Does Dermaroller Work for Deep Acne Scars?

Ahbi,    Thanks for the question.  In our practice, the surgical derma roller is part of the armamentarium for management of chronic deep acne scars.  This treatment is combined with fractionated laser treatments and a sound oral and topical nutriceautical regime.  Once the skin reaches an improved steady state, volumization of the scars may be attempted with injectable fillers, although these scarred down areas may be resistant to treatment. Overall,... more

If all those other treatments did not improve your acne scars then I am sure you will not be happy with the dermaroller.  The best treatments I have found are a combination of Sculptra injections and FX CO2 laser.  The combination seems to give the best improvement.  Good luck.

Call me a skeptic on this. If the other methods did not work, I doubt this one will. This technique uses small needles which penetrate the epidermis but do not go into the superficial dermis. If the Pixel, which is similar to the Fraxel did not work, and in addition the erbium laser did not work, I did whether the less aggressive treatment of the Dermaroller would work. You might try to find someone skilled with the pulsed CO2 laser which remains the gold standard of this kind of... more