Acne Scar Treatments Review

Because acne scars are hard to treat, the best approach is to try to prevent them in the first place. So, the best way to avoid acne scars is to properly treat the acne.


The best way to prevent scars is to not do anything that makes matters worse.
If you not pick and oversqeezing blemishes, scarrig can be greatly reduced.

Using heaving or irritating facial products will also hinder the healing process.
Additionally, using ineffective topical disinfectants or exfoliants, can impede the skin’s ability to repair itself.

Patients with active acne present both ‘active’ (comedones, pustules, papules) and cicatricial lesions. An effective treatment must be undertaken in these patients to minimize existing scars and to prevent the development of new ones.

Treatment for acne includes a variety of oral and topical agents. Topical retinoids reduce the number of microcomedones, comedones, and inflammatory lesions. They may be used alone or in combination with other acne medications.
However, when these medications fails, treatments option include comedo removal, intralesional corticosteroid injection and acne surgery for pustules and cysts.

Those with the most severe types of acne may be given an even stronger vitamin-A related drug called Accutane (isotretinoin). Accutane is the only treatment that can potentially cure acne.
It should be used only for severe cases, not mild ones. It works by shrinking oil glands for one to two (sometimes three) years.

For severe acne, a new treatment that is much safer than Accutane has recently been developed. A treatment called Levulan PDT, or the “Blue Light Treatment,” is ideal for patients of all ages, including teens.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also approved a nonlaser, narrow-band, high-intensity visible blue-light therapy for treating inflammatory acne. It works by killing the acne-causing bacteria, P. acnes.

Control of acne is a long term, continuing process. Follow the instructions of your doctor faithfully and regularly if you want prevent ugly scars!