Acne Scar Treatments Review

Dr. David J. Sire is a cosmetic dermasurgeon with a passion for revitalizing skin health. He is the Founder and Medical Director of Advanced Skincare MedCenter™. Since 1971 he has dedicated his career to applying advanced medical technology and proven techniques to treat men, women and children.

Dr. Sire pioneered the use of saline injections to treat acne and other scars.
With a special saline injected into each scar, the skin is plumped similar to the way fillers are used. However, this is only the initial effect. Unlike fillers, saline is a real treatment and not a ‘cover up’. The results are a permanent. Injecting the saline also causes natural collagen to form. This causes an even skin tone.

Saline injections are most effective on shallow atrophic ‘rolling type’ scars; they are less effective on deep ‘ice pick’ type scars or ‘boxcar’ scars, which may require surgical removal.

Four to five sessions–each a couple weeks apart–are usually required for best results.

The only side effect of treatment is a variable degree of bruising (which can last up to 7-10 days) which can be camouflaged with make-up.

For safety reasons, facial surgeons are recommended to administer saline injections.
I don’t recommend home treatment.

Saline injections take about $100per injection.

The Exoderm Peel is a new technique that can clear the skin of scarring, pigmentation, wrinkles and sun damage.
It is a phenol based chemical peel mixed together with many other ingredients that penetrate deeply through the skin.

The Exoderm greatly reduces or eliminates wrinkles and acne scars.

The Treatment can be repeated
not later than one year.

The Exoderm is not contraindicated in patients with heart, liver or renal problems. In any case, before peeling back in a protected environment (room surgery), followed by a night of hospitalization,
clinical analysis should be performed.
Aesthetic Medicine is a medical emergency and requires the necessary attention to different aspects of situation to properly prepare the
treatment and to avoid any possible complication.
The procedure also requires some form of anaesthesia, either oral or intravenous, depending on the extent of the procedure.

The peel solution is applied to the skin with a cotton application; then, the treated skin is covered with a special dressing, which minimizes pain and promotes even treatment.

The patient returns to the office the following day for removal and cleaning.

Exoderm is very effective for treating the facial wrinkles and acne scars of Asian patients.. No significant hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation was encountered with the use of Exoderm. The classic phenol peel causes arrest of melanin synthesis, thus inducing permanent hypopigmentation. This side effect does not occur with the Exoderm peel.

Exoderm peel was shown to be superior for the treatment of acne scarring, as compared with laser peeling after using simultaneous treatment with both modalities in the same patient.