Acne Scarring: Treatment Options and Prevention

Understanding Why we Get Acne Scarring and Knowing How to Prevent it

While any type of acne spot can lead to scarring, it’s most common if you’ve suffered from nodules and cysts. These are the more serious spots that are deeper under the skin and can be really clogged and painful. Unfortunately, nodules and cysts can burst and damage skin nearby, leading to scarring. If possible, use skincare with calming ingredients to reduce the inflammation associated with nodules and cysts, which can help reduce the risk of scarring. Pure Perfection Clinic can advise you on the best products for your concerns.

Squeezing and picking spots can also lead to skin damage and scarring as the area becomes inflamed, so avoiding this is key to acne scarring prevention.

If your scars appear raised, then this is usually because your body has tried to make too much collagen to heal the damaged skin. Unfortunately, there’s nothing you can do to prevent this happening.

Types of Acne Scars

Acne scars can look different on every person. The most common types are:

Ice-pick: small narrow indentations
Rolling: varying depths with sloping edges
Boxcar: broad with sharply defined edges
Hypertrophic: raised lumps the same size as the acne that caused them
Keloid: raised lumps larger than the acne that caused them

Each type of acne scar can respond differently to treatment, which is why a multi-factorial approach is often recommended.

You may find that your acne scars and the skin surrounding them are dark in colour. This is known as post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation and can be treated at the same time as the scarring.

Recommended Acne Scar Treatments

At Pure Perfection Clinic we offer a selection of procedures to treat acne scarring. All have undergone extensive clinical research to confirm their safety and effectiveness. You can try:

HydraFacial: provides intense exfoliation, hydration and nourishment with carefully selected serums to reduce the inflammation associated with acne scarring
ZO Skin Peels: using specific ingredients, these expert peeling solutions can help improve the poor skin texture that acne scarring causes

If you want to read more, the experts at Consulting Room really know what they're talking about and have put together some acne, scarring, ZO skin health, specialist skin cremes, pigmentation and HydraFacial treatment FAQs just for you.

If you have more questions, you can use the acne, scarring, ZO skin health, skin texture, specialist skin cremes, pigmentation, and HydraFacial treatment questions feature to talk to our panel of trained medical experts.

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Sara Cheeney is a medically trained nurse practitioner, ZO Skin Health Faculty Member & UK Trainer and owner of the award-winning Pure Perfection Clinic in Chester, North Wales.

The experience with her own skin and confidence as a teenager was the starting point of the journey of becoming dual-trained as a nurse and a beauty therapist. Whilst studying the two she found that each profession could significantly enhance the other in terms of greater patient satisfaction. Sara consistently seeks out new knowledge, training and innovative technology that has helped pioneer Pure Perfection Clinic into the award-winning clinic it is today.

Give Pure Perfection Clinic a call on 01244 917 256 or visit pureperfectionclinic.com for more information.

Acne Scarring: Treatment Options and Prevention

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