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Acne scars are no joke - and if you suffer
from them, you will agree that they may cause you to loose
self-confidence and also stop you from enjoying a full social
life. The anxiety from these scars can dominate your personal
and professional life. Acne scars are very difficult to
eliminate and the best method is prevention. Any existing
acne should be eliminated before the process of scar removal
begins. Acne scars are formed by a different mechanism.
Acne
scars are oftentimes an unfortunate aftereffect of severe
acne. For people who work vigilantly to clear up their complexions,
the fact that scars are left behind when the acne does go
away can be devastating. Acne scars can come in a number
of different forms including (SOUNDS LIKE) pedi-acne scars
and box type acne scars, as well as rolling type acne scars.
A number of different lasers have been used for the improvement
of these type of scars on the face. Acne
scars are most often the product of an inflamed lesion,
such as a papule , pustule , or cyst . Inflamed blemishes
occur when the follicle, or pore, becomes engorged with
excess oil, dead skin cells, and bacteria.
Acne scars are stubborn, and no single treatment
is best for everyone. Various procedures can improve your
complexion, however. Acne scars are best minimized by gentle
treatment of the outbreak, refraining from squeezing pimples,
or using harsh acne treatments. Gentle cleansing several
times a day is wise for outbreak control, but rough scrubbing
can promote scarring, causing as much damage to the skin
as the original acne problem. Acne scars can affect anyone.
To get the best treatment for your scars you first of all
need to understand your scars.
Skin
grafting is another way of treating
acne scars. In these cases the scar is cut and the wound
so formed is sewn and therefore the scar becomes untraceable.
Skin pigmentation and tanning are related to the amount
and distribution of melanin in epidermal melanosomes. The
epidermis cell population includes keratinocytes and the
melanocytes that supply the keratinocytes with melanosomes,
i.e., melanin containing pigment granules, via dendritic
processes. Skin wounds healing is a vital process involving
proliferation of cellular elements with accompanying synthesis
of extracellular matrix that results in replacement of an
open skin wound with tissue. With the completion of the
dynamic process of wound healing, a scar remains in place
of the wound.
Acne
laser treatment(s), plastic surgery or topical creams,
are all beneficial methods, but no method guarantees success.
In order for the acne scar treatment to be effective, there
must be no active lesions on the area that will be treated.
Laser resurfacing is one of the latest innovations to have
entered the field of acne scar treatment and it is to be
noted here that this mode though effective needs to be repeated
form time to time. Since it removes the old skin layer,
people with darker skin tones have the risk of having irregular
skin tones due to this process. Laser skin resurfacing removes
skin very precisely, layer by layer, resulting in fewer
problems with hypopigmentation (lightening of skin). This
popular procedure is known by several other names, including
lasabrasion, laser peel or laser vaporization.
Collagen is required to enhance the defect
and regenerate anatomic structure and function. When too
much collagen is deposit in the wound site, regular anatomical
structure is gone, function is compromised and fibrosis
appears. Collagen tends to be a short-lived solution, required
ongoing injections to maintain. The final method is punch
techniques, which is best for ice-pick and boxcar acne scars.
Dermabrasion involves a local anasthetic.
A brush at high speed removes the surface of the skin. Dermabrasion
offers cosmetic improvement of acne pits and scars, but
only well-adjusted patients should be selected for this
esthetic improvement. In the dermabrasion operation the
deep cup-shaped pits are made shallow by saucerization,
for the deep sharp shadows are eliminated as the pits are
shallowed.
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