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Are the acne scars making you embarrassed or self-conscious about your skin? Learn the forms of treatments you can use to reduce or remove their appearance!
Craters, blemishes, pockmarks, blotches – whatever you call them – are all acne scars that give a debilitating and distressing feeling to those who experience it. Whether they are an endless reminder of your ill-fated teen years or your previous breakouts, you may want to check skin-smoothening processes to help reduce their appearance.
Usually, scars fall into two categories:
- Hypertrophic scars – as a result of an excess tissue
- Atrophic scars – as a result of a loss of tissue
Within these categories, there are many different types of acne scars:
- Ice Pick: Very narrow, deep scars that extend in the dermis. People with ice pick scars look as if the targeted area has been pierced by a sharp instrument like an ice pick. It seems to create a thin, deep, and small hole in the skin. However, some ice pick scars look like very large pores.
- Boxcar: This acne scar is an oval or round depression with sheer vertical sides. It is broader than the ice pick scars and gives the skin a rough, patchy look.
- Deep Divots: These are a very deep type of scars that include loss of the subcutaneous tissue volume. This ultimately leads to a big divot.
- Hypertrophic: Hypertrophic scars appear more raised – like a tiny tissue mass that is quite rutted and raised. It is also evident around the back, chest, jawline, and chest areas.
- Keloid: A more severe type of raised scar. It develops bigger than the original wound as well as sends out lateral, raised shoots that further expand the wound.
- Rolling: The skin caused by a rolling scar looks rocky and uneven, sometimes even like waves. They are sometimes referred to as rolling hill acne scars as it has a resemblance to tiny hills sitting on the skin’s top.
- Macular Scarring: These are red acne scars that are mostly seen on the forehead and cheek areas. They occur due to premature acne scarring. While treatment is not necessarily required or important because it can disappear over 6-12 months, a treatment can still be applied, such as vascular laser treatment.
There are procedures you can consider investing in to improve the texture and look of your skin. What treatment you will choose depends on the type of acne scarring you have. Those with more than one type of scarring might need some different treatments to see better results.
Acne Scarring Treatments
Among the best acne scarring treatments available for all skin types are:
Non-Laser Treatment
If a laser treatment doesn’t appeal to you, other treatments that are non-laser can be chosen to get rid of your acne scars. One great solution is the Infini Radio Frequency (IRF) needling. It firms, tightens, and lifts the skin while minimizing the flow of oil, improving your skin tone and texture as well as pore size skin surface.
Dermal Filler
Either indented or deep scars can be treated effectively with dermal fillers. It reduces the scar visibility through lifting the area to align the surfaces of your skin.
Facial Treatments
Other acne-scar removal options include dermabrasion, micro-dermabrasion, chemical peels, and retinoic acid. These help to remove the damaged surface layer of your skin, bringing forth healthy and even layered skin.
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