How to Treat an Acne Scar

Having acne can be a difficult situation, emotionally and physically. You feel self-conscious and sometimes embarrassed about being seen by the outside world. Even worse is when that acne is followed by an acne scar.
An acne scar appears at the site of injured tissue, usually if someone has picked at a blemish. Two types of acne scars can form: the inset ice-pick scar or keloids, which are raised, thickened tissue. Why the acne scar forms is not well understood and scarring doesn’t happen to everyone. An acne scar does usually occur if there is severe inflammatory nodulocystic acne, rooted deep in the skin.

Acne scars can stay the same throughout a person’s lifetime or diminish slightly in time. Treatments for an acne scar can be collagen injections, dermabrasion, microdermabrasion, laser treatments, skin grafting and skin surgery.