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Acne scars, hyperpigmentation and other

@beautifulambition Thank you for your fast answer. Yes, she and the pharmacist told me that I will experience some purging for 2 weeks and she gave me the Bioderma Moisturizer to reduce the redness an...

In forum Scar treatments

5 years ago
Acne scars, hyperpigmentation and other

Hey, just saw my new Dermatologist that will perform Dermapen + Subcision. But before I will have my first procedure of Dermapen+ Subicision. She saw that I still get little pimples on my face and sh...

In forum Scar treatments

5 years ago
Acne scars, hyperpigmentation and other

@beautifulambition I wanted to add something: If I don't have enough money to go for fillers, what are other options ( besides "dilute (saline) sulptra" ). Fillers tend to be p...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Acne scars, hyperpigmentation and other

44 minutes ago, beautifulambition said: @Vladpredescu That sounds a little funny, ... free if you go with microneedling or rf. Sounds like she is selling a package. Sometimes these people are c...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Acne scars, hyperpigmentation and other

@beautifulambition Coming back to this thread again. I just found out a Dr. in Bucharest that does Subcision. Asked her how much is the procedure per session and she told me that it is free if I go wi...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Just+had+subcision+-+documenting+w/+photos!

3 hours ago, 91baby said: It is so incredibly hard not to obsess about something that is on your face for the world to see - i get it, believe me! Ive found the days i dont look at myself as mu...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Just+had+subcision+-+documenting+w/+photos!

@91baby Wow, I spent the last 30 minutes reading the posts in this forum. And you gave me hopes that I might improve my scars and even make the smaller ones disappear. Unfortunately for me...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
How deep should be a scar to be considered Shallow/Deep?

@beautifulambition Yes, that's what I was thinking about, a very low powered method with little down time for recovery. And yes, I plan to find a good Dr that does subcision in Romania. Flying to anot...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
How deep should be a scar to be considered Shallow/Deep?

@beautifulambition Sorry for late response. For PROs: Helped me with PIE and made some scars look better because it lifted them up(the ones that are not so visibile in the photo) and CONs: I'd say the...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
How deep should be a scar to be considered Shallow/Deep?

@beautifulambition Thanks for sharing again your knowledge! I understand what are you saying but I have to add that photos with my phone( talking only about my case) can really trick you. The contrast...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
How deep should be a scar to be considered Shallow/Deep?

I started this topic because I was curious how deep acne scars should be to be placed in the categories mentioned in the title. As I've found on the internet, shallow acne scars are <0.5mm and deep...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Vitamins and Minerals deficiency can cause scarring

Oh okay, thanks for pointing that out 

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Severe Side Effects Have Left Me Suicidal

@User187201 Really breaks my heart to read your posts here and that (I hope that shitty period ended) you struggled with everything and that it ruined you. I can say the same about me in s...

In forum Prescription acne medications

6 years ago
Vitamins and Minerals deficiency can cause scarring

@Nemesis 89 Ok, I agree, but is really strange in my case because the difference is not that "big". When I refer to my previous acne breakouts when I didn't scar, that would be 1.5 years a...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Vitamins and Minerals deficiency can cause scarring

That is true  but this is coming from a guy who never scarred from pimples, but after taking 3 months of Doxycycline, I started to notice worse acne coming after and more visible scars. I ...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Vitamins and Minerals deficiency can cause scarring

@beautifulambition Indeed vitamins & minerals are not the answer to everything, but I was thinking that the possible deficiency might affect the healing process and eventually being prone to scarr...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Vitamins and Minerals deficiency can cause scarring

So I opened this thread to ask if it possible to be prone to scarring or wounds from pimples popped to heal harder because of Vitamin/Minerals deficiency? I started to notice scars that suddenly appea...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
What worked for me - 25 year old male in UK

@Tomjb93 Thanks for sharing your journey and God bless everyone <3 .

In forum Adult acne

6 years ago
NEED ADVICES WITH SCARRS

Not going to say anything that can help you with information, but might boost your confidence and hope that everything solves @RiverTheFever. Your scars are not severe and they will disapp...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Acne scars, hyperpigmentation and other

@beautifulambition By the way, as I've ready, when I am pulling my scars gently and stretch my skin, they seem to disappear and this means subcision might help me a lot to make them look better and ev...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Acne scars, hyperpigmentation and other

2 minutes ago, beautifulambition said: Emil is a top acne scar Dr who does manual methods (rare), he is talked about here often, check that out in the search. I would not say your friend is mil...

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6 years ago
Acne scars, hyperpigmentation and other

@beautifulambition Indeed finding subcision is really hard to find in Romania... That is pretty sad to be honest, can you give me more details about this Dr. Emil?  EDIT: Fo...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Acne scars, hyperpigmentation and other

Thank you so much@beautifulambition for the complex answer! I live in Bucharest and I have to acknowledge that treating these nasty scars will take a long time and LOTS of money haha... I need to trea...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Severe acne scars have ruined my life

@Paranoid98 Brother don't worry, we are in the same boat... It is funny because as I write this comment, I am in a really low point in my life... AGAIN. We have to get through this... It i...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago
Acne scars, hyperpigmentation and other

So in late 2017 I experienced an infection that exploded on my face and left me scarred pretty bad, with lots of hyperpigmentation. This situation is making me really anxious and depressed and I just ...

In forum Scar treatments

6 years ago