Hello, I have a young burn scar (boiling cup of tea poured on my tight 3 months ago). The scar is fully healed and the skin very supple. But there is a mix of hypo and hyper pigmentation. Will it fade over time ? Would you recommend dermaroller/ skin needling to even it out ? If yes, what needle lenght and how early can i start ? Many thanks The skin texture is great. I am obviously just bothered with uneven pigmentation
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Retin-A can safely be used at the same time as micro-needling as they affect different levels of the skin. Regarding the negative posts by some physicians about micro-needling, there are many good scientific studies showing that
medical micro-needling really works. However, I am not a fan of...
In my office we routinely use 1.5 mm needles for micro-needling the face. However, we use motorized micro-needling, not the derma roller, for a more even and more effective result. The key to micro-needling is the healing response that this process stimulates. You do not have to penetrate very...
Hi, you have given a very good description of your scar, the reason the scars look that way is because the skin in the region of the scar has got very few adnexal (Sweat glands, Oil glands, hair follicles) structures and below the top layer of skin is just scar tissue with fewer blood vessels...