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if you have mainly only scars left from acne, but little active acne forming, is accutane an appropriate treatment?
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Accutane for scars?
Started by wssviper, Aug 14 2007 03:14 AM
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 03:14 AM
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 03:49 PM
QUOTE(wssviper @ Aug 14 2007, 03:14 AM) 
if you have mainly only scars left from acne, but little active acne forming, is accutane an appropriate treatment?
People say it is good in helping shallow scars but the effects are not noticed until you come off of it because it thins/sheds the skin while you are on it. If you have deep scars, it probably won't help at all with that. Talk to your derm and see what they think.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:46 PM
Red MARKS left over from active acne, yes maybe...
Atrophic scars/hypertrophic scars, no...
Atrophic scars/hypertrophic scars, no...
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Posted 15 August 2007 - 05:21 AM
QUOTE(wssviper @ Aug 14 2007, 05:14 AM)
if you have mainly only scars left from acne, but little active acne forming, is accutane an appropriate treatment?
No. Not at all. Accutane is for active acne. The only reason Accutane might improve some superficial indented scars is due to its exfoliative abilities.
Topical retinoids are great for either red marks (which are not scars, by the way) and superficial indented scarring.
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