Getting Treatment For Acne Scars
Unfortunately for many people, acne does not last only in adolescence, but it also takes place during the adult years. This can be frustrating and embarrassing, leading to scarring on the face as well as having to deal with the occasional breakouts in the skin.
Acne sufferers often feel helpless when trying to control breakouts as currently there are only ways to treat the breakouts to prevent scarring. Scar treatment for acne is something people, that do not have breakouts anymore, can do to solve the problem of pitting in the skin, difficult to cover up.
Although some scars are not very noticeable there are often deep pitting that can not be covered with makeup and show up as shadows on the skin. It is important to find the best acne scar treatment for severe scaring of the skin by acne.
Treatment Options
The treatment for acne scarring is almost as varied as the types of scarring that occur. For the deepest large ice pick scars there are treatment available when others fail. Practitioners usually do not offer this as a first option because it is very painful and takes time to heal.
There is a method called excision, where the doctor will cut out the pitted scar and then sew together the remaining skin so that it heals with a flat surface. Even though there will be a small scar there where the pit was closed, it is much easier to cover up since it is flat rather than the deep hole that was there from the acne scarring.
Another method that is used today is called the punch elevation. This method is also very painful and requires healing time on the part of the patient. It is good for the deep, pitted scars as well, but the method this time is to release the base of the scar from where it is attached and raise it up to the surface level of the skin. Then it is held in place to heal by a strip or glue so that the surface of the skin is flat again.
This method can work if the pitted scars have normal edges to them, meaning that they are flat and can create the smooth surface of the skin that the patient desires. Besides these acne scar treatments that are for large scars, there are also acne scar treatments that are designed for mild scarring, such as laser resurfacing and chemical peels.
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