Acne Scar Treatment

Although many acne scar treatment  sites will say that you must completely clear your skin before you being treating your scars, you will be happy to know that this is not necessary. Scars naturally fade over time, so even if you simply ignore them, they’ll gradually go away.

If it’s a severe scar, it can form a permanent mark or pit, if you have any acne scar pits, then you might eventually want to look into professional scar treatments.

The Basics of Treating Acne Scars

Treating acne scars, in most cases, involves abasing the skin so that it can regrow and repair itself. This can be done through scrubs, washes, chemical peels and masks. Once the top layer of skin is slightly worn down, the body heals itself and creates a new, fresh layer of skin.

There are various professional skin services which will aid people with skin scars. These are not necessarily the best treatments and they will require you to have stopped producing acne.

Professional vs Natural Scar Treatment

The natural solutions are softer, take less time, are MUCH cheaper and can be done even when your acne is minimized.

The professional acne treatments include:

• Dermabrasion
• Laser Resurfacing
• Chemical Peels
• Punch Technique
• Subcision
• Augmentation

The more natural treatments include a light scrub, either with a soft toothbrush or a clothe. There’s even an aspirin with cotton swab treatment! If done properly, these can be just as effective as the other treatments.

Using Scrubs as a Scar Treatment

Scrubs are a common element in general skin care and can be crucial to clear, healthy skin. In theory, scrubs are slightly rugged semi-liquid products that are applied on the face in order to ‘scrub off’ dead skin cells and dirt. With an ideal scrub, you would have no dead skin cells on your face, no irritation, no dryness. This would alleviate one of the main causes of acne, which is clogged pores. However scrubs have their limits and even the most intense scrub only affects the most upper level of the epidermis.

Without clogged pores, sebum cannot get trapped and bacteria will have an extremely difficult time forming.

Most scrubs are flawed. They are either too harsh on the skin, use chemicals which irritate the skin or not effective enough. The scrubs like the famous apricot scrub, irritate the skin because they are too rough. Although they are effective that removing dead skin cells at the moment, its the after effect that will do more harm than good.

Avoid harsh scrubs!

After using a harsh scrub, your irritated skin will dry up and die. This in turn produces more dead skin cells a few hours later, and then pimples form. To minimize this effect, people have resorted to using toners and moisturizers in order to keep their skin from drying up.

Medium scrubs are hard to find, you will know that you have a medium scrub if after scrubbing your face is slightly flush for a minute or two, and then returns to normal. Medium scrubs will be the most recommended scrub, because they tend to eliminate the most dead skin cells without producing new ones. It is recommend to *very* lightly massage the face with this scrub.

Light scrubs are similar to soap and use chemicals to disloge the dead skin cells and impurities. In theory, they would work great if the chemicals they used didn’t irritate and dry the skin. The chemicals are absorbed by your skin and continue to eat away at it even after your wash it off. These scrubs are to be avoided entirely.

Green Tea to Help with Acne Scars

Up until recently, I was never a big fan of coffee or tea. That’s why I was surprised to learn that you can take green tea to clear acne scars. I disliked both but the promise of getting rid of scars made me search for higher quality teas. Originally I was taking green tea extracts for acne and that seemed to help. So I was trilled when I found that the tea purchased in local health stores is often much better tea and seems to have a much more prominent effect on my skin.

Recommended Tea to Treat Acne scars

However, the ‘real’ teas (the one you can buy at certain specialized tea shops that I find in Chinatown) are MUCH better. I find that drinking 2-3 glasses of green or white tea helps to cleanse my body, which is important for fighting acne. The reason that tea helps so much is that it has a high concentration of antioxidents which cleanse your system. It also helps you relax which also very important for clear skin. If you’re an adult and not drinking green tea, I would recommend you start immediately.

There are also other teas such as kombucha tea which have live bacterias which can be helpful. These will improve digestion and mineral absorption. Unfortunately, it is a bit more difficult to make kombucha tea and I have to settle for green tea that I can buy at the health store. Please take note that red, black and white tea are also beneficial for acne, and in some cases might even surpass green tea’s effect.

Finishing the Treatment

When you’re concentrating on reducing acne scars, make sure that you eat a balanced, healthy diet. The food that you eat will be used to rebuild your body, so choose your construction blocks wisely. Make sure you’re getting plenty of vitamin C and E from fruits and vegetables when you’re performing your acne scar treatment and you will see much faster results.

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