I had cystic acne on my face years ago and several military doctors I had seen over the course of about 4 years (I was in the military at the time) gave me cortisone shots while not explaining any risks of atrophy and fat loss; I just trusted them and knew nothing about acne and skin treatments at the time. The internet was just up and coming and I had no access to it and didn't know half of what I do now - I don't think doctors knew half of what they do now. Now 2 scars in particular are in the atrophic category but they look nothing like ice pick, box car or even rolling, they're not red or discolored, they're just dents in my skin, a lot like pictures I see of others with scars from cortisone shots. It almost looks like I have edema and somone slightly pressed my cheek and it never went back to normal. I have one on each front cheek right under my cheek bone and gives me a concave and gaunt look especially because they run vertically. I look well beyond my 37 years because of them. I also have one that actually looks like a frown line because the cyst was right near my mouth. My entire cheek has uneven-ness (shallow rolling scars maybe) but it's that one particular long scar in the front and the frown line one that are my main concerns and the ones I believe are due to cortisone injections. Now when I go to the VA Medical Center they deny any procedures saying my problem is cosmetic and I have no-service connection for acne. So my question is, is there anything that can be done for this type of fat loss, collagen loss whatever it is. Or maybe these aren't actually due to cortisone but just an inevitable remainder of a deep cyst? If in fact they are due to cortisone, is the skin damage done by this type of steroid a loss cause? I use Retin A and other skin repairing treatments but will this help with this kind of severe tissue loss? I'm also considering a deep chemical peel but again, not sure if that will help with this particular problem. I would get fillers if that was the only thing that helped but I would like to rebuild the collagen too if I could. If anyone has any ideas or answers they'd be greatly appreciated. Thanks PS. The picture shows what looks like just a bunch of rolling scars on my upper cheek but the one in the upper middle is deeper than the rest and the one where I had the cortisone shot. The frown line scar can is also one that had a shot of cortisone.