for those of you seeing a dermatologist/plastic surgeon for your scarring

I know some of you regularly see a dermatologist/plastic surgeon for your scarring and I was wondering how you found them? I mean I can search the yellow pages and that type of thing but I live in a fairly big city and there are so many dermatologists and plastic surgeons that I cant figure out who to call. I doubt my insurance will cover much of the visits so i dont want to go to 25 different places looking for someone i like.

Did you just pick randomly? or get recommendations from others? or just pick the closest one? or the Dr. with the coolest sounding name?

I've decided that I need to go see a doctor about my scarring because i need it to go away and nothing i have been using has really worked.

Also, has your experience in dealing with your scarring been better with dermatologist offices of plastic surgeons offices?






I live near Atlanta, GA if anyone has any recommendations

Looking for help

Hi guys, I introduced myself in the other section but i will be posting mostly here as I dont get acne very much anymore, just the scarring that was left behind. Anyway, I'm in my mid 20s now and have had acne of some sort for close to a decade. About 4 years ago my acne started to really clear up and while it was still noticeable I was actually happy because I thought it was going away and it was much better than it had been in high school. Yet, just when I thought i was clearing up about 1.5 - 2 years ago i began to notice scarring develop on the majority of my face (i had acne almost everywhere on my face in high school).

I'm now at the point where the scarring and the discoloration from that looks worse than my acne ever did. As with some of you, it almost gets worse as you get older bc people assume that someone in their mid 20s should have clear skin by now. So, needless to say most people probably assume that I am 15 or something.

I dont really get acne anymore beyond the occasional breakout every couple months or so but im not really worried about that anymore.

After all of these years, I thought I would join this forum to hopefully get a little advice for getting rid of these scars. I guess I'll give it one last try before I give up on having even mediocre skin for good.

there are so many things i havent done bc of my acne. i used to be smart, funny, attractive and now i am none of those things bc i couldn't bring myself to really get out there and do things bc i was ugly. To say i suffer from depression would be a huge understatement. Although I wasn't the happiest person even before acne. My family doesnt really care bc they think i am depressed for other reasons, even though i tell them that if i had clear skin i may not be happy but i would at least be content with life.

Sometimes i wonder that even if god granted me a miracle and i woke up tomorrow with clear skin, would i be any happier? i mean i missed out completely on the best years of my life bc of severe acne and i cant go back in time. even if my skin did get clear, i would always be reminded of all the parties I never went to, all the colleges i didnt apply to, all the jobs i didnt take, all the girls i never asked out for the rest of my life.

not that it matters bc i have severe scarring now which will never go away and even if it did, i already let life pass me by.

My skin is really really sensitive and most of the topical stuff that i have tried over the years has made my skin really red and caused breakouts. Right now I use cetaphil soap in the shower, take vitamins (one general mens vitamin a day and one capsule of vitamin e a day) and hope. this process hasnt really done much for me, but i hope it is preventing my skin from getting worse.

I have a tube of mederma that i may begin to use tomorrow, but i havent decided. The past decade has been filled with differnt medications and dermatologist visits only to get me dissapointed when they didnt work out.

I'll post up a few pics when i figure out how to. My main goal for right now is to decrease the redness of the scarring so it doesnt stand out as much.



thanks for the help in advance

Hello

I've suffered for almost a decade with acne and a few years ago it started to get much better to the point where I barely noticed anything anymore and I started to go out more/have more fun etc. Yet, then beginning about 1.5-2 years ago I began to develop severe scarring where my acne had once been and it is at the point now where the scarring looks worse than my acne ever did.

As with others, I'm dealing with the same issues of not having a life bc of it and having people assume that i am 15 just bc it looks like i have acne. I almost never get acne anymore though, but the scarring is extremely bad.

After all of these years, I thought I would join this forum to hopefully get a little advice for getting rid of these scars. I guess I'll give it one last try before I give up on having even mediocre skin for good.

thanks for the help in advance