Hello,
Had acne for a long time, and it is almost under control now, a few pimples/cyst everynow and then but never used accutane
routine is very simple
AM
cerave cleanser
skinceutical vitamin c
cerave moisturizer
PM
cerave cleanser
stridex bha
benzoyl peroxide
cerave moisturizer
i have done one fractional laser(1.5 months ago) and it probably gave me around 20% improvement, trying to get another one done but the place im going is recommending me to do phototherapy first even though i only have 2 active pimples. Not sure what i should do and not sure what type of improvements i can expect from these kind of scars. Any type of advice will be helpful, thank you in advance
For what it's worth, I agree with the above, you do have some minor scarring and textural issues, but it's mostly level and blends really well. I don't know whether it looks far worse in different lights or what not, and all scarring effects people so I'm not downplaying it. But be more confident because it's really not that bad.
Agree that redness is mostly what's noticeable.
As for procedures, like I always say, I only had one successful procedure, Dermabrasion, but Asian skin is riskier, and it would only at best be applicable to the boxcar area. But if successful and didn't develop adverse effects it could technically level that entire area but it may not be applicable or be good for a smaller area or those size scars. Maybe subscision or excision on any larger boxcars? Might be too small or not good results idk. Lasers seem too hit or miss, iffy, or too low improvement but it may be good for textural idk. If you said 20% improvement that seems okay I guess.
Anyway, maybe others have ideas.