Acne Scar Treatment

How To Get Rid Of Old Acne Scars?

Welcome to my Acne Scar Treatment Blog. Here you will learn about acne scar treatment and tips on how to use acne scar treatment to remove your old acne scars.

Before we can find out how to use acne scar treatment and how to get rid of acne, we must first know what is acne and how your acne scars are formed.

So What Is Acne?

Acne commonly called ‘Acne Vulgaris’ is a skin disease which is caused by over active sebaceous glands. The sebaceous glands are structures in the skin that consists of hair follicles. Acne exists in two forms, Inflammatory and Non Inflammatory. The severe inflammatory patterns tend to be those that most frequently scar and therefore require early intervention.

How Does The Sebaceous Glands Causes Acne?

Sebaceous glands can usually be found in hair-covered areas, where they are connected to hair follicles. The glands deposit sebum on the hairs, and bring it to the skin surface along the hair shaft. Sebaceous glands secrete a waxy substance called sebum that is made of fat (lipids) and the debris of dead fat-producing cells. In the glands, sebum is produced within specialized cells and is released as these cells burst;

Sebum acts to protect and waterproof hair and skin, and keep them from becoming dry, brittle, and cracked.

HOWEVER

Sometimes the sebaceous glands produce an excess amount of sebum. When this excess sebum is released from the specialized cells they blocks up the pores. The blocked pores will then contain trapped dirt and bacteria.

The body is designed in a way so as to detect when something goes wrong. Therefore the immune (body’s defense system) will send out an army of white blood cells which are cells of the immune system that defends the body against both infectious disease and foreign materials. The white blood cells will then digest the trapped bacteria and then bring them to the surface of the skin to be removed in the form of puss (dead cells with the dirt material). The overall process takes a couple of days and the final outcome is an acne pimple.

Acne Scar Treatment-How Acne Scars Form?

Acne leaves scars like any other injury to the skin. Severe cystic and nodular acne always leaves a scar while in some people mild inflamed acne also leaves scars. The scarring depends upon the individual's response to an injury. As we age, these scars become more visible because of loss of collagen in the skin. Scars look ugly and need to be prevented and treated. Let us find out more about acne scars.

When acne resolves, a dark spot forms on the skin. Most often it is PIH (Post Inflammatory Hyper-pigmentation). This dark color of skin is the result of natural body repair. PIH fades away in about a year. If PIH does not resolve during that period, you may have an acne scar that will need an Acne Scar Treatment.