Acne Scars Can be Dealt with
by Keith Londrie
Acne is a source of stress and embarrassment for many people.
The anxiety a breakout can cause is often magnified by the threat
of acne scars left behind after the skin clears. The breakout
is bad enough without the idea of having a permanent mark left
behind. In the effort to treat blemishes and clear skin,
professionals have developed techniques for treating acne scars.
This article briefly outlines six of them.
Dermabrasion is a treatment that has been around for a long time.
This approach to treat acne scars involves using a brush that
rotates at a high speed, removing the scarred area. Originally,
people used sandpaper to slather off dead and damaged skin.
Dermabrasion is most effective on shallow acne scars. The procedure
takes less than an hour and each treatment costs around
fifteen-hundred dollars.
Laser resurfacing is another approach used to treat shallow acne scars.
This procedure costs twice as much as dermabrasion, but some argue
that the results are superior. Laser resurfacing uses lasers to remove
the damaged skin. This technique is very focused on the specific area
and the treatment can take anywhere from a few minutes to a whole hour
depending on the size of the area covered with acne scars.
Chemical peels are quite popular right now. This procedure is relatively
inexpensive, costing about seven-hundred and fifty dollars per treatment.
This resurfacing approach uses acids to remove the damaged skin. Chemical
peels are only recommended for very mild acne scars and will not be effective
on significant scarring.
Punch techniques remove severe acne scars. There are three basic punch
techniques. The first involves removing the scar with a surgical hole-punch
and replacing it with a skin graft. The second removes the scar and allows
it to heal naturally and the third elevates the scar instead of removing it
all together. Each punch costs about fifty dollars.
Like the third punch technique, subcision elevates the acne scars instead
of removing them completely. The scarred skin is detached from the surrounding
skin allowing adequate blood flow beneath it. This eventually makes the scarred
area level with the rest of the skin surface. Prices vary for this procedure
according to how much area needs to be addressed and how many treatments are
necessary.
Deep acne scars can also be treated with augmentation, which fills the scarred
area with collagen or fat. The major benefit of augmentation is there is no
recovery time necessary. A major drawback is the results last for only a few months.
The augmentation procedures cost between three-hundred and seven-hundred dollars,
more if there are a lot of acne scars to address.
As more research is done, these six techniques will be improved. Recovery time
will be lessened and the cost of the treatments will decline as they are
mainstreamed. Perhaps one day, acne scars will be a thing of the past.
Keith Londrie II has put up three informative web sites
so that you can learn more about acne and it's control.
For more information please visit http://acneinformation.info
as well as http://acne-solution-treatments.info and http://stop-your-acne.info.
for more detailed information.
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