| You've seen it all over the TV infomercials about | | | | what is utilized to then smooth out the new skin |
| acne cures with the newest, latest and greatest | | | | as it grows and heals. After having the ablative |
| acne formulas, but what about acne scars? Is | | | | laser treatment, your skin will be extremely red |
| there anything you can do about the scarring that | | | | and raw and very sensitive and painful until it is |
| acne leaves behind? | | | | fully healed. A complete recovery can take |
| Acne scarring can be a direct result of picking and | | | | several months to a year depending on how well |
| or squeezing your pimples when you have a | | | | you can protect the new skin growth. By applying |
| breakout. When you are someone that has had a | | | | and utilizing all the necessary ointments and |
| lot of clustering of pimples close together and you | | | | dressings as well as staying out of the sun will |
| are picking at it and spreading the bacteria, it very | | | | greatly improve your chances for a speedy |
| well may lead to scarring which can look even | | | | recovery. |
| worse than the actual acne itself. Scars can fade | | | | The non-ablative laser treatment does no damage |
| but especially on the face, it will always be | | | | to the most outer layer of skin. This type of |
| noticeable. Luckily, science has developed a laser | | | | treatment utilizes a type of smooth laser that |
| treatment that can smooth out those crater size | | | | diminishes acne scars by stimulating your skins |
| malformations on your face and sometimes with | | | | natural collagen growth. It targets the sebaceous |
| just one treatment. | | | | glands and directly reduces the sebum which is a |
| There are basically two primary types of laser | | | | kind of receptacle that can collect bacteria and |
| treatments that are used to resurface the skin | | | | lead to acne formation. When the laser heats up |
| with acne scarring, ablative and non-ablative. | | | | the natural collagen in the skin, it reduces and |
| The ablative laser treatment is widely used and | | | | tightens the derma to make the scarring less |
| quite the popular choice but it is also the most | | | | visible. While the ablative method could require |
| harmful if not done by someone who has had | | | | only one treatment to take care of scarring, the |
| extensive training in this field. This harsh method | | | | non-ablative laser treatment must be repeated |
| of scar removal actually takes the outer layer of | | | | several times to get the same desired results. |
| skin and virtually destroys it. It will burn off the | | | | The nice thing about the non-ablative method is |
| scarred skin area causing the dermal layer of skin | | | | that there is no down time and no obvious |
| to produce high levels of collagen as a means to | | | | redness or raw skin. |
| heal and regrow the skin. This natural collagen is | | | | |