The word surgery alone is scary. Having major surgery in order to treat acne scarring is the last option for people affected by damaged skin and ice pick acne scars.

The issue becomes- how stressed and bothered are you by your acne scars? If you love your skin, acne scars are obviously going to trouble you. Do you feel so uncomfortable walking around in public with imperfections that you feel the need to undergo a painful surgery to heal them?

There are not many acne scar treatments available that heal the worst type of scarring, the ice pick acne scar. Because such scars appear to be formed by someone stabbing your face with a sharp instrument, they are commonly the most psychologically painful scars to deal with. The reason they don't respond to common scar treatments is because they require an ingredient that stimulates the formation of collagen and elastin in the skin.

Scar removal is becoming more and more possible with the latest advancements in technology. Laser scar removal is now quite common for people with post inflammatory scarring and redness. Laser treatments alleviate mild to moderate acne scars but not seriously depressed acne scars, and they don't stimulate the rebuilding elements necessary to fill in the holes. It's possible that you will spend valuable time and money without seeing the results you deserve.

Treating acne scars appropriately

Fractional Resurfacing is one of the latest discoveries in laser skin resurfacing. The method is comparable to other technologies in the way that the laser heats the skin and initiates a cause and response. The non-invasive acne scarring treatment benefits small treatment areas, permeating deep into the skin and leaving the nearby skin untouched and intact. This 'fractional' treatment allows the skin to heal much faster using the body's innate healing process to make new, healthy, tighter tissue.

Anywhere from 13 to 20% of the area is treated, leaving a majority of the scar or damaged area untreated, hence the term 'fractional resurfacing'. Only part of the skin is treated at any one time. This facial acne scar treatment allows rapid injury healing and a low possibility of complications. Post skin treatment side effects include a burning or tingling feeling. Other people complain of swelling and hyperpigmentation. Therapies are commonly repeated every 14 days but should be repeated 4 to 5 times for best results, the problem being that 3 therapies cost almost 1,000 dollars and each one after that is about $500.

There is an acne scar solution called punch excision that is used frequently to help treat severe acne scarring. Small surgical devices are used to efficiently cut out the depressed holes and the injury is then sewn up and stitched. The curious aspect of this acne scar surgery is that you are simply replacing one scar with another. This is not how to treat acne scars... however, people believe that the surgical scars are just a little easier to live with.