To remove acne scars, laser peels and resurfacing are used, but they only slightly improve the situation. It is impossible to completely get rid of acne scars using a laser.
So is it possible to permanently remove acne scars, smooth out craters and smooth out the skin? Or not?
Just a few months ago, not a single clinic could answer that this was possible.
Our surgeon, Maxim Vasiliev, developed his own method. It allows you to quickly remove acne scars almost completely, even out the skin to a healthy level and return it to its natural color.
Only the subcision method can effectively remove acne scars on the face.
Maxim Vasiliev’s method against acne scars is based on the subcision method - a special microtechnique for cutting scars. This method was first used in 1995 and works great even against the most old and deep atrophic scars.
Subcision is a painstaking method of correcting atrophic post-acne scars.
Subcision is performed under local anesthesia using a powerful microscope. Using a sterile syringe needle, the surgeon carefully and quickly cuts the so-called “strands” - separating the scar tissue from neighboring structures. The skin, which is no longer held in place, rises and straightens.
Prevention of skin relief disorders
To avoid consequences in the form of uneven skin texture, you need to monitor it from adolescence:
- eat a balanced diet and drink enough water;
- take vitamins;
- sleep at least 8 hours a day;
- avoid bad habits, do not drink alcohol;
- wash with a gentle cleanser without drying out the skin;
- lead an active lifestyle (sports, fitness);
- never squeeze pimples yourself;
- visit a cosmetologist regularly, including for acne prevention;
- monitor your health (gastrointestinal tract condition, hormonal levels).
You need to understand that the more advanced the situation with post-acne, the more difficult it is to correct it. It is also important that modern cosmetology can solve many problems, and do not despair if your skin is now far from ideal.
How to remove acne scars on face 100%
Despite the fact that subcision itself shows good results in the fight against scars, it does not provide a 100% effect of smoothing the skin. Removing an acne scar by cutting it is only the first stage.
The second stage is the introduction of a drop of collagen or stabilized hyaluronic acid into the lacuna formed under the crater.
Initially, the injected drug creates the necessary volume and physically “pushes” the scar area to the skin level. Within 6 months, the gel is removed and replaced with its own collagen. Collagen fills the area of the lacuna and takes on the function of maintaining the required volume.
As a result, the craters are significantly leveled with the healthy surface of the skin.
Collagen injections
Collagen is a completely natural product. This is a structural protein that is produced by epidermal cells.
Young skin synthesizes this substance in sufficient quantities. It looks elastic and smooth, wrinkles are completely absent. Over time, the production of your own collagen decreases. This is what leads to the formation of scars, pits, scars, and changes in body contours. This gives people aesthetic discomfort.
The introduction of collagen filler rejuvenates and smoothes out skin irregularities. Injections relieve post-acne and restore the natural beauty of the face.
After the procedure, slight swelling may form at the site of drug exposure. Allergic reactions in the form of irritation rarely occur. After the injection, slight pain may occur. Within a day, the discomfort disappears. You will be able to enjoy the results within a week, when the swelling of your face completely disappears.
Photos "before" and "after"
Subcision is the most effective way to treat acne scars. The result “before” and “after” of one procedure. Surgeon: Vasiliev Maxim.
Correction of deep scars. Photos "before" and "after". Completed by: Vasiliev Maxim.
Laser resurfacing of post-acne scars. Performed by dermatocosmetologist Elena Vlasova.
How to deal with enlarged pores?
Independent measures will help in solving the problem, as they are part of a comprehensive methodology. Home care treatments include:
- Masks. The composition should have several effects - cleansing, nourishing, moisturizing. You can purchase ready-made masks or make the product yourself. The following ingredients are suitable for this: lemon, ascorbic acid, B vitamins, potatoes, clay, egg white. This type of care is required 2-4 times a week.
- Before applying the mask, cleanse your skin well. Homemade scrubbing can be done from sea salt, ground coffee, aspirin, almond crumbs, activated carbon. Oatmeal, honey, soda, and so on are added to the product. The skin must first be steamed. The procedure should be carried out 2 times a week.
- Home peeling. Beauty products with a low concentration of chemical acids, night-time serums, mineral products, and so on are suitable. Can be done no more than once a month. It is recommended to consult a cosmetologist first.
Procedures using the Darsonval apparatus are also available at home. But to control special attachments, it is better to take a training course.
Getting rid of post-acne using subcision requires patience
Eliminating acne scars on the face using Maxim Vasiliev’s method is a complex and painstaking job. The surgeon works with each scar separately, and one procedure lasts up to three hours. But believe me, the result is worth it.
Expert comment:
“It is almost never possible to remove acne scars in one go.
If the problem is serious, then at one point, one on top of the other, up to five scars and pits are piled up. Sometimes there is less than 1 mm between them. You can't cut everything at the same time. Having lost their point of support, they will all fall at the same time.
Such scars are removed one by one and slowly. Moreover, I schedule each subsequent procedure at least two weeks after the previous one - after the bruises have completely healed.
So it will not be possible to completely and quickly remove acne scars. But it will work out effectively and forever. Agree, this is much more important.”
Maxim Vasiliev, plastic surgeon.
After we get rid of post-acne scars, the work is not finished. The time for perfection is coming.
Which procedures are best to choose?
Aesthetic medicine offers many methods for removing acne scars, but not all of them are effective. The basic rule of cosmetology is that there is no universal method that would work on all scars at the same time. Therefore, if a specialist advertises a specific method, such as fractional laser, as the best for treating all scars, this indicates incompetence.
A patient's scars are rarely uniform, so it is impossible to use one method for treatment. Most patients have several or even several dozen scar options, which means that it is necessary to use several methods and correctly combine and change them.
The choice of treatment methods depends on what kind of scars the patient is diagnosed with. There are several methods, they can be mixed. The five most important ones used in various configurations are:
- fractional ablation laser resurfacing;
- use of RF microneedle;
- surgical laser treatment;
- administration of platelet-rich plasma (as an auxiliary procedure);
- use of chemicals.
Laser Skin Resurfacing
This kit can treat most scars. Of course, for the effectiveness of the procedures, the method of combining these procedures, the frequency and settings, and the quality of the devices themselves are important. All of this matters, and a specific course of action is chosen for each case.
Just getting rid of acne scars on your face is not enough. Removing red spots
The first thing we offer after working with scars is a course of biorevitalization with 3% hyaluronic acid. This procedure very well lightens stagnant spots and evens out skin tone.
Finally, after six months or even a year, the time for the laser comes. The fact that we raised the bottom of the scar almost to the level of healthy skin will save it from aggressive resurfacing. Surface or medium grinding will be sufficient.
Please note that it is not the scar that is polished, but the skin surrounding it: as a result, it partially lowers to the level of the scar. The skin is evened out.
Causes of uneven facial skin surface
Violation of facial skin relief can be caused by many reasons, including:
- enlarged pores;
- increased sebum production (oily-prone skin);
- insufficient facial skin care and use of inappropriate cosmetics;
- genetic predisposition to acne, hormonal imbalances or adolescence;
- poor nutrition: lack of vitamins, excess fatty and sweet foods, and insufficient water intake;
- bad habits;
- previous diseases (chicken pox, allergies, blood poisoning, eczema, psoriasis, etc.);
- consequences of prolonged exposure to the sun and burns;
- old age (loss of skin elasticity, enlarged pores).
Video:
Laser scar modeling with a fractional erbium laser (laser dermabrasion). The procedure removes scars, “craters” of pores on the skin, and any consequences of post-acne. It is performed under anesthesia; the age of the scars does not matter.
Maria's review:
“When I was young, I suffered a lot from acne. They passed, but by the age of 25 my face had turned into one endless scar. Without exaggeration, white and red scars were piled one on top of the other.
Those who know will understand: even just to leave the house you need to carefully apply concealer, foundation and powder, but as a result you look no better than a young old woman.
There is no quick way to remove acne scars. Unlike acne, they do not go away on their own. Dealing with scars turned out to be more difficult than acne. I burned them out with chemical peels and with a laser - it helped, but I was not able to completely get rid of acne scars.
What I have after a year and a half of treatment with Vasilyev Maxim is very similar to a miracle - there are almost no signs of acne visible, the skin is smooth and beautiful.
How much patience a doctor must have who works for so long with such jeweler precision and brings the work to perfection. Thank you"!
Contraindications for laser removal
If you are concerned about the marks left by acne, it is better to make an appointment with an experienced cosmetologist and take an individually designed course. The procedure should be planned for the cold season, since the effect will be more pronounced on untanned skin. If it is not possible to postpone the sessions, you should apply protective agents to the skin and avoid tanning for 2 weeks before going to the cosmetologist.
Since the laser technique is therapeutic, it has a number of contraindications. Among them:
- period of pregnancy and lactation;
- history of cancer;
- damage to the skin (cuts, scratches, etc.);
- dermatological diseases of infectious nature;
- pathologies of the cardiovascular system;
- viral lesions of the body;
- photodermatitis;
- epilepsy.
