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Acne
Scars: Discover The Best Way
To Remove Your Acne Marks In 5 Simple Steps
You live in a world of customization. You
can customize your hair color, manicure type, vehicle, health care plan and
most certainly, your acne scar removal regime. But before you take one step in
customizing anything- you plan.
When it comes to getting rid of acne marks, you
can plan to delete traces of your previous acne affliction in five time and
money saving steps.
Step 1: Define your acne scarring
situation
Measuring
improvements require that you first assess your scarring situation. To find
your ideal acne scar correcting product, you need to clearly define the type(s)
of cicatrices you wish to reduce.
Types of acne scarring include:
Hyperpigmented spots- round, flat,
darkened spots that remain after an acne lesion heals. In some instances,
darkened acne spots can fade on their on in 2-12 months.
Pock marks, ice-pick scars- these
scars are indentations in the skin that result from loss of skin and fat tissue
that occurred during the formation and healing of inflamed acne pustules or
cysts.
Rolling acne scarring- stretched pores
and the roughened skin texture that results from extended periods of moderate
to severe acne.
sentence 7 Hypertrophic scars-
circular, raised scar tissue that results from excess collagen growth during
the acne lesion healing process. This is generally the least common form of
acne scarring.
Step 2: Decide what changes you would
like to see in your skin
If you have acne scarring, you most
likely want your skin to look as if you never had acne. That's understandable.
To make this scar disappearing act happen, you first need to precisely
determine what changes you want to see with your scarring. For example, you may
want to fade dark spots, and smooth away indented pock marks and ice-pick
scars.
Step 3: Determine your budget and time
commitment to improving your skin
You have numerous cosmetic and
medicinal options for correcting acne scars. However, before dipping into your
wallet, you want to ensure that One: You devised a budget to fully fund your
scar removal method and Two: You have the time it will require to successfully
benefit from your chosen scar removal methods.
To illustrate, lets say that you wanted
to soften a hypertrophic acne scar. Your scar removal budget is $500US and time
commitment is two months. With these numbers, you may witness improvements in
your raised scar by receiving two-20 minute- flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser
(PDL) treatments within two months.
Conversely, if your scar removal
budget was $50 and you had about 2-5 months to see improvements in this
hypertrophic scar, you could use a $19 silicon or polyurethane patch. You
usually need to wear these patches daily for 12 hours and each patch costs
roughly a dollar. This brings the costs for your silicon patch based
hypertrophic scar removal to about $60-$150US for two to five months of daily
treatment.
Step 4: Match the acne scar removal
treatment to your specific scar type
Not all scar removal treatments
perform the same job. For instance, the silicon patch may fabulously flatten
hypertrophic tissue, but could aggravate rolling acne scars. Similarly, while a
deep chemical peel can reduce the depth of pock mocks, the same peel may have
no effect on raised scarring. Here's a basic guideline for matching acne scars
with the ideal acne scar removal treatment.
Hyperpigmented spots- chemical peels,
skin lighteners, intense pulsed light treatments
Pock marks, ice-pick scars-
dermabrasion treatments, deep chemical peels, advanced laser treatments
administered by a trained professional.
Rolling acne scarring- chemical peels,
skin tightening laser treatments
Hypertrophic scars- laser treatments,
silicon patches, scar creams
Step 5: Consistent product usage
Once you've done steps one through
four, all you need to do now is use the acne scar removal products and/or
treatments consistently and as directed until your see optimal changes in your
skin.
While having a "plan" for
changing your skin may seem awkward, chances are this simple guideline will
help remove doubts about freeing yourself of acne scars while saving yourself
precious time and money. Also, a report in the American Journal of Clinical
Dermatology reported that having a regime while performing popular acne scar
removal treatments like alpha hydroxy peels enhanced patient compliance and
peel results. Why not treat yourself to an acne scar reducing plan.
Sources:
Manuskiatti, W; Rungsima W & R Fitzpatrick. Effect of Pulse Width of a
595-nm Flashlamp-Pumped Pulsed Dye Laser on the Treatment Response of Keloidal
and Hypertrophic Sternotomy Scars. Dermatologic Surgery; February 2007, vol 33,
no 2, pp 152-161.
Meyer-Ingold, W & V Achterberg. Scar Reduction by Adhesive Patches:
Efficacy and Potential Mode of Action. Wound Repair and Regeneration; April
2004, vol 12, no 2, pp A19.
Tung, R; W Bergfeld, A Vidimos & B Remzi.
Alpha-Hydroxy Acid-Based Cosmetic Procedures: Guidelines For Patient
Management. American Journal of Clinical Dermatology; March 2000, vol 1, no 2,
pp. 81-88.
By: Naweko
Nicole Dial
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Naweko
Nicole Dial San-Joyz engineered the acne trigger approach to naturally
controlling acne in her internationally published book, "Acne
Messages". San-Joyz continues to serve persons with acne by developing
customized acne scar removal
treatments for the face and body at the San Diego based skin research firm Noixia. If
you want free, researched tips for naturally removing acne marks, visit Noixia.com
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