Living With Acne Scars
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios

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Defined Tag: Acne Scar.

We live in a very visual society, and anyone who suffers with an acne scar or any type of scarring especially if the scars are situated on the face can make the sufferer feel less than perfect.

Indeed any acne scar especially if it is prominent can leave both psychological and emotional scarring as well as the physical problems associated with acne.

There are two types of acne scar, the first one is caused by an increase in tissue formation, and the second type of acne scar is caused by a loss of tissue.

An acne scar caused by an increase in tissue formation is a hypertrophic scar and is associated with excessive amounts of collagen.

Overproduction of collagen is associated with injury to the skin. It is a direct response of the skin to injury. Excessive collagen forms fibrous masses which results in typical acne scar.

One of the worst problems with an acne scar is if it is very bad and also very deep it can often resemble wrinkles. So it could be a person who has a bad acne scar may look much older than their years.

A drug recommended by many dermatologists for the worst cases of acne scars is Accutane. It is the wonder drug of the 21st century to prevent acne scarring in acne sufferers.

Accutane is a very controversial drug to use as it can cause birth defects. Doctors caution that you should always check whether you're pregnant or liable to be pregnant before commencing a course.

There are also concerns that Accutane may be taken off the market because of the risk of birth defects, which has many acne scar sufferers concerned. However many doctors say as long as adequate precautions are taken there should be no problems with patients with a bad acne scar using Accutane.

Types of acne scar include

• Ice-pick scars
• Depressed fibrotic scars
• Soft scars, superficial or deep
• Follicular macular atrophy
• Atrophic macules


The type of treatment chosen to treat an acne scar should always be the one that suits the individual as each acne sufferer may have different needs.

BIG Mike is a well known author, developer and Adsense expert as well as the owner of Niche Maniacs - a unique Adsense Marketing System designed to build long-term passive income streams from Adsense, YPN, Chitika and other PPC services.

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