Are results of microneedling on acne scars not permanent? Why are maintenance sessions recommended? (Photo)

OF COURSE you should be doing maintenance, you should do this every 2 months and derma rolling weekly. peels like cosmelan and enlighten between.

at home peels like cosmelan, enlighten and aerify along with dermarolling (MTS roller with anteage MD ampules weekly from emeragecosmetics.com) should be started now.  visit emeragecosmetics.com where we ship medical grade skincare all over the world AND do free virtual skincare consults daily.

if you have post inflammatory hyperpigmentation/melasma/discoloration that needs cosmelan or enlighten peels at home which we can do virtually and send to your home along with aerify peels regularly, vivatia foam, restorsea 10x, faith essence serum, and cosmelan 2 cream. see emeragecosmetics.com where we do free skincare consults daily and can send you peels and skincare. proceeds go to help BLM and LGBTQ+ non for profit organizations.

Acne scar treatment needs a combination approach for improvement.  For the best results, one should target the acne scar type.  As everyone has a unique pattern of acne scarring, the best solution is a tailored one.  Typically you need fillers like bellafill and sculptra for atrophic indented type scars with or without subcision.  Subcision for depressed tethered scars.  Vascular lasers like yellow laser, aerolase, excel V or IPL for redness or thick scars. And lasers such as fraxel, erbium, co2 or fractional radiofrequency like venus viva, skinfinity, intensif or fractora microneedling RF for textural issues and superficial scarring.  Deep ice pick scars and narrow box car scars are best treated with TCA CROSS and punch excision.  All lasers are combined with microneedling and PRP to get even better results and improve healing times.   The majority of patients will have a collection of different scar types, and hence a tailored treatment plan is needed by an expert physician.  It is never about the laser or product that gives the results, its about the expert behind the equipment that gets you the outcome.  Scars cannot be cured and will need life-long treatments to maintain and build on the results.  For those at high risk for hyperpigmentation (darker skin types or asian or hispanic or mixed ethnicities) we already pre-treat the skin with cosmelan or enlighten lightening peels to prevent complications from energy-based or chemical-based treatments.  Best, Dr. Emer. 

Hello, congratulations on your great results! Vivace does not fill in scarring, it works by rebuilding collagen in the skin. Maintenance sessions are ideal to keep the collagen stimulated but does not mean that your results are temporary. Skincare is always an ongoing thing. Think of it like dieting and working out, once you reach your goal you can probably be less strict about your work outs and your diet but if you stop completely you will start to gain weight. Hope this helps.

MNRF improves scars by building better collagen and thus resurfacing skin. As we age we do lose collagen every year, thus skin would sag and scars may become more obvious again. Even after excellent results of treatments, some scars may remain. As aging is inevitable, maintenance treatments that build new collagen help maintain the results. It would also be important to prevent relapse of acne.