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Acne Scarring-Silicone or Other Treatments? (photo)
Would silicone help with this type of scarring? If not, what would be recommended for the best outcome? Thank you!
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dre
in Minneapolis, MN
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Hello
In our practice the lasers we do is Dot Laser, Profractional C02 laser, micro laser peel and or VI peel for very mild acne scarring. If you go to our website you can read about each procedure and you can kind of determine what would benefit you the best. You have quite a few options for acne scars depending on how deep they are.
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Acne Scarring helped by Silicone
Silicone could help your acne scarring but you might not notice any difference at all. Most people / surgeons / doctors would likely say that it won't help at this stage and that it would most likely help early on. I would consider a multilayered approach and also co2 laser resurfacing.
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The Palette of Acne Scar Revision
I think that silicone microdroplet will be one of several therapies we will need to get you the best results we can. I think of it as teh Palette of Acne Scar Revision. I need to see how distensible the scars are by stretching the skin. That will help determine how much change we can expect. You will need some subcision and probably some CROSS as well. It will be a work in progress and multiple sessions will be needed. Fractional CO2 resurfacing may help us even up the last irregularities.
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