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Severe Acne Scars - Best option? (photo)

asked 5 months ago by Chii
Latest answer by Channing R. Barnett, MD
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Tags: male, comparison, non surgical, options

I have had severe scarring since i was 16. I went through 5 fraxels in 2008 from a well reputed doctor, did'nt help much. Certain options are: Excision (i have too many scars to excise) Dermal Grafting and fillers (most of them are ice picks, dont know if that would work). Is Dermarolling is not that invasive for my kind of scarring? TCA CROSS (Have tried 5 rounds, nothing much happened) Dermabrasion & CO2 laser(too invasive for my skin tone - afraid of more complications). Kindly advice.

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Options for Acne Scarring

Not surprisingly the Fraxel treatments did not work. We have many patients referred to us for acne scar consultation and treatments who had many fraxel (or similar lasers) treatments with minimal (mostly temporary) improvement. Your acne scarring is severe but a combination of several of the other treatments you mentioned done correctly and in the right order, will tremendously improve your scarring. But some of those treatments that will be most effective for you will require... more
Channing R. Barnett, MD

New York Dermatologist

www.barnettdermatology.com

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