Very red scars help!!!

I have a lot of very red box-car like scars. The thing is, whenever I see pictures of others' scars, the indents always seem to show no discoloration. Am I an isolated case? Will the redness go away eventually? I'm of asian descent.

Thanks

Scary, black, soft area on the face

Back in my severe acne days, which was a few months ago, I developed a sort of black-ish area on my left cheek. It was not acne, but rather might be damaged skin from all the cysts.

It was about about a inch squared big, and was extremely soft (kinda mushy actually). In fact it was numb -- when I touched it I didn't feel a thing. That led me to think it was a deep layer of soft dead skin.

I left it alone, fearing that if I punctured through this mushy layer I would create a huge pernanent scar. Fortunately, it healed, and that part of my face looks smooth and rejuvenated, without scars unlike the rest of my face.

Anybody experience this before?

Just Scratching Away the Scar Tissue

Well I have a lot of boxcar scars, and a few icepicks. They are fresh and red, since my cystic acne just went away two months ago.

Last week was was just checking my scars in the mirror, poking at them. To my surprise, a scratch (not too hard) at my deepest boxcar scar drew a little blood. I concluded that the scar tissue was very immature and still a bit fragile. My guess is that they take a while to lose their colour and harden (?)

I decided to experiment with this, since it could not possibly look worse -- so I scratched the scar until it was raw. Not dripping with blood, just raw, like a scrape on the knee. I took extra care to scratch the sides of the scar, where my skin sloped inwards.

The scab has not fallen off yet, but it has shrunken, and from what I can see the skin beneath it has smoothed out, maybe a 75% improvement.

Has anybody tried this?

A lesson I learned from Acne

Rejoice for comforts, not just for pleasures. That's the lesson I learned from my acne.

We all carry on with our lives, looking for little pleasures to entertain us. A funny joke, perhaps. Or a well deserved sit-com at the end of a long day.

But what about the comforts? The sources of happiness that we take for granted? Do we ever stop to appreciate a comfortable bed? Are we ever thankful for the convenience of having an expert within reach whenever a household appliance goes haywire? Did I ever, in my pre-severe-acne times, retrieve happiness from clear skin? Or do we only notice these blessings when they are taken away from us?

Acne has brought me rough times, but through reflection, it ironically rid me of depression. Instead of searching for happiness, I now see that everything that makes me happy is right in front of me. Anything that makes my day is a cherry on top. There certainly is a lot to live for.

ACV/"do nothing"/"better health" regimen

So! On with my story. It's long, so if you get bored skip to text below the dotted line!

I am a 16 year old acne sufferer, I have had acne since i was 13, but back then my face was not anything to worry about. It basically consisted of a few whiteheads on my forehead. In 15 my acne advanced to the far sides of my cheeks, but still, it was mild to moderate acne.

Nevertheless, I ordered Dan's regimen, and applied it at night and washed it off after school. It helped, my acne became very mild, and although it did not completely subside, it did not go ballistic on me. I was confident that I would be 99% clear if I applied BP 2 times a day, but was too lazy to do it in the morning.

The regimen went on for a year and half, and all through that time my skin remained having mild acne. However, at the same time I began having body acne on my upper chest. I began applying BP on my lower neck and upper chest. While the acne disappeared on the immediate area under the BP, more pastules began forming around the application area. I reasoned that the BP was drying up the area around it as well. Also at this time, my skin was stepping upon moderate acne. In frustration, I gave up BP.

I tried some other treatments, including AHA+ and urine treatment, but none of this helped. I decided to go back to BP, and increase my usage to 2 times a day. It completely dried up my skin, despite the copious amounts of moisturizer i slapped on after. It was after my third day of application, when my face stung from dryness, that I decided that i had to give it up again.

I should note that all through the months of applying BP, I never liked it one bit. The paste felt uncomfortable while it dried, and the moisturizer made my face shiny and wet. All through the day, the BP would ball up when I touched my face. However, I sticked with it, glad that it kept me from having to worry about acne.

During the past two weeks, my acne has worsened drastically. I don't have nodules or cysts, but simply a lot of zits and red marks spread evenly throughout my face. I am determined to cure it naturally.

I have read a lot of posts on here that advocate for better health. I'm sure my sudden breakout is caused by hormones, since my diet or living habits have not changed. However, I am also certain that it can be cured without the use of topicals.

I have been on the "do nothing" regimen for two days already, and although it has not helped me acne-wise, my skin feels smoother and more moisturized. Body acne has begun to fade. All in all, my face feels more comfortable. I am determined that, even if I have to live with my current state of acne, I will not resort to those chemical-infested topicals.

Better health has always been one of the things I have been wanting to achieve. Not only for my skin, but for me. I reason that acne does start from within, and putting creams on your face will do nothing to cure the cause. Even if the health thing fails to cure my skin, I should still be happy the results.
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Basically, I aim to:

1. Drink two glasses of ACV-water a day (two tablespoons each)

2. Not wash my face at all. Not even in the shower. I will blotch off the oil if it is super oily.

3. Not touch my face at all.

4. Stop eating fast food (I have been eating Mcdonalds non-stop for the last 2 months)

5. Drink a litre of water a day outside the ACV water.

6. Cut down on sugar intake

7. Exercise?... meh, its snowy, maybe later.

Since I am unable to get the ACV right now.. (holidays.. and huge snow storm), I will start the ACV on January 1, 2009. It's like a new year's resolution! Wish me luck!