| Acne scars may make you feel uncomfortable | | | | You can get rid of these scars through a number |
| and embarrassed around people. A scar normally | | | | of treatment methods. One such treatment is |
| forms at the site of an injury. In this case, the | | | | through collagen injection. This involves injecting |
| injury is a as a result of the body's inflammatory | | | | collagen under the skin that helps to stretch and |
| response to the sebum bacteria and the dead | | | | fill out certain types of scars. Autologous fat |
| cells in the sebaceous follicle. | | | | transfer involves taking fat from one part of |
| Scars as a result of acne can be classified into | | | | your body and injecting it under the skin to |
| two. There are those scars that are caused by | | | | elevate a depressed scar. Dermabrasion is |
| increased tissue formation, they are referred to | | | | considered the most effective treatment method |
| as keloids and are associated with excessive | | | | and it involves the use of an anesthetic and a |
| amounts of collagen. There are also those that | | | | high-speed brush to remove surface skin and |
| are caused by loss of tissue. Excessive production | | | | change the shape of the scar. |
| of collagen is a response by the skin cells to an | | | | Microdermabrasion is a form of dermabrasion and |
| injury. The excess collagen is piled in fibrous | | | | instead of using a high-speed brush, aluminum |
| masses leading to a scar. Acne scars that are | | | | oxide crystals passing through a vacuum tube are |
| caused by loss of tissue include ice-pick scars and | | | | used to remove surface skin. Other treatment |
| depressed fibrotic scars. Others are atrophic | | | | methods for acne scars include laser treatment, |
| macules and follicular macular atrophy. | | | | skin surgery and skin grafting. |