Acne Scars

Pimple marks and scars can be left behind after inflammation of pimples. Red and brown marks tend to improve with time but the recovery can be hastened by skin lightening creams and chemical peels. Pimple scars can be protruding or depressed. Protuding scars include hypertrophic scars and keloids. They can be flattened by steroid injections into the scar tissue. Depressed scars can be improved by a variety of treatment options, including micro-peel laser and chemical peels for superficial scars, punch excision for pitted scars, subcision to loosen the skin fibres that tie the depressed scar down, and fractional carbon dioxide laser for controlled resurfacing of deeper scars. All these treatment options are specially provided by our practice, including the Smartxide DOT Fractional CO2 laser device, the leader in a new generation of fractional laser systems.