Are There Any Dangers to Needling Treatment for Acne Scars?

With any invasive procedure (such as needling) infection, bleeding, bruising, lack of improvement, and worsening of existing scarring are risks. Several treatments are required with the needling method to see improvement, but how much improvement you'll get depends completely on the type and severity of your scarring. Needling may not be your best or only answer. Acne scarring is one of the most challenging problems to improve, but it can be improved. Improvement, rather than erasure of... more

Acne scars are virtually impossible to remove and it is unfortunately all too common that treatments fall short of patient expectations. I would highly doubt that you could expect 50-70% improvement because this degree of change is almost impossible even with lasers and facelifts on acne patients.

Every single medical or surgical treatment has associated risks in addition to the presumed benefits. When the skin is broken you automatically take on the small risks of infection, bleeding / bruising and additional scarring. Without a photograph it is impossible to cogently advise you on what can / should be done in your case. But the needling treatment / or as we term it SUBCISION involves cutting tethering scars that pull the skin surface down creating visible dimpling. It is usually... more