Best Treatment for Acne Scars

With the latest treatments you can, not only diminish the scar marks but completely get rid of them. The treatment for the scars depends on the severity of the marks. Do not forget to take the advice of a reputed dermatologist before you choose a treatment. These are the most popular anti-scar treatments available today:

Autologous fat transfer:

In this method, fat is extracted from another part of a person's body and injected into the skin. This fat is injected below the skin's surface to lift up depressed scars. This procedure of autologous fat transfer is generally employed rectify deep contour defects formed as a result of scarring due to nodulocystic acne. This method needs to be repeated and it takes about 6 months to 1 and half years for the fat to get absorbed back into the surface of the skin. In order to improve the results one can also try using numerous fat-transfer procedures.

Laser Treatment:

Lasers of different intensity and wavelength are employed to re-shape the scar tissue and even lessen the inflammation of the skin surrounding the acne lesions, which have healed. The scarred tissue may be taken out with powerful and modern instruments like the carbon dioxide laser and others. In certain cases only one treatment in good enough to accomplish the desired permanent results. Even after many months of the treatment, there can be red patches as the skin absorbs large amounts of the laser's energy during the operation.

Microdermabrasion:

This is one of the latest techniques and a type of dermabrasion. Instead of using a high-speed rotating brush, aluminum oxide crystals are used in the case of microdermabrasion. These crystals are allowed to pass through a kind of vacuum tube in order to eliminate the surface skin. Just the surface cells of the scarred skin are got rid of, so that there is no formation of any extra wound.

Skin Surgery:

Certain ice-pick scars can be removed from the skin's surface by "punch" erasure of every single scar. Each scar is expunged down to the very layer, where there is subcutaneous fat. This results in a hole on the skin's surface that can be repaired either with a piece of graft skin or with sutures.

Medication:

Nowadays there are a number of safe topical medicines that can solve this problem to a great extent. One very effective solution is the Scar Treatment Kit by Zenmed®. It has a dual action treatment and can easily remove different skin imperfections. This kit is easy to use and one just needs to apply it twice or thrice a week to notice the results.