The word surgery alone is scary. Having major surgery in order to alleviate acne scars is the last option for people afflicted by flawed skin and ice pick acne scars.

You should ask yourself- how stressed and bothered are you by your acne scars? If you love your skin, acne scars are obviously going to trouble you. Do you feel so self conscious walking around in public with blemishes that you feel the need to endure a painful surgery to cure them?

There are not many acne scar solutions on the market that cure the worst form of scarring, the ice pick acne scar. Because such scars appear to be formed by someone stabbing your skin with a sharp object, they are commonly the most psychologically harmful scars to deal with. The reason they don't react to common scar treatments is because they require an ingredient that stimulates the formation of collagen and elastin in the skin.

Scar removal is becoming more and more possible with recent advancements in technology. Laser scar removal is now quite common for people with post inflammatory scarring and redness. Laser sessions improve mild to moderate acne scars but not seriously depressed acne scars, and they do not stimulate the rebuilding elements necessary to fill in the holes. It's possible that you will spend valuable time and money without seeing the results you deserve.

Acne scarring treatment options

Fractional Resurfacing is one of the more recent discoveries in laser skin resurfacing. The method is comparable to other technologies in the way that the laser heats the skin and starts a cause and response. The non-invasive acne scarring therapy benefits small treatment areas, permeating deep into the skin and leaving the surrounding skin unaffected and intact. This 'fractional' therapy allows the skin to cure much faster using the body's innate healing process to create new, healthy, tighter tissue.

Anywhere from 13 to 20% of the area is treated, leaving a majority of the scar or damaged area untreated, hence the term 'fractional resurfacing'. Only a portion of the skin is treated at any one time. This facial acne scar treatment allows quick wound healing and a low chance of complications. Post skin treatment side effects include a burning or tingling feeling. Other people complain of swelling and hyperpigmentation. Therapies are commonly repeated every 14 days but must be repeated 4 to 5 times for best results, the complication being that 3 therapies cost about 1,000 dollars and each one after that is about $500.

There is an acne scar solution named punch excision that is used frequently to help alleviate severe acne scarring. Small surgical instruments are used to effectively cut out the depressed holes and the wound is then sewn up and stitched. The curious outcome of this acne scar surgery is that you are simply replacing one scar with another. This seems like an unproductive solution for acne scars, although it does seem to lessen the difficulties of living with severe acne scarring.