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What Can Be Done About Raised Red Marks from Acne?
I have little raised red marks where I had acne. Now they have been there for about six months and have barely faded. Will they ever go away? What could I do?
Asked 24 months ago by
supergirlfun77 in NEVADA
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Treatment for raised red acne scars
Hi Supergirl,
For raised red acne scars, we would probably try one of the three treatments below (or a combination).
Laser Resurfacing. This is for textured (bumpy) acne scarring, but is usually not used for hypertrophic scarring (raised). Rather it is more commonly used for atrophic scarring (pitted or depressed scars).
Kenalog injections. These steroid injections help to reduce inflammation and can help to get rid of bumpy cystic scars.
Pulse Dye Lasers. These lasers are used to...
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Laser and injections improve scars
Raised red scar typically respond very well to a series of pulsed dye laser treatments and injections of steroid and 5-fluoruracil into the scars. Other laser options include ablative and fractional lasers (such as CO2 resurfacing and fraxel repair or restore) but these are more expensive technologies with greater downtime and often the pulsed dye laser (such as the Vbeam) is all that you need.
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