TCA CROSS Method for Acne Scars, at Home

I had what will likely be my last laser for quite some time the day before yesterday. My plastic surgeon commended me on how well my skin looks currently. The laser I had done was active fx which is not as strong as deep fx unfortunately. It was only done on my cheeks, but really the middle third of my face excluding my nose, chin and forehead. Right now I look like a chipmunk who has had an unfortunate accident with a meat grinder. I had him go under my left eye which had a few fine lines so my eye is swollen and hurts a little. This is another thing I wanted to mention- for some reason when I first started using retin a I noticed that I was starting to develop fine lines rapidly under my eye. I tested the theory out that retin a was accelerating the lines under my eye by applying it under the left eye only and sure enough- I developed fine lines under my left eye but not my right. So I did a little research and saw that a dermatologist had told someone with a similar concern that it would likely go away with time. Well it's been a couple years now and I can say that it definitely did not reverse or improve. I don't know if this is an issue only for certain skin types but personally I would advise to be careful with retin a use under the eye area. For the rest of the skin it's great. As far as my skin- right now I'm red, puffy and scaly. I wouldn't want to go out in public looking this way for sure. I can't see my scars at all right now but I know from previous experience that once the swelling subsides they will reappear. I don't know how much improvement I will see with this lighter treatment but I'm sure I will benefit somewhat from it. It's crazy to think about how resilient these tiny scars are. I've done everything, laser, derma rolling, tca cross, excision.... I'm very happy with the results I have gotten though. I honestly feel like tca cross has been a huge turning point for me. To anyone reading this who has been struggling with the same issue- keep your head up. It can be done, it just takes patience and a little work :)

Well I got 2 little spots excised on the side of my face. One looks better one doesn't. I don't think I will take the chance of excision again. The doctor that did the excision had done it before but I don't think he does it regularly. The one that looks not so great looks a bit less wide but somehow looks deeper. So in a way it's smaller but in another way it's worse. It's still not too bad though. The scars are pretty much gone on one side of my face but still there just a bit on the other side, though the majority are gone from that side as well. I have a little spot on my nose where I spilled a little tca and it isn't healing as fast as I would like but I'm not super concerned about it. Just Sharing that with you guys as a reminder to be very careful when dealing with this stuff as it's very strong. Make sure to tap any excess off before application. Even with this very minor setback my skin still looks so much better than it did even 6 months ago. In other news I will be having laser done again in a couple weeks. My laser doctor is very conservative and careful so I'm not apprehensive at all about it. I've already had him laser previously and I trust him a great deal. When I went to see the excision doctor he kind of threw me off a little, he said why don't I just cover it up with makeup. Would you tell someone with small boobs wanting breast plants to just wear a padded bra? No, of course not. :) I don't blame him for the excision not working out perfectly though because I know that everyone's skin responds differently to different treatments and excision is a 50/50 chance. Im not advising against excision either, if there is a good doctor in your area that is known to have success with it, it might be successful for you. It's a good idea to do a test spot though because I'm really glad I just did 2 spots and not more since it wasn't for me. :)

My skin looks great compared to what it used to. It's not perfect, I'll never have perfect skin but my acne scars are mostly gone now. I still have a few but most are gone. I have been trying to get rid of acne scars for years now, they are so resilient to treatment. Tca seems to have been what I was looking for.