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[scarcrash]

I was recently reading the story of a woman using TCA to treat her acne scars. She said that after numerous repeated treatments, her scars looked great as they had almost totally filled in.

She went on to say that around a year or so later, her scars all sunk back down again to where they were before. She said she was planning to treating them every year to keep them plumped up since the effect was temporary.

I was under the impression that the results that people get from repeated TCA sessions are permanent but I guess I was wrong, unless she was somehow the exception to the rule.

Has anyone else found their positive results to be temporary from TCA cross?

[myskin2012]

Some derm say you'll need to repeat and maintain the effect...so maybe it's possible the result is a temporary thing...!

Edited by myskin2012, Yesterday, 04:01 PM.

[TokyoGirl]

According to this study, TCA CROSS benefits did reverse for a few patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm....les/PMC2956965/

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Conclusion:

The CROSS technique with 100% TCA is a safe, efficacious, cost-effective and minimally invasive technique for the management of ice pick acne scars that are otherwise generally difficult to treat. In few patients the improvement may not be sustained, probably due to inadequate or delayed collagenisation.

In another study (I can't find the link), I believe it reversed after 6 months for one of about a dozen patients.

Edited by TokyoGirl, Today, 02:24 PM.

[DRaGZ]

As far as I could tell from my very limited research into the topic, the results were limited but very slow, slower than some other methods.