I suffered from moderate cystic acne as a teenager, but my skin was completely clear ” and quite smooth ” for five or six years after graduating from high school. The scars seen here, photographed in some of the harshest lighting I encounter on a daily basis, have either become more visible or appeared outright as I've progressed into my late 20s. I have seen several doctors in the past year, and have received two rounds of fillers (with very minimal success) and four sessions of microneedling (with moderate success). I have two more microneedling sessions booked in the coming months. Two doctors have rejected performing subcision, saying the scars are either not deep enough, or not the type that would benefit from such a procedure. What should I do?
@D_TorIt's actually hard for me to tell the severity of the scars in the picture you provided I need shadows from directional light or a flashlight. But from what I see. There seems to be rolling scars on the upper cheek ad some box cars on the forehead
Filler without scar treatments will do nothing. microneedling alone won't do it, you have to manually dermastamp the forehead boxcars individually at home, this is not a Dr's treatment. Cancel the microneedling sessions.
The doctors your went to seem to not be acne scar specialist or even know how to do sucbcision, this is the response these type of Drs give. I don't know where you are but we have a list on the FAQ - First post of the scar treatments sub at the end.
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