| aused by acne are much more common than | | | | treatment serves a major role reducing such |
| doctors once believed; most people will have acne | | | | types of acne. |
| scars that are mild. However, some will have | | | | Acne Scars Resulting From Loss of TissuesAcne |
| scars that look significant even to others. The | | | | scars resulting from loss of tissue are more |
| best approach is prevention and to treat acne | | | | common than scars resulting from increased |
| right away as sometimes even mild acne can | | | | tissue formation. There are several types:Ice-pick |
| cause scarring, this can minimize the risk of | | | | acne scars get their name from their appearance. |
| permanent acne scars. Acnezine is the best | | | | They may be superficial or deep, are usually small |
| possible way to treat acne scars. acne leaves | | | | in diameter and have steep sides like an ice-pick |
| behind different types of acne scars. | | | | wound. They may be hard or soft to the touch; |
| Acne scars result from two types of tissue | | | | the soft acne scars are usually more superficial |
| response to the inflammation of acne: (1) | | | | and the hard scars deeper. The base of hard |
| increased tissue formation, and (2) loss of tissue. | | | | scars under the skin may be wider than the scar |
| Increased Tissue FormationThe scars caused by | | | | at the surface of the skin.Depressed fibrotic acne |
| increased tissue formation are called keloids or | | | | scars are usually large scars that have sharp |
| hypertrophic scars. The word hypertrophy means | | | | margins and steep sides. They are similar in |
| "enlargement" or "overgrowth." Both hypertrophic | | | | appearance to deep chicken pox scars.Superficial |
| and keloid scars are associated with excessive | | | | and deep soft acne scars are variable in size, and |
| amounts of the cell substance collagen. | | | | have sloping edges that merge with normal skin. |
| Overproduction of collagen is a response of skin | | | | Follicular macular atrophy is more likely to occur |
| cells to injury. The excess collagen becomes piled | | | | on the chest or back of a person with acne. |
| up in fibrous masses, resulting in a characteristic | | | | These are small, white, soft lesions, often barely |
| firm, smooth, usually irregularly-shaped scar. | | | | raised above the surface of the |
| Keloids tend to "run in the family"—that is, there | | | | skin—somewhat like whiteheads that |
| is a genetic predisposition to form keloids after | | | | didn’t fully develop. This condition is |
| tissue injury. African-Americans often have a | | | | sometimes also called "perifollicular elastolysis." The |
| predisposition to keloid formation. Some families | | | | lesions may persist for months to years. |
| also tend to form hypertrophic acne scars or | | | | There are many types of treatment to cure |
| thickened acne scars. | | | | acne. |
| Acnezine, the natural medication for acne | | | | |