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Acne Surgery for Brown Skin
I have acne scars (kind of bulges) all over my nose and on my chin. I got the pimples when I was in my teenage and they stayed for ever on my nose leaving as bulges. It is making me looking worse. What kind of surgery helps me to remove these bulges and have a clean nose. I an 25 years old Female Asian origin. Will laser surgery help me to remove the acne scars or bulges. Your response is greatly appreciated.
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Tutti Todd
in Louisville, KY
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Acne and acne scar treatments
It is unclear from your photo whether these are scars or still active acne on your nose. So we will approach the question in two parts: In both parts, I am presuming you have no health conditions that would prevent you from getting these treatments and that you are not pregnant or trying to become pregnant. To determine whether these are scars or still active acne, I recommend you see a board-certified dermatologist for an evaluation.
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Treatment of acne scars on brown skin
If you truly have acne scars, the treatments options would mostly likely include chemical or laser peels (based on your photo). Make sure that you have gotten your acne under control so that you don't start getting new scars. The best option is to find a board-certified dermatologist.
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Acne scar improvement in brown skin
There are many options for your acne scarring, best to be assessed in person by a skin expert, a dermatologist. Your options include laser resurfacing and chemical peels, among other options like punch excisions, subcision, etc. Most importantly, any active acne must be treated and cleared up. Dr. Benjamin Barankin, Toronto Dermatology Centre.
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I would suggest the Elos Laser Acne treatment for your acne. This treatment works by combining Bi-Polar Radiofrequency and Blue Light energies to penetrate the skin to precisely target and destroy active acne-causing bacteria, while simultaneously slowing excessive sebaceous oil production. Treatments help to reduce active acne and speeds up healing time. Elos Laser Acne treatment is effective in all skin types and the number of treatments depends upon the severity of acne. Treatments are...
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The picture looks like active acne still!
The bumps on the nose appear like active acne papules / rosacea. LASER would be a good choice, as also ablative radiofrequency. You can also consider a TCA peel. A course of Isotretinoin may also be considered if you keep getting these bumps. Make sure to use a non comedogenic sunscreen, and a salicylic acid based facewash would be helpful. If you have dandruff, that needs to be treated as well.
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Treating Acne Scars on Darker Skin Types
Without a picture it is difficult to know exactly what you mean by "bulges" related to prior acne. Typically acne scarring comes in the form of depressions in the skin, not bulges; however, you can occasionally get hypertrophic (raised, thickened) scarring from acne. There are many excellent treatments for acne scarring which include injectable fillers, chemical peeling, laser resurfacing, punch excision, punch grafting, and/or light electrosurgery. The treatments...
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Scars, acne, acne scars, acne scars in brown skin
This is a real tough question. Without a high quality picture, it is impossible to tell which treatment is best
Lasers are often the best answer
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Acne surgery for brown skin
I agree that laser surgery, chemical peels, and dermabrasion may all be of benefit to you. But I think you should know that while acne surgery will help a lot, the goal of treatment would be improvement, not a perfect, “clean” nose. But don’t despair. Certainly, there is help for your condition.
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Buldges / Acne scars on nose
I would try shaving one off to send for pathology to get a diagnosis - acne vs. scar or something else.
Further treatment would be directed by the pathology results.
This shave removal procedure also serves as a test treatment of sorts. If the outcome is satisfactory, then more shave removals could be performed. Laser resurfacing may useful also.
We likewise have a wide variety of treatment options available to treat such bumps depending upon diagnosis.
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Brown bumps for acne scars? on Nose
These bumps on your nose can be removed with laser surgery, co2 lasr, dermabrasion, and dermaplaning. We have pictures on our website under rhinoplasty and acne scar surgery for you to see. Your situation appears similar to people who have rhinophyma. It could be something similar in pathology. The bumps can be due to accumulation of sebum (oil products from your hair follicles) that accumulate in the hair follicle. Or it can be due to proliferation of these glands under your...
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