Acne Scars are common and they can affect anyone, from teens to adults. The good news is that there are treatments available for Acne Scars which can help to significantly reduce the appearance which can help your skin look smoother and healthier.
What are Acne Scars?
A scar forms when the skin is damaged during the healing process of pimples, cysts or long term acne. The body produces collagen to repair the skin, but sometimes this process doesn’t fully restore the skin to its original smoothness. This results in sunken or depressed scars, often called:
- Ice pick scars: Narrow, deep indentations that look like tiny punctures.
- Boxcar scars: Broad, rectangular depressions with sharp edges.
- Rolling scars: Wide shallow depressions giving the skin a wavy appearance.
Why Acne Scars happen?
When inflammation from acne damages the tissue under the skin, the body tries to repair it. If the repair is incomplete or uneven, depressed scares form. Picking or squeezing pimples can worsen scarring, and severe or cystic acne increases the risk. Genetics and delayed treatment can also play the role as well as slow healing capacity or a lack of iron in our system.
How to Treat Acne Scars?
While acne scars cannot always be completely erased, several treatments can significantly improve the overall appearance of skin:
- Microneedling: Creates tiny micro-injuries that stimulate collagen production, filing in depressed scars over time, smoothing the skin out and improving the appearance of moderate acne scars
- Chemical peels: Remove the top layer of skin through exfoliation, helps to generate collagen and elastin production by smoothing out shallow scars and improving overall texture.
- Laser therapy: Breaks down scar tissue ad encourages the growth of healthy smoother skin through collagen and elastin production, beneficial for some acne scar, but not all and downtime can be significantly longer compared to other treatments.
At elixSKIN Clinic, our Specialist Scar Treatment approach combines PDRN micro-injections targeted directly into individual scars with full-face polynucleotide treatment. This dual method addresses both localised scarring and overall skin quality simultaneously.
Our clinic specialises in Acne Scars and so far, our best results have been our Specialist Scar Treatment approach. We carefully inject our specialised products directly into acne scars to rebuild the collagen under the skin, we help your skin rebuild itself from within, improving the appearance of sunken scars and restoring smoother, healthier-looking skin.
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