Removing Acne Scars

January 3, 2010 by health-writing-team  
Filed under Acne

Acne can render serious troubles to your look, or different parts of your body which are affected by it. Due to the fact this is a medical condition it needs to be treated by a doctor. Firstly, you have to visit a skin doctor who will best advise what you need to do so as to get rid of acne scars. Yet, here we give you some tips which you need to follow:

Get Dermabrasion-You should not mix this with micro-dermabrasion that removes the top part of dead surface skin cells from the face, as this coarser technique takes deeper layers. It would be almost like you were to scratch sandpaper on your face (which you mustn’t!). Still, it is in fact perceived as the sandpaper imagery. First, the dermatologist will numb your face and then begin removing layers through the “sanding” process. The procedure of being recovered is often a few weeks after which your skin will finally fink. Finally, new skin will appear with a fresh teen shine. The best effects are achieved with the persons who have very light or very dark skin. Patients in between might want to obtain some other solution.


Try Laser Resurfacing. This is a second way your zits get cleared off and your acne scars go away. This is quite a new procedure and it must be pointed out that not many trials have been completed on its lasting effects. This process is done by the use of laser to root out acne scars. The two lasers used are the CO2 laser and the YAG laser. Both are effective, so it is your doctor’s preference over which they will to apply. Still, it is ultimately up to you which of these two you will select. The laser operates similarly to dermabrasion. It removes the surface of the skin which has been affected so that new healthy skin may grow. A couple of weeks are obligatory to recover. Nonetheless, just in order to speed up the recovery process, the skin doctor may give you a topical cream. it is necessary sometimes to use  bandages, too, depending how deep the scar is.

Perform a chemical peel. This kind of procedure to get rid of acne scars may be great for light acne scarring. Different kinds of acid are utilized for the top layer of the skin, which is removed 15 minutes later. Ordinarily, redness and swelling might appear. Depending on how much of acid was used, time of recovery might go from a day to several weeks.

Get the Punch Technique. This method is utilized for individuals who have deep-pitted acne scars. Similar to a a transplantation of hair, a piece of scarred skin is “punched” then elimimated after which the skin transplant is taken, usually from behind the ear, and put where the scarred skin was removed. After the intervention is carried out, it can as well be mixed with Laser Resurfacing or Dermabrasion. If the area on the skin is small enough, it may be unnecessary to substitute it. As well, if the scarring is not deep into the skin, your skin doctor can just plug away the top layers of the skin and let the basic layers heal. Most often, a time fof recovery will take a few weeks or longer.

Consider Augmentation. This process means shooting fillers, mostly collagen, under the skin to so as to help clean the acne scars. Besides, the doctor can get fat from other parts in your body and shoot that instead of collagen. A short recovery time is needed, a day at most, as it’s just like obtaining any other injection. Besides, you have to have in mind that this is a temporary fix at the moment that lasts for about six months. Nevertheless, in the future as different “fillers” are found out, it might last longer.

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