Acne Scars form when acne becomes infected and the skin heals itself enough to remain healthy but leaves pigmented and / or indented marks on the face, they are often very difficult and costly to remove.
Many ‘cures’ for acne scars can be bought in a shop ranging from creams to micro-needling. Creams or skin masks are the most commonly used for treating acne scarring which can (but not always) work but take quite a while for improvements to begin to show as a large percentage of these creams don’t get absorbed by the skin. Therefore creams are often wasted and so are not economical.
Another tool that can be purchased for acne scar removal is the skin roller. This is a roller for micro needling; you simply roll the skin roller over the scarred area of skin to open the pores of your top layer of skin causing it to believe that it is injured activating the production of collagen and elastin which resulting in the damaged skin healing itself.
Once the derma roller has been used the pores on the skin stay open for up to an hour making this the best time to put on creams as they are a lot better absorbed when the pores are open as opposed to when the pores are closed. This reduces the waste in creams and increases the effectiveness of the derma roller.
There are more extreme methods to reduce acne scars however these are all expensive and have to be carried out by professionals and then they’re not even guaranteed to work! These include; Micro dermabrasion, laser treatments, chemical peals and also skin needling can be done by a professional more vigorously using a longer needle size and numbing cream.
In my experience in treating acne scars I have found that the most result effective and cost effective treatment is derma rolling at home as it is relatively cheap and as it works by inducing the healing process is the most natural way to heal acne scars.
