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@dan ablative yes. Recovery was a few days- week. Honestly Im so tired of doing treatments and none of them hardly making any difference. Its depressing after a while. Its hard to predict it a doctor will know the right settings etc to use and be good at treating scarring or its just my skin wont respond to treatment
Yeah that's frustrating. I do wonder about what settings the laser was set at like you're saying. For scars to diminish, basically the skin has to be kinda removed so it can regrow. If the treatment isn't aggressive enough, the skin isn't removed and can't regrow. Of course, there's the balancing act of not going too strong with the settings so you get major problems. It has to be just right.
According to all available studies, ablative laser has just about the same efficacy as slightly more efficacious treatments (deep peels, dermabrasion), but the good thing about laser is they can set it exactly so there's less human error. But, to get the best results you need to remove the skin.
I'm not a doctor, so I'm not saying what you should do, but I do wonder if something more aggressive would be helpful in your particular case. Perhaps a deep peel or dermabrasion would provide better results. Or...a stronger laser. Basically, a treatment that will go deeper.
Of course, you won't see miracles, but perhaps you'd see noticeable results. You can read all about deep peels and dermabrasion on the scars pages if you haven't already perused them.
Yeah that's frustrating. I do wonder about what settings the laser was set at like you're saying. For scars to diminish, basically the skin has to be kinda removed so it can regrow. If the treatment isn't aggressive enough, the skin isn't removed and can't regrow. Of course, there's the balancing act of not going too strong with the settings so you get major problems. It has to be just right.
According to all available studies, ablative laser has just about the same efficacy as slightly more efficacious treatments (deep peels, dermabrasion), but the good thing about laser is they can set it exactly so there's less human error. But, to get the best results you need to remove the skin.
I'm not a doctor, so I'm not saying what you should do, but I do wonder if something more aggressive would be helpful in your particular case. Perhaps a deep peel or dermabrasion would provide better results. Or...a stronger laser. Basically, a treatment that will go deeper.
Of course, you won't see miracles, but perhaps you'd see noticeable results. You can read all about deep peels and dermabrasion on the scars pages if you haven't already perused them.
Thanks for the reply, do you think non-ablative can be effective at all with multiple treatments? Sometimes in certain lighting i feel like there is like maybe a slight softening of the scars but other lighting with harsh overhead lights it looks the same because of the shadows cast. Also your thoughts on fat transfer to the scars? Thats what my surgeon is recommending now.. i had a friend look at me after and tell me how smooth my skin looked.
I am not personally a fan of non-ablative. I think it's great that it has such low side effects, but scars are scars. They may slightly soften if we encourage more collagen production underneath them, but they won't dramatically improve I don't think. Plus, these non-ablative procedures are expensive and you have to do them over and over again.
As far as fat transfer goes, I love the idea of using your body's own filler as filler. However, I don't believe it has yet been tested in studies on acne scars in particular. But that doesn't mean it wouldn't work.
@guygaga I agree.
If you want to take your results to a higher level, it is key to find a professional acne scar specialist with a lot of experience and good results. Most practitioners that 'treat' acne scars do -- in fact -- not have proper knowledge about treating acne scars for the best possible result according to the current possibilities in the world. Someone who is specialist in the field knows all the ins and outs.
There are only a few specialists around the world that are well-known for their expertise, good results and patient satisfaction. I'm not familiar with specialists in the USA, but I can highly recommend Dr. Emil Henningsen in Denmark (Europe). I had to choose someone abroad because of a lack of real specialists in my own country.