of the damage.

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 very reduced healing period. Nevertheless, fractional laser therapy remains within the reach of only those few fortunate people, who can afford it, since it is the most expensive acne treatment available so far.

It can happen that 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 scarring. The doctor may inject collagen into the scars in order to elevate the existing skin level or she/he may recommend micro-dermabrasion for the same reason. Trying to carry out chemical peels at home is a bad idea because of the chance of aggravating the condition by irritating the scars even further.

As for the kinds of acne scarring, they can be classified according to the formation pattern. 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 a very important factor for the decision of adopting one form of treatment or another. - 17274

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