Acne Scar Therapy

Acne is something most people go through as part of puberty and growing up. For the majority, acne also goes away along with all the awkwardness, moodiness, and obsessive crushes of teenage life. It may not be cause and effect, but one day you wake up to realize you're not going to die if so-and-so doesn't like you, and you look in the mirror and your acne is gone.

Unfortunately, like the emotional turmoils of being a teenager, acne often leaves painful scars that can follow us to the end of our lives. Acne scars are a permanent reminder of that time in our lives when nothing we did seemed to keep the pimples at bay.

But if your face has been scarred by acne, you do not need to suffer the enduring stigma of your past. Instead, many treatments exist for acne scars today that provide good results. Most commonly, acne scars manifest as deep dimples that interrupt the smooth curve of your skin, and the problem is building up tissue under the scar to fill it in. One of the best treatments recently developed is Fraxel fractional laser treatment, which burns microcolumns into the deep layers of the skin to stimulate the production of collagen which then fills in the acne scars. A similar treatment is part of the Sciton Profile phototherapy, known as Profractional laser treatment. These treatments are more effective on acne scarring than traditional resurfacing, either chemical peels or laser resurfacing. Because they only target a fraction of the skin, they can target deeper tissue and stimulate the growth of collagen to a higher degree.

Your enduring acne scars can give long life to another unfortunate part of being a teenager: deep insecurity about our appearance. Shed your insecurity and feel full confidence in yourself and your appearance. Please contact Face Beautiful Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery today for a consultation.