Acne Treatments Guide - Articles

The human body can sustain a variety of injuries, including penetrating trauma, burn trauma and blunt trauma. All of these injuries set into motion an orderly sequence of events that are involved in the healing response, in which healthy skin is replaced with scar tissue and the healing response is characterized by the movement of specialized cells into the wound site.

There are a variety of different scars that can be formed after an injury has occurred. The following is a brief explanation of some of these types of scars.

What are pigmentary scars? A pigmentary scar is the result of multiple types of injury and can occur anywhere on the body but commonly means that there is no textural change in the skin, but the skin is noticeably discolored relative to healthy skin color. A pigmentary scar can be light, lighter or darker or redder than the healthy skin and requires to be approached very cautiously in repairing with surgical or laser methods. Caution is important because over-correction of the scar will produce a scar of a different color more difficult to treat.

What are hormone-induced scars? Hormone-induced scars commonly refer to melasma hormonal pigmentary disorders, which commonly happen exclusively in female but not always. And they are normally on the face but not exclusively. Also, they are tremendously difficult to treat. Melasma or hormonal coloration change requires very slow, step-wise reversal medically with the use of lasers and requires lifelong proper use of sunscreen to maintain clear.

How are acne scars treated? Acne scars can occur anywhere on the body, not only the face. They can be of various shapes and depth and can be addressed in numerous ways: sometimes using chemical peel methods, other times using surgical scar removal laser or micro-dermabrasion procedures, and with natural topical solutions. Regardless of the scar or number of scars, it is a long-term process to adequately reduce acne scar visibility.

How are animal bite scars treated? They're commonly treated by blending them to the nearby non-scar skin. Common blending includes topical medical agents to soften the scars -such as rosehip oil-, followed by resurfacing laser and microdermabrasion techniques for blending surface quality. And if there is a remaining color mismatch then oftentimes, permanent make-up, tattooing, is applied at the end.

Is cortisone still used as a treatment for skin scars? Cortisone can be used both topically and by injection into the wound to induce better healing and scar creation reduction.

There is considerable artistry required for the injectible cortisone to work well and it is best performed by someone who clinically does this frequently.

Topical Treatments When thinking about topical natural products we must take into account that our skin is a barrier to external environment and will not let all substances that claim to be cosmetic or dermatological ingredients into it, in the same way as it does not allow most airborne pollutants into it.

The truth is that the skin works as a filter to assess and determines the relationship - the user-friendliness, if you will - to the interior body itself. The skin is a very adaptable organ. It is built to adapt to the environment so it can help to keep us alive in any given climate. The most immediate environment to our skin is what we put on it topically. Yes, the skin care and cosmetics we select.