Posted 21 June 2005 - 06:01 AM
This is a reply i wrote up a while ago. I saved it coz i had a feeling someon else might of had similar probs [if some parts dont sound right, just ignore them, it's probably something the other guy had that you don't have].
"O.K honestly its to hard to tell. Although it's very similar to my forehead, I have to say I can't tell if they are indented scars or are just the natural folds in your skin, you can figure this out yourself:
-Get a mirror
-Make sure its a sunny day
-Go outside directly under the sun
-Look at your forehead [ignore the redness] and you should be able to notice elevations in your skin, check for holes or indentures
If you have lots of indented ones you'll have to check in the scar forum, however I think:
-Dermabrasion
-Needling
-Laser
-TCA cross
-Punch incision
Are all for that particular type of scaring [some might not be and there could be others treatments I missed]
As for the red marks, just pray the majority are because they can be fixed much easier by:
-Time [different for everybody, some take weeks some take years]
-Chemical Peels [Glycolic, alhpa hydroxy, AHA and other weak/light peels will tone it down considerably after 6+ applications, however 1 or 2 TCA peels will do a more effective job plus evan out some of the more shallow scars].
TCA can reach depths of the skin that light peels cant'. So not matter how many light peels you do, they can only do so much before they can't reach the deep down color/pigmentation. TCA peels [25-35 percent] are probably your best bet, they will go down into the skin where lighter peels can't [1, 30 percent TCA is equivalent to 5, 70 percent glycolic peels].
I had 6 glycolic[40 percent] peels with 6 microdermabrasions. Don’t go near micro by itself because its to weak to do anything alone. I had micro done first then 5 minutes later the peel was poured on [stung like hell]. After 6 of those I had about a 40-60 percent reduction in my redness. I wanted more results so i waited 4 weeks then got 3 photo facials done [i don’t know what kind of results the photo facials got because i stayed off my medication too long and the acne returened during the treatment and I couldn't tell, however I imagine the results had improved].
I'm having my TCA [30 or 35 percent, haven't decided yet] in late August then I might follow it with another TCA peel 4 weeks later. TCA is really good however there are risks: scaring, hyper pigmentation, hypo pigmentation. But as long as you have light colored skin, haven't been on Rocutane for at least 6-12 months, came off topical retinoids for 1-2 weeks prior, developed a tolerance for your skin with previous lighter peels and stay out the sun before, during and after the treatment then you should be a.o.k!
First figure out how bad your scaring is then go from there."
Hope this helps out.
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