Should I get treatment for my acne scars?
This is a personal decision that only you can make. Some people feel that acne scars diminish their quality of life. Others can see the same type of scarring as not so bad.

Dermatologists generally recommend making an appointment to talk about treatment if you experience any of the following:
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You frequently wish that you could just get rid of your acne scars
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You feel that the scars limit your opportunities to date, to get a job or a promotion, or to do well at school
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You feel more depressed or less self-confident than before you had acne and acne scarring
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You get together with people less often because you feel so self-conscious about the scars

In deciding whether to treat acne scars, it is important to know a few facts about scar treatment. Probably the most important fact is that medical insurance generally does not cover treatment for acne scarring. You will have to pay for the treatment. Be sure to get an estimate for the total cost before starting treatment.

You also should know that scar treatment may require several treatment sessions and some downtime.

Having realistic expectations about the results also is important. While treatment can improve the appearance of your skin, restoring it to the way it looked before you had acne scarring may not be possible. A dermatologist can tell you what you can expect.

Can a dermatologist treat my acne scars if I still have acne?
To give you the best results, a dermatologist will first treat the acne and get it under control. If you have a tendency to develop acne scars, new acne breakouts can lead to new acne scars. This is why it is important to get the acne under control first.

If I am taking isotretinoin, can I get my scars treated?
Some studies suggest that treating acne scars while taking isotretinoin can make the scarring worse. Your dermatologist may ask you to wait at least 6 months after stopping isotretinoin. The wait time also will depend on the type of treatment recommended for your acne scars.

Why did I get acne scars?
Dermatologists have found that family history plays a big role in whether a person develops acne scars. The genes we inherit make some people more likely to scar. If you had severe acne, you also are more likely to develop acne scars.

While dermatologists know what increases a person’s risk of developing acne scars, it is not possible to predict who will develop acne scars. This is why dermatologists recommend early treatment for acne. This can help prevent acne from becoming severe. The less severe the acne, the less the risk of developing acne scars. This is especially important for people who have family members who had severe acne. Waiting to treat acne until it becomes severe can lead to extensive acne scarring.

Are the scar treatments available without a prescription effective?
While these products generally cannot get rid of acne scars, some scar creams and gels can help:

* Diminish acne scars that are saucer-shaped and not very deep
* Flatten raised scars a bit
* Reduce the discolored skin that appeared when the acne cleared

Mild depressed acne scars often become less noticeable with use of products that contain glycolic acid, retinol, or vitamin C. These active ingredients help the body to produce new collagen, and collagen plumps up the skin. If spots of discolored skin (which are not scars) appeared after your acne cleared, a skin lightening cream may help. Certain dressing such as silicone bandages — or even just taping the skin — can help flatten raised scars.

Can I use an at-home microdermabrasion kit to treat my acne scars?
Before using any at-home product to improve the look of your skin, talk with your dermatologist. Safety can be a concern. With improper use, at-home products such as microdermabrasion and chemical peels can actually make the scars more noticeable. Sometimes an active ingredient in a product can cause an unexpected skin reaction.

And it is important that you not expect the same results that a dermatologist can deliver with these treatments. The active ingredients in at-home products are not as strong. Results will not be as dramatic or long-lasting.

What do dermatologists say is the best treatment for acne scars?
One single best treatment for acne scars does not exist. Acne scars come in different shapes and sizes. They develop on different parts of the body. Some scars are deep; others are shallow.

To treat these different scars, many treatments are available. For people with mild acne scarring, there are several options, including chemical peels, microdermabrasion, and laser skin resurfacing. Many dermatologists use laser skin resurfacing to improve the texture of the skin after scar removal surgery. A dermatologist can tell you which treatment or combination of treatments will be most effective for you.

Trust Your Dermatologist
Thanks to advances in medicine and technology, it is possible to remove or diminish the appearance of most acne scars. Dermatologists have the medical knowledge and training to tailor treatment to each person’s unique needs. If you want to know what treatment options can diminish your acne scars, be sure to see a dermatologist.

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Newer products include acne treatments made for different skin types and less-irritating topical (applied to the skin) retinoids. Retinoids are medications derived from vitamin A. Newer topical retinoids have dramatically changed the way acne is treated. Twenty-five years ago, use of topical retinoids was commonly accompanied by side effects, such as redness, stinging, and peeling. With the advent of newer topical retinoids and patient-tailored dosing regimens, topical retinoids are now the first-line treatment for most patients with mild to moderately severe acne. Research shows that topical retinoids can effectively reduce blackheads, whiteheads, and the inflamed or red acne lesions. Early treatment with retinoids also can reduce scarring.

When a topical retinoid is prescribed along with a topical antimicrobial, such as benzoyl peroxide, or an oral antibiotic, such as doxycycline, most patients’ skin clears faster and the results last longer. This combination also allows patients to stop taking oral antibiotics sooner and eliminates the need for long-term use of oral antibiotics, which was common 25 years ago.

In recent years, combination treatments have become common. Most acne treatments work on only one cause of acne. Combining two or more medications allows the different factors causing the acne to be attacked simultaneously. Today, dermatologists often combine medications to give patients faster clearing and better resolution.

Another significant change made during the past 25 years has been the acceptance of oral contraceptives as an effective form of acne therapy for women. Today’s low-dose oral contraceptives are generally a well-tolerated and effective way to treat acne.

Research continues to produce new acne therapies. Recently, several light and laser therapies have been introduced. While much is still unknown about using these therapies to treat acne, such as long-term effects, lasers and lights are being used as an alternative treatment when traditional methods fail.

Today, there are a number of very effective acne therapies, and virtually every case of acne can be resolved. Sometimes the help of a dermatologist is needed. If over-the-counter treatments have not worked for you, be sure to see a dermatologist. Acne treatments are definitely not what they were 25 years ago.

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Q: I suffer from acne, although I do washing my face several times a day?
A: There are still people who think that acne results from not washing the face frequently. The truth is that washing the face just does not prevent the emergence of grain, but it helps to remove excess fat on the face or dead skin cells.
Wash face twice a day gently with water and the type of soap is very soothing enough to clean the face.
He spoke a result of some grain interactions and the biological causes that go out of our control. For that type should be used appropriately and correctly treat for the treatment of grain.

Q: Is stress causing the emergence of cereal?
A: In many cases the psychological pressure caused by the appearance of grains where the pressures have a physiological effect on the body in general, including the hormonal changes associated with that and be another reason for his appearance.
In some cases, it causes the emergence of grain in the incidence of nerve pressure and not vice versa.
But if the grains were treated properly, there will be stress have an impact on the majority of people.

Q: Why did I suffer from acne in adolescence for what I suffer from him now at the stage of puberty?
A: I often begin acne at the beginning of adolescence, and ends at the beginning of the twenty years of age. But in some cases acne continues into adulthood.
These types of acne is chronic and affect the body in general and not just the face (affecting males more than females), and linked to the emergence of cereal and a period of the menstrual cycle in females.
In some other cases does not start, but the appearance of acne in adulthood and this type of grain affects females more than males.
The reason for this phenomenon is that when you grow old female in the hormonal changes that occur with other change is the sebaceous glands and helps in the ease of the emergence of grain.
Can result in pregnancy and bags in the female ovaries to the emergence of hormonal changes resulting in the emergence of grain.
Gestational some women acne if they stop taking the pill, which helps prevent the emergence of grain.

Q: Does diet have an impact on the appearance of acne?
A: The appearance of acne has nothing to do with food. And follow a strict diet does not lead to prevent the emergence of grain.
But there are people who feel that there are some types of food affect a detrimental effect on acne, particularly chocolate, colas, peanuts, shellfish and fish fatty foods.
But there is no scientific evidence confirms that there are types of food affect the appearance of acne.
But we must avoid any type of food that may lead to the poor condition of acne.
And for general good health should avoid eating fat and eating a balanced diet. We must also treat acne properly.

Q: Does the sun help acne?
A: Many people believe that sunlight helps to improve the situation of acne in the face. But there is no scientific evidence that the sun have an effect on acne In addition, the sun’s ultraviolet rays increase the risk of exposure to skin cancer and premature facial wrinkling. So would prefer not to resort to this method for the treatment of acne, especially as there are methods and scientific methods can be treated through it. In addition, if the person is medically from acne, the long-term exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation over the situation worse.

Q: What is the best way to treat acne?
A: You should treat acne individually, meaning that each individual responds to the treatment means are different.
Must resort to the specialist doctor to determine the quality of treatment will respond to each individual.

Q: What are the types of cosmetics, which are preferred to use for people suffering from acne?
A: There are different types of powders do not cause allergic acne can be used.
There are some types of treatment for acne lead to a friction or dryness of the face, especially in the first weeks of treatment and there are some types of powders over this case with the treatment. We must therefore choose the type of powder with the appropriate specialist doctor or pharmacist.
You should avoid some types of cream base may further worsening the situation for those who suffer from acne or under treatment should be the use of powder and powder containing cream to the rate of as high as they have less impact on acne.
And could use some different methods to conceal acne blemishes in the face by makeup.

Q: Do you pick at grain cause problems?
A: Yes, in general should not be itching or play in acne, especially in the face. Particularly inflammatory acne should not be touched and scratched at all. As the pressure or abrasion on grain helps to enter the material in the grains into the skin further and lead to more infections.

Q: Is there a solution to the scars that result from acne?
A: The scars can be prevented by eliminating grain altogether. The specialist physician can use different methods to improve the situation of scars that result from the presence of grain.
The type of treatment from one patient to another. Disks can be used with some of the cases, and in some other cases the effective laser skin scrapings.
Must control the acne well before resorting to any method to alleviate the scars.

Q: How long will it take to show the results of treatment?
A: The time period to improve the situation on the type of treatment used, but in most cases it takes some time, weeks or months.
Most medical specialists advise the patient to complete treatment for 4 – 8 weeks before changing the type of treatment, so you should be aware of the patient’s good this time period does not despair of you do not see results quickly or to stop further treatment and if you do not find the results for a long time you can discuss the situation with your doctor the possibility of changing the type of treatment and their own way.

Q: Do you use the largest quantity of drugs increases the chances of healing quickly?
A: No, you must use drugs in the manner established by the doctor. Since the use of more real estate could lead to increased inflammation in the sinuses, redness or pulmonary cysts, and this leads to delayed healing.
For the use of oral drugs often will not help to speed healing, but can lead to the presence of complications.

Q: I use the drug-place result gives the grain phenomenon but still suffer from the emergence of new grains in other areas, what do I do?
A: Topical use of drugs in each region, even next to the neighboring grain, and not just grain.
The goal of treatment is to treat the skin before any grain inflammation and prevent infection, and not only treat inflammation is located.
Patients are advised to treat all the surrounding areas (forehead, nose, cheeks and chin) in order to make sure that there is no other injuries.

Q: I have disappeared grain, Should I stop taking the drug?
A: If your doctor told you to stop, you should not immediately – but must follow the advice of your doctor and guidance. Since the abrupt cessation of treatment leads to the emergence of a new cereal after several weeks.
If you use more of the drug in the treatment are advised to stop only one type and note the results before stopping treatment completely.
You should consult your doctor before stopping treatment altogether.

Q: Is the time the drug has no effect on the outcome?
A: You should consult your doctor or pharmacist about a time when the dose. If the type of antibiotic drug example, you can be dealt with in the morning, in the middle of the day or in the evening. But we must persevere to eat the dose in the fixed time since the beginning of treatment.
But if you take a drug three times a day, it is better to have appropriate intervals between doses of the three.
There are some types of antibiotics must be addressed on the stomach is empty or almost empty. So in order to reach the ideal result of the treatment must follow the doctor’s instructions carefully.

Q: I do not remember taking the drug daily Is there a way to follow-up addressed and what do I do if I forget a dose of it?
A: This problem is a general problem. There are some patients cope with this problem by taking medication at times to do things such as money-daily fixed teeth in the morning or during the morning make-up done for women.
You can also put the property (treatment) in areas at your fingertips day or next to the things you use regularly so remember the drug.
But if you can not remember the day dose does not double the dose the next day, but only after it committed itself to addressing the doses on time.
There could be a particular system practice for some types of drugs when you forget what dose, so you should consult your doctor or pharmacist if the type of property requires it.

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For treatment for the effects of acne are treated with surgically after stabilization of the situation completely and not appear new seeds for a period not less than 6 months, and with the presence of several therapeutic methods, it may be treated by choosing two ways or three at the same time to get a good result with the knowledge that each including the advantages and disadvantages, and among these methods recall the following: –

1 – surgical removal of Surgical Excision
2 – Sanding or scrapings Dermabrasion
3 – Peel Chemical Peeling
4 – injected under the skin tissue Soft Tissue Augmentation
5 – Settlement of the surface by laser Laser Skin resurfacing

As for chemical peels it is developing a chemical solution on the skin of the face to this article Bsk and peeling skin. This process is done in a few minutes, and then within several days of renewed skin layer is composed of new, more smooth and free of wrinkles, superficial peel may be material to focus light in several sessions, or to be more in-depth as the concentration of the wastewater.

The sanding or scrapings of the skin, this is done using a small device to move the brush in the form of circular courses are high-speed brush to remove these redundancies and spurs with the removal of the surface profile and settled cells regenerate within a few days are better characterized by this method give good results in treating acne and scars in general.

Is to heal the wound within 10 days, but the patient must avoid sunlight after the operation for a period of 3 to 6 months, and may result from abrasive sometimes complications, such as changing the color of the skin, either to darker or lighter, and may cause are sometimes the appearance of scars other .

Laser and the rapid development of laser applications in medical fields have started since the early sixties, through which shine the beam focused on places that people want to remove tissue for a fraction of a second off where the vaporization energy of water from the tissue destruction is without affecting the adjacent areas.

There are three generations of these devices and all of which provide a great opportunity to work with high precision and without complications and the patient can leave after one day of treatment outpatient appointment.

The injection of tissue under the skin, this is the introduction of material or tissue compatible with the human body is not rejecting such as collagen, and this is a tissue protein that bring human and animal cells, and can also transport fat cells from the same patient’s body to the places they wish to address this and inject material under the skin to lift the lows and deep coverage holes.

All of these treatments must be carried out under strict medical supervision, and must prepare the patient before treatment, as well as follow-up is the use of certain topical preparations to get the best result.

The specialist doctor who determines the quality of treatment and choose the best way for that, and all Arab capitals, centers specializing in the field of plastic surgery, and long experience and high scientific level is the measure of choice.

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