Types of Acne Scars

There are two general types of acne scars, defined by skin tissue response to inflammation: (1)acne scars caused by increased tissue formation, and (2) acne scars caused by loss of tissue.

Acne Scars Caused by Increased Tissue Formation

The acne scars caused by increased tissue formation are called keloids or hypertrophic scars. The word hypertrophy means "enlargement" or "overgrowth." Both hypertrophic and keloid scars are associated with excessive amounts of collagen.

Overproduction of collagen is a response of skin to injury. The excess collagen becomes piled up in fibrous masses, resulting in a characteristic firm, smooth, usually irregularly-shaped acne scar.

The typical keloid or hypertrophic scar is 1 to 2 millimeters in diameter, but some may be 1 centimeter or larger. Keloid scars tend to "run in families"—that is, abnormal growth of scar tissue is more likely to occur in susceptible people, who often are people with relatives who have similar types of scars.

Hypertrophic and keloid scars persist for years, but may diminish in size over time.

Acne Scars Caused by Loss of Tissue

Acne scars associated with loss of tissue—similar to scars that result from chicken pox—are more common than keloids and hypertrophic scars.

Acne scars associated with loss of tissue are:

Ice-pick acne scars usually occur on the cheek. They are usually small, with a somewhat jagged edge and steep sides—like wounds from an ice pick. Ice-pick acne scars may be shallow or deep, and may be hard or soft to the touch. Soft scars can be improved by stretching the skin; hard ice-pick acne scars cannot be stretched out.

Depressed fibrotic acne scars are usually quite large, with sharp edges and steep sides. The base of these scars is firm to the touch. Ice-pick acne scars may evolve into depressed fibrotic scars over time.

Soft scars, superficial or deep are soft to the touch. They have gently sloping rolled edges that merge with normal skin. They are usually small, and either circular or linear in shape.

Atrophic macules are usually fairly small when they occur on the face, but may be a centimeter or larger on the body. They are soft, often with a slightly wrinkled base, and may be bluish in appearance due to blood vessels lying just under the acne scar. Over time, these acne scars change from bluish to ivory white in color in white-skinned people, and become much less obvious.

Follicular macular atrophy is more likely to occur on the chest or back of a person with acne. These are small, white, soft lesions, often barely raised above the surface of the skin—somewhat like whiteheads that didn’t fully develop. The lesions may persist for months to years.

BIOSKINREPAIR, BIOSKINCLEAR (gel for acne and rosacea if skin is oily) or BIOSKINCARE Cream will remedy all types of acne scars.

The cream opens the hair follicles, and carries into them the skin repair bio-available ingredients contained in the biological serum that contains enzymes and peptides that dissolve scar tissues and damaged skin fibres and skin regeneration accelerators.

Once inside the follicle the bio-available skin renewal activators and the peptides will trigger the formation of new elastic cells, collagen and pigment, filling in scar cavities. They will also shrink (digest) and replace the old fibrous collagen formed to repair damaged tissues. The first noticeable effect is a softening of the skin. The ultimate healing is when new 'invisible' hair, known as lanugo, comes through the restored hair follicles.

BIOSKINCARE for Skin Repair and Regeneration!

In the skin, BIOSKINCARE helps to:

Stimulate Collagen Formation, diminishing fine lines and firming the skin.

Stimulate Elastin Formation, cutting down on sagging and fine lines.

Stimulate the replacement of damaged skin cells, getting rid of scarring and necrotic tissues.

Stimulate the formation of the extracellular binding between cells, thus improving skin strength, cutting down on fragility.

Stimulate the formation of glycosaminoglycans, the molecules that give skin its capacity to keep in moisture. This helps to thicken the dermis resulting in a lessening of sagging and helps firm the skin.

Increase blood vessel formation and oxygenation within the skin.

Act as a potent antioxidant.

Inhibits microbiological activity of dangerous, pathogenic skin bacteria, including acne.

It also softens, and dissolves existing acne scar lesions beyond what is seems possible with any other non-surgical treatment.

Heals micro-tears in the skin, softens coarse areas and opens constricting pores, plumps up ice-pick acne scars, shrinks raised or hypertrophic scars, reduces keloid scar tissues and stops their itching, and greatly diminishes post surgery scarring.

The treatment operates through a removal process called hydrolysation. By continued application of the product on damaged tissues the natural enzymes in the biological complex gently strip the skin to remove the build-up and also tighten the skin giving a temporary but progressive “lift” to the tissues, which also smoothes out the appearance of scars as the skin becomes firmer.  

These enzymes go to work like biological catalysts on each individual cell. They clean out the debris, open clogged pores, consume the dead material, and open up the vascular system to bring new oxygen into the cells. "Skin is not in tight layers like everybody thinks". Dr Montagne-King says. "We're not just onions, you can't just rip off a layer and voila - there's everything new. If you viewed a section of skin under a microscope it would look like a series of hills and valleys."

The remaining cells, he adds, are "fed" or "rebuilt" using the amino acids that are released from the metabolic digestion of the damaged and dead cells, and using the proteins and elements in the biological substance that triggers and speeds proliferation of fibroblasts and all the structural components of healthy skin. This rejuvenates the skin too, for it's rather like charging a battery, "The end result is like making the "cleansers" of the cells strong again. If they're strong they'll dissolve things that aren't supposed to be there like pore plugs, excess and hardened sebum, injured and worn out cells, pollutants and free radicals. If they're weak they won't."

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BIOSKINREPAIR and BIOSKINCLEAR help to avoid the triggering of inflammaging when other treatments are performed to improve existing scars

Scar tissue is still skin tissue. It has become scar tissue because the injury has caused the release of new cells to the surface much faster than when natural new cell proliferation occurs, so much for cosmetic products claiming to “accelerate new skin cells!” 

Scar tissue, like normal skin can be softened, partially removed and de-pigmented to a large degree. Keep in mind however that a good product and all techniques take time, very much like the time it takes a jeweler to tap away at a rough diamond to bring out a clean facet. 

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