Types of Acne Scars and How They Develop

While you may think you have acne scars, beware pseudo-scars (bogus scars). Bogus scars are the dying stages of acne lesions, but will disappear -- unlike a scar.

You may also be coping with skin coloration changes for up to 18 months. In all cases, if you squeeze, pop, or pick the lesions, the chances of scarring are even greater. Do NOT do this!

Causes and Types of Scars

Injury to tissues causes scarring from acne and results from a response to sebum, bacteria and dead cells plugging your pores. These scars are either ice-pick scars or keloids (thickened, raised tissue). Not everyone scars to the same extent, and may choose different options for treatment based on how they look. Scarring from acne can be limited by treating your acne early.

Keloid (thickened tissue) scars are an overproduction of collagen by injured skin cells. The collagen piles up in masses, and results in a firm, smooth scar (irregular) 1 to 2 mm in diameter or larger. These may stay with you for years, but may get smaller over time.

Scars resulting from tissue loss (like chicken pox) are more common and come in different varieties like depressed fibrotic scars, ice-pick scars, soft scars, atrophic macules and follicular macular atrophy. Depressed fibrotic scars are usually large and may arise out of ice-pick scars. Ice-pick scars are usually on the cheeks, and if soft can be stretched out to improve skin.

Soft scars are soft and can be circular or in a straight line. Atrophic macules, if on the face are normally small, but larger on your body. Soft with a wrinkled base, they may look bluish and change to ivory-colored over time. Follicular macular atrophy is usually on the chest or back and comes up as small, white, soft lesions (like whiteheads).

Options for Treating Scars

What options are there to treat acne scars? The choice most recommended is a glycolic treatment system that works great by smoothing the edges of acne raised skin therefore making the skin smoother and the appearance healthy.

The Pimple Eraser Plus system has everything you need for healthy skin. The unique Botanical cleanser cleans the skin leaving it radiant and vibrant! The Unique glycolic applicator exfoliates the skin allowing the unique glycolic solution to travel across cell membranes healing the skin much faster. The UV protectant seals the deal with a oil free cream.

Click here, for more information about the Pimple Eraser skin care system, for treating acne.

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