Hello folks,
I've been dermastamping for 8 months now and I'd like to say that I have seen some improvement, however, I noticed like two weeks ago that one of my bigger scars had turned white, then I noticed more and more of my scars had also become white. So now I've got like 14 scar zones on my skin that is white, I believe they are now white scars perhaps? The attached picture is 2 white scars from my forehead. (Sorry for the lousy image quality)
I've also been getting a few white marks on my neck, which is weird because I have obviously not been dermastamping there.
So the latest weeks I have been using these products:
http://www.sr-skincare.co.uk/aminoderm-42-p.asp (I suspect this one)
http://www.feelunique.com/p/LOreal-Men-Expert-Pure-Matte-Anti-Regreasing-Gel-50ml
and the last week:
http://www.ccshc.com/en/skincare/vera-by-ccs/item/116-aloe-vera-gel
(Ingredients: Aqua, Aloe barbadensis, Panthenol (and) Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Ethylparaben, Propylparaben, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate/ VP Copolymer)
So what do you guys think caused it? Is it 100% bad? Will I be able to dermastamp the white scars? It doesn't look horribly bad but it looks weird..
I am thankful for any advice
I think I commented on your other post. Hypopigmented scars are usually caused by inflammation, trauma, injury etc to the skin. Lasers, chemical peels and other scar treatments can sometimes cause hypopigmentation. I have a lot and mine were caused solely from constant inflammation/cystic acne. If you noticed them after any residual redness from acne faded away, that's likely what the cause was (and the redness just covered the hypopigmentation). If you didn't have any lingering redness prior to the hypopigmentation, it could possibly be a delayed reaction to microneedling.
Is it possible you've had white scars on your neck for a while and just never noticed them before? If you haven't had acne or needled in that area, that's definitely really strange.
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I think I commented on your other post. Hypopigmented scars are usually caused by inflammation, trauma, injury etc to the skin. Lasers, chemical peels and other scar treatments can sometimes cause hypopigmentation. I have a lot and mine were caused solely from constant inflammation/cystic acne. If you noticed them after any residual redness from acne faded away, that's likely what the cause was (and the redness just covered the hypopigmentation). If you didn't have any lingering redness prior to the hypopigmentation, it could possibly be a delayed reaction to microneedling.
Is it possible you've had white scars on your neck for a while and just never noticed them before? If you haven't had acne or needled in that area, that's definitely really strange.
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Hello Missamua,
It might be as you say that I've just not noticed the neck whites but it was just scary because I noticed it at the same time as I noticed the other white scars. There are just 2-3 and I don't really mind them, but anyways.
Regarding the other scars on my face, I know that one area of them has been red for 4-5 years (inflammation) and now it turned white a couple of weeks ago. All of the others have been a normal colour but is now after dermaneedling begun to become a white color. Is this a good sign? Can I keep needling them?
My skin feels good after using the aloe vera gel and it might be so that I finally my whole face starts healing and together with the needling most of the scars become white and if I needle more in the future they will eventually become less white?
What do you think?
Thanks
Needling could do one of two things, either potentially help restore some pigment (not completely) or cause more hypopigmentation. You could always try it again and see what happens, it's hard to say what the reaction might be.
Since it turned white I've lost pigment? Damn, I'm devastated
