Acne Scarring And What You Can Do About It
Author: Janice Wee
Source: articledashboard.com
There are 3 types of acne scars.
- Ice pick scars
- Acne pit scars
- Raised scars
Ice pick scars look like giant pores. The are so called because they looked as if the skin has been jabbed with an ice pick. In reality, the pore has been destroyed by a pimple, deeply embedded in the skin, that has worked its way to the surface and destroyed the live cells it encountered.
Acne pit scars are worse. They are indented like wider shallow pits because cysts formed in the skin destroyed the skin, leaving scar tissue.
Raised scars happen when you have several cysts together and raised scar tissue is formed on the surface of the skin.
The best way to prevent acne scars is to deal with acne quickly. Treat the acne before scars can form. Don’t pick the zits. You might end up scarring yourself instead. Keep your hands and hair off your face. The last thing you want is to add more bacteria
How do you get rid of acne scars?
See the doctor.
You don’t have to live with acne scars for the rest of your life. There are surgical procedures that can smoothen your skin, progressively reducing the scarring with each treatment.
Ice pick scars can be smoothened away with dermabrasion or laser resurfacing.
For dermabrasion, the doctor uses a hand held tool to sandpaper your face, smoothening out your skin so that the scars are smoothed away.
For laser resurfacing, a carbon dioxide laser is used instead to remove the top layers of the skin in order to smooth away the scars.
Deeper scars can be hidden through augmentation.
For augmentation, the skin is smoothed out with the injection of collagen or fat implants to fill out the scars.