Are Acne Scars Permanent?
Posted by Gail Jones in Uncategorized, tags: acne, advice, alternative medicine, beauty, cosmetics, diet, how to, nutrition, other, scars, self help, skin, skin care, treatments, UncategorizedAcne scars are an awful reminder of the having suffered pimples or even acne before. They are intolerable because of their apparent permanence and their non-complimentary look. Generally speaking, acne scars are quite difficult to eradicate, but tissue regeneration is not unusual these days with all the amazing technological advancements.
In general terms, when referring to acne scars, we are referring to the healed lesions caused by an acne infection. While most scars are temporary and disappear naturally in time, those from the more severe forms of acne can be permanent.
Acne scarring can be prevented if the patient sees 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 most of the time means surgery.
Laser resurfacing is one way of removing the damaged skin parts and stimulating the organic regeneration 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 problem.
Fractional laser therapy is one of the most recent forms of removing acne scarring. It involves surgical intervention at deep skin layers. The therapy is superior to 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 fortunate people, who can afford it, since it is the most expensive acne treatment available so far.
Sometimes, further sessions are required to improve the condition of the upper 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 raise the normal skin level or she/he may recommend micro-dermabrasion for the very 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 forms of acne scars, they can be classified by the way they look. 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 an extremely important factor in deciding on the selection of one type of therapy or the other.
Entries (RSS)