Tuesday, November 25, 2008

2 Main Causes of Acne Scars

By David Lam

As the body's response to injury which caused by inflammatory acne lesions, it can form acne scar. Scarring usually is caused by the severe nodular acne that occurs deep in the skin. However more superficial inflamed lesions also can be arising by scarring.

The acne scars that most people having are mild type. Some of the scars are look significant even to others. Prevention and to treat acne right away will be the best approach among all as sometimes even mild acne can cause scarring and this will minimize the risk of permanent acne scars. By using the acne scar removal that I recommended in my website will help you to get rid of acne scars.

Below are the 2 reasons due to the types of tissue response to the inflammation of acne:

Increased Tissue Formation

Increased tissue formation can causes the formation of acne scars which called keloids or hypertrophic scars. They usually look like lumps and are the most common types that bulge out. As the excessive amounts of collagen production, both scars can be form with an exaggerated formation of scar tissue.

Overproduction of collagen is a response of skin cells to injury. It will become piled up in fibrous masses and form an irregularly-shaped scar. Sometimes, size of it will goes far beyond what would be expected from what seems to be a minor injury. It is kind of an 'over-scarring' which are more commonly occur in dark-skinned individual.

Loss of Tissues

Acne scars resulting from loss of tissue are more common than scars resulting from increased tissue formation. Some appear as holes, pits, or craters in the skin which called atrophic scar or crateriform scars. These depressed, cavity-like, inward-directed scars are associated with a lack of tissue that occurs when the inflammation from healed acne causes destruction to the skin. The scar tissue contracts and binds the skin down.

Although acne scar is hard to cure, however you can do it if you choose the right treatment. Based on the kinds of scars you have and the kind of skin you have, you will be able to select the suitable acne scar removal. However if one acne scar treatment may not work, you can try a combination of different types of scars.

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