Acne Scars Remedies 

Type of Acne Scars and Solutions available

Apart from the fact that acne is a big problem itself, it may also cause deep scars. Scars are left when the person is suffering from a severe form of acne such as Nodulo cystic.

It is interesting how both psychologically and physically people have difficult responses to acne scars. In some of them scars heal easily and fast while others can’t get rid of them at all. And while some think scarring is normal others do everything possible to or experience a reduction or remove even the slightest of the scars.

Types of scars and causes

Depending on the shape of skin and tissue, we have 2 categories of acne scars:

One type consists of increased skin tissue, and the other is specified by the decrease in tissue on the site of acne. The first type is called Keloids and is wide spread in African-American nations while the other one is called the ice-pick scar and is extremely difficult to heal.

The types of scars that are formed due to excessive amount of the cell substance collagen of the Keloids have a small diameter – no more than 2 millimeters and are irregularly shaped,smooth and firm.

Although that it is not absolutely proved, observations show that this type is usually inherited because people who suffer from it are usually related to others also having Keloid.

The other type of scars which is caused by the loss of tissue is more common compared to keloids. They resemble the scars left by chicken pox and include depressed fibrotic scars, soft tissue scars  and ice-pick scars. 

Ice-pick scars which affect mainly the cheeks are small but with jagged edges, steep, and therefore difficult to be healed or treated. When these become larger and steeper, with edges becoming sharp, "depressed fibrotic scars" is the name used by specialists to describe them. And finally, soft scars which have rolling edges  that merge with the natural skin, are small may be both superficial and deep. They can be different in shape - either circular or linear.

Solutions :

There is a variety of solutions ranging from skin creams, home remedies for acne scars to laser treatment, skin graft, and microdermabrasion. Also some temporary filling agents like collagen might be used. Some of the methods are quite complicated. Some treatment provide satisfied results while others let people unsatisfied.

Success of a scar treatment varies with the type of skin and each person. The only way to know is to compare the skin before and after treatment.

For example, the treatment used for deep ice-pick scars is punch grafting which means cutting the scars and replacing them with skin graft taken from behind the ear. Another technique is dermabrasion where the normal skin is cut down and thus the scar remains the same but the level of rest of the skin changes, making them shallower and removing shadows.

 Another method is laser treatment for which a product, carbon dioxide is used to remove skin very finely with minimum damage to healthy tissue. There are also peeling treatments where chemical products are used to remove the epidermis. This treatment is helpful and may clear shallow scars left by acne rosacea and cystic acne.