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Archive for September, 2009

Acne Scars: Acne scarring occurs when the visible

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Acne Scars: Acne scarring occurs when the visible remnants of acne are permanently left on the skin after the acne itself
has subsided.


The Real Answer For Your Acne When you look at the mirror and find your face oily and have many red big dots on it, you usually are panicked. It happens not [...]

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Treatment of keloids: Surgical removal is seldom if

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Treatment of keloids: Surgical removal is seldom if ever used to treat keloids. A person whose skin has a tendency to form keloids from acne damage may also form keloids in response to skin surgery. Sometimes keloids are treated by injecting steroid drugs into the skin around the keloid. Topical retinoic acid may be applied [...]

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Skin grafting: may be necessary under certain conditions

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Skin grafting: may be necessary under certain conditions

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Skin Surgery: Some ice-pick scars may be removed

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Skin Surgery: Some ice-pick scars may be removed by “punch” excision of each individual scar. In this procedure each scar is excised down to the layer of subcutaneous fat; the resulting hole in the skin may be repaired with sutures or with a small skin graft. Subcision is a technique in which a surgical probe [...]

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Laser Treatment: Lasers of various wavelength and intensity

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Laser Treatment: Lasers of various wavelength and intensity may be used to recontour scar tissue and reduce the redness of
skin around healed acne lesions. The type of laser used is determined by the results that the laser treatment aims to accomplish. Tissue may actually be removed with more powerful instruments such as the carbon dioxide [...]

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Microdermabrasion: This new technique is a surface form

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Microdermabrasion: This new technique is a surface form of dermabrasion. Rather than a high-speed brush, microdermabrasion
uses aluminum oxide crystals passing through a vacuum tube to remove surface skin. Only the very surface cells of the skin are removed, so no additional wound is created. Multiple procedures are often required but scars may not be significantly [...]

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Dermabrasion: This is thought to be the most

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Dermabrasion: This is thought to be the most effective treatment for acne scars. Under local anesthetic, a high-speed brush or fraise used to remove surface skin and alter the contour of scars. Superficial scars may be removed altogether, and deeper scars may be reduced in depth. Dermabrasion does not work for all kinds of scars; [...]

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Autologous fat transfer: Fat is taken from another

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Autologous fat transfer: Fat is taken from another site on your own body and prepared for injection into your skin. The fat is injected beneath the surface of the skin to elevate depressed scars. This method of autologous (from your own body) fat transfer is usually used to correct deep contour defects caused by scarring [...]

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Collagen injection: Collagen, a normal substance of the

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Collagen injection: Collagen, a normal substance of the body, is injected under the skin to “stretch” and “fill out” certain types of superficial and deep soft scars. Collagen treatment usually does not work as well for ice-pick scars and keloids. Collagen derived from cows or other non-human sources cannot be used in people with autoimmune [...]

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The objective of scar treatment is to give

Friday, September 18th, 2009

The objective of scar treatment is to give the skin a more acceptable physical appearance. Total restoration of the skin, to
the way it looked before you had acne, is often not possible, but scar treatment does usually improve the appearance of your skin. And it is a psychological boost too.


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