How To Take Care Your Acne Scar At Home?

Any kind of skin disorder can easily be licked when done in the early stages. That includes acne pimples, the most common skin problem afflicting just about everyone on the planet, adolescents mostly. It often calls for a more heightened hygiene to ensure that an oily face don’t get unwashed and to get a session with your dermatologist early in the game.

In general, acne need not leave scars where the pimples used to be, but if you pick or squeeze on them or allow them to rupture on their own as their inflammation goes unchecked, skin breaks are inevitable which cause scarring later on when the acne attacks subside. When that happens, you can still do something significant to lessen their unsightly effect on your face over time. You just need to be patiently diligent about it.

Maximize OTC Medication

There are over the counter scar treatment creams you can use but just do some research as there are good and not-so-good medications out there. Skin discoloration in the areas where pimples are healing is another area you can treat with skin bleaching and lightening creams as acne areas are almost always darker than surrounding skin tone.

Just make sure that the acne pimples have dried and completely healed before using any potent bleaching cream as they can irritate or even re-open lightly healed acne wounds.

One of the OTC treatment to consider strongly are those formulated with natural botanical extracts as they are often gentler to your skin than synthetic pharmaceutical products.

It’s still best to consult with your dermatologist on the best post acne treatment regimen for your skin type that can best alleviate the effects of scarring. You may need additional treatment that is only available with a doctor’s prescription. A potent Retin-A promotes skin cell rejuvenation and reduces the risks of future acne breaking out. But you will need a doctor’s prescription to get one.

Vitamin E formulated creams and ointments are also known to promote cell growth as it is known to have antioxidant and anti-aging properties and are often used in conjunction with other medication in treating post measles patient.

Use Sunscreen

If you will be exposing yourself under the sun for long hours, you should use sunscreen daily as the sun’s UV rays are known to darken skin and your discolored post-acne skin will only be aggravated when they get darker under the sun. Moreover, the post acne healing process can be delayed making it longer and more difficult to restore your natural skin tone.

Consider More Potent Treatment

In worst cases of scarring, you may consider other more radical forms of treatment short of getting an expensive session with your dermatologist. There are OTC chemical peels which when applied to your healed acne scars can exfoliate upper dermal layers to reveal a more youthful skin. After repeated peeling over weeks of treatment, you can get a smoother skin with less noticeable scars.

How To Prevent Scarring?

The only way to prevent scarring caused by acne is to ensure that they don’t break skin by reducing the inflammation in moderate to severe cases. Inflamed acne are most likely to break the skin and cause scarring later on. Never use harsh towels to scrub your face as this can cause multiple inflamed acne pimples to break out.

It also means no picking and squeezing as doing so results in skin breaks or wounds. Popping the pimple can cause even more skin damage and spread the infection to adjacent skin areas. Squeezing forces the debris content inside the inflamed tissue under the skin to break through the skin or go into the lower dermal layers to infect adjacent areas resulting to more acne lesions.

As acne skin breaks or wounds heal, scabs develop. These are the skin’s natural protective “bandage” to protect wound in the healing process. Picking on it before the pimple wound completely heals not only prolongs the healing process and it could reopen and further aggravate the scarring.

The predisposition to scarring varies between persons and if you know from experience that previous wounds however small have resulted in ugly keloids, consult with your doctor as some treatment regimen can prevent scarification better than others.

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