I came across an excellent publication on grading types and severity of acne scarring, as well as the best treatment approach for each type of scarring, a few months ago. I wanted to post it to the forum, but the file is too large at nearly 3MB. After a few Google searches, I found the publication on Scribd. You can find it here:
http://www.scribd.co.../Acne-and-Scars
The document is long at over 120 pages. If you join Scribd, you can download the pdf. It's a great read and resource for anyone hoping to treat their scars. I hope you find it as useful as I have.
For your reference, here's a glimpse of what's touched on:
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Table of Contents.
1 Classification of acne scars: A review with clinical and ultrasound correlation
2 Pathophysiology of acne scars 8
3 Hypertrophic and keloidal scars 11
4 Topical therapy for acne scarring 20
5 Superficial peeling 27
6 Medium depth and deep peeling 34
7 Dermabrasion for acne scars 42
8 Fillers and fat transfer for treatment of acne scarring 49
9 Needling 57
10 Fractional photothermolysis for acne scars 67
11 Nonablative and ablative devices for the treatment of acne scars 72
12 Surgical techniques: Excision, grafting, punch techniques and subcision 76
13 Camouflage: Clinical importance of corrective cover cosmetic (Camouflage)and quality-of-life outcome in the management of patients with acne scarringand/or post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation 87
14 Acne scars in Asian patients 90
15 Acne scarring and patients of African descent 98
16 Treatment algorithm for acne scars 110
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Best of luck to all fellow sufferers!
These are the kinds of things I like having at my fingertips.
I love reading medical journals & clinical studies on this topic. Every single time I glance at this publication, I learn something that I missed previously. It's a ton of information, indeed!
Hey jbird,
Any updates since your mixto treatment? It seemed like you had excellent results at first.
Have they maintained?
Thanks!
I actually just had my second Mixto session Friday. My face is recovering much quicker this time even with the same intensity of treatment. At this point, I'm just various shades of red and swollen but no other issues. My doctor put me on an antibiotic and biafine which I guess has assisted in the recovery.
My first treatment left me with pretty decent results but I still had some deeper rolling/boxscars on my cheeks that needed additional treatments. I'm hoping for even better results this time but the scarring on my cheeks has been very stubborn to most treatments.
No problem, glad I could help. FYI: the pdf is a downsized version of the original. Perfect for on-screen reading, but if you want to print it, you'd better download the original. Oh and TokyoGirl...the file size was 8 Mb, not 3. I suggest you check out this website Thanks again for the great info!