Skin Pessimist

4 hours ago, DramaticLatte said: That reminds me of one time years ago, this older foreign woman who was cutting my hair (this is why I cut my own hair now) put her face really close to mine ab...

I dislike when people suggest acne (or scarring & other imperfections) is just caused by poor skincare or a bad diet. It's possible for those things to contribute, but it's absolutely not the only...

I'm going to go about things as if I won't have access to tropoelastin, since we don't know how much it will cost or when it will hit the market. But the developments lately are certainly optimistic

20 hours ago, lehran said: Some news guys (although @presnalready mentioned something similar before) : Tropoelastin, the elastagen-made product, is OFFICIALLY in the pipeline (w...

On 6/13/2022 at 3:43 PM, JesusChrist said: Seems like i am the only one in my city who got scars,its a shame this thing happened to me.. I've seen at least a few people with fai...

14 hours ago, Candy Says said: they are not noticeable. No one will ever see it as something ugly. Its nothing dude, cmon   I can definitely notice it in the befo...

10 hours ago, Fehheh77 said: I think 3D printing or otherwise externally producing/growing body parts like autologous skin structures will be the future in the field of regenerative med...

man, it's just so frustrating how subpar the avaliable treatment options are

Absolutely. I'd imagine many here are in the same boat

On 1/26/2022 at 9:22 AM, Girlwithscars said: Could you give me a little more information on the level of improvement you think I could get? My guess is I have minor to moderate scarring ...

On 1/22/2022 at 9:43 PM, getsmart121 said: Definitely not Severe it’s looking worse because of redness on the scar from the cross sessions at home. I wouldn't label it as severe scarring...

It looks like a combination of boxcar scars and rolling scars, but see a certified dermatologist if you can because they'll examine it in-person. Subcision and TCA CROSS would both be viable options

On 12/4/2021 at 4:55 PM, Urbanite said: I'm back after four years and it seems a new crowd of folks going over the same material in back to square one style. I wrote about some doctors who I th...

17 hours ago, TomLeem said: Anyone knows where to find the list of practitioners beautifulambition is referring to. Tried to search but did not find it... Unfortunately not, and I still ...

7 hours ago, Baller223 said: Man elastagen has been saying they have breakthrough treatment which is tropelastin for a bunch of problems since 2018.. why they takin so long? You would think the...

On 5/31/2021 at 7:44 PM, Miro said: Exactly , only thing that keeps me coming back is scarless healing , i wanna know if there will be something new in scar treatments , like this microcoring a...

On 5/22/2021 at 6:18 PM, Candy Says said: can not agree more. I felt kind of safe when he was there. I cant give a proper word so I would choose 'safe'. He is an absolute legend of this ...

On 3/8/2021 at 5:21 PM, nikkigirl said: Lol......start from the beginning of this thread and keep reading.....treatment after treatment failed.....but people will gladly take your money.....it ...

I'm a bit higher on the concept of elastagen than others here, especially for rolling scars. However, I'm skeptical that Allergan will focus on acne scars applications. Probably just wrinkles & st...

That's very impressive. It's one of the best success stories I've seen on the forum. Congrats!

On 2/14/2021 at 12:52 PM, Sirius Lee said: Depends on the type and the severity of a given scar. Most of the time, especially for severe boxcar scars, 100% is absolutely required. The borders a...

12 hours ago, Sirius Lee said: If it were me, I would start with TCA. As the scar improves but it's still tethered (eg. donut effect, etc), I would definitely know and I can get it subcised the...

On 2/9/2021 at 1:49 PM, Sirius Lee said: Subcision should NEVER be the first weapon of choice in my opinion. It would be better to get subcision later than sooner because what you once thought ...

5 hours ago, Sirius Lee said: My method is different from the conventional treatment, which might I add is up to now pretty dismal when it comes to the forehead and temple scars. The reason is ...

On 1/25/2021 at 5:25 PM, nikkigirl said: I have not heard anything in the news for years about anything new for acne scarring. Still seems 5+ years away