| Scarring is the most horrible postimpact of acne. | | | | assorted into a few other subcategories. |
| It not only devastates one’s external | | | | Ice-pick scars: Ice-pick scars are steep and |
| appearance, but also leaves a traumatic | | | | shallow in appearance. They are identified by |
| aftermath in the victim’s mind. Knowing acne | | | | jagged edges and steep sides. This type of acne |
| scar types is an important issue because acne | | | | scars is either hard or soft to touch. Soft scars |
| scar treatment, to a large extent, depends on its | | | | have an advantage over their harder counterpart |
| different categories. This acne scar type is also | | | | which is that they could be stretched in an |
| known as hypertrophic scars. Meaning of the term | | | | attempt to fix the scar while the skin of hard |
| hypertrophic is overgrowth or enlargement. | | | | scars can not be stretched. Ice-pick scars are |
| Keloids are formed due to overgrowth of collagen. | | | | more common on the cheeks. |
| Formation of collagen is otherwise a normal | | | | Atrophic macules: This is yet another acne scar |
| reaction of the skin to an injury which sometimes | | | | type that might appear both in face and body. |
| exaggerates abruptly and gives rise to bulge-like | | | | The ones that appear on face are very tiny in |
| formation all over the skin surface. Each bulge | | | | size, while on back they take larger shape which |
| measures around 1 to 2 mm in diameter and | | | | might extend up to 1 cm or even larger. They |
| some are even larger in size. It has been | | | | are soft to touch, and usually have a slightly |
| observed that the tendency of keloid formation is | | | | creased base. The blood vessels that lie right |
| transmitted through families, or in other words, | | | | under the scar make it more visible by giving it a |
| they are genetically transmissible in nature. | | | | bluish appearance. However, the color changes in |
| Therefore people who bear instances of keloid | | | | time and it gradually becomes bluish or ivory |
| scar in their family are more susceptible to this | | | | white and is hardly noticeable on skin surface. |
| type of strange growth of tissue. It is uncertain | | | | Follicular macular atrophy: Follicular macular atrophy |
| as to how long the keloids would persist; they | | | | is atypical to chest and back. Therefore people, |
| might remain unchanged for years or even | | | | who are more prone to body acne, are rather |
| diminish in size over time. | | | | susceptible to this type of scarring. These soft |
| Acne scar types that are caused by loss of | | | | scars look much like underdeveloped whiteheads |
| tissues are more common in nature than keloids. | | | | since they too are slightly whitish in color and |
| Unlike an overgrown tissue, in this case the | | | | appear like slightly raised bumps on the skin |
| existing tissue is damaged or lost giving rise to a | | | | surface. Perifollicular elastolysis is another term in |
| dented look of the skin surface, and this is they | | | | which they are often known. This acne scar type |
| are also called as pitted scars and resemble much | | | | is rather persistent in nature which might last |
| like the scars that are caused by chicken pox. | | | | even for years. |
| This type of common acne scars are further | | | | |