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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Treating Acne Scars

By Gail Jones

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

Generally speaking, by acne scarring, we are talking about the healed lesions resulting from an acne infection. While most scarring is temporary and will probably disappear naturally 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 issue from a different 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 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 treatment is better than 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 lucky sufferers, who can pay for it, since it is the most expensive acne treatment currently available.

It can happen that other sessions are required to improve the condition of the superficial 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 elevate the existing skin level or she/he may recommend micro-dermabrasion for the same reason. Trying to carry out chemical peels at home could be a bad policy because of the risk of aggravating the condition by irritating the scars even further.

As for the types 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. - 17269

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