Facial Scarring & its impact

Acne on the face can be traumatizing - but, what if, after having treated the acne on your face, you are still left with small reminders?  These reminders are scars.  Acne scars have many names, ice-pick scars, crater scars, the list goes on and on.  They can make your skin look patchy and uneven, they are clearly visible, and they can make you feel terrible about your skin. 

Scars are not always the end result of acne though, they can be prevented.  If you already have acne scars, the good news is that they can be treated.

Why Does the Acne Scar?

Acne is caused by a bacterial infection in the pore or hair follicle on the surface of the skin.  Due to excess oil production, the bacteria, which live in your skin naturally, over produce, causing your body to react with an army of white blood cells which kill the excess bacteria.  Sometimes the end of the battle leaves a small bump.  Other times, the dead white blood cells are visible on the surface of the skin as a white head.  Other times, the skin is left with a dark mark, called a black head.  The scars occur when the acne sufferer picks at the pimple.  Large or small, white or black, you should never pick at a pimple.  You will get a scar.Perhaps the most tempting to pick at, whiteheads are perhaps the biggest culprits when it comes to facial scarring. 

Usually, the person does not want to see the pimple on their skin and takes to trying to burst the bump.  This is a very poor choice - what you are doing is rupturing the skin’s surface.  If you try to pop a pimple with your bare hands, you are introducing a host of new bacteria to your already damaged pore, potentially causing an even bigger, more terrible infection, not to mention leaving your skin pock marked and scarred.  Do not burst your pimples. 

Allow them a couple of days to disappear on their own and you will thank yourself later.Blackheads are another prime culprit for scarring.  They can be deceiving though, which makes people who have them want to get rid of them as quickly as possible.  The major problem is that most people believe that the black mark on the pimple is dirt or grit or something that should not be there.  So they try to remove the dirt with a device that looks like something you might find on your dentist's extractor tray.  What you are seeing in your pimple is not dirt at all but the skin itself.

Sometimes, the skin changes colour after being traumatized, leaving a small spot.  What you believe to be dirt is actually just your skin.  So when you try to remove the "dirt" you are actually removing your skin.  Again, this can lead to a more severe infection and without a doubt, a scar.

How Can I Remove the Scars