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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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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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Follicular macular atrophy is more likely to occur

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Follicular macular atrophy is more likely to occur on the chest or back of a person with acne. These are small, white, soft lesions, often barely raised above the surface of the skin

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Ice-pick scars usually occur on the cheek. They

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Ice-pick scars usually occur on the cheek. They are usually small, with a somewhat jagged edge and steep sides

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Macules or “pseudo-scars”: are flat, red or reddish

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Macules or “pseudo-scars”: are flat, red or reddish spots that are the final stage of most inflamed acne lesions. After an inflamed acne lesion flattens, a macule may remain to “mark the spot” for up to 6 months. When the macule eventually disappears, no trace of it will remain -unlike a scar.


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Collagen injection: Collagen, a normal substance of the

Thursday, August 27th, 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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Ice-pick scars usually occur on the cheek. They

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Ice-pick scars usually occur on the cheek. They are usually small, with a somewhat jagged edge and steep sides

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Laser Treatment: Lasers of various wavelength and intensity

Sunday, August 9th, 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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Scars Caused by Increased Tissue Formation The scars caused

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Scars Caused by Increased Tissue Formation
The scars caused by increased tissue formation are called keloids or hypertrophic scars. The word hypertrophy means “enlargement” or “overgrowth.” Both hypertrophic and keloid scars are associated with excessive amounts of the cell substance collagen. Overproduction of collagen is a response of skin cells to injury. The excess collagen becomes [...]

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