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What are Ice Pick Scars?
The different types of acne scars might confuse you, however, ice pick scars are noticeable by their characteristic appearance: deep indentations with jagged edges. If you were to see ice pick scar pictures, you’d recognize them as a common type of acne scarring. Although more commonly hard and deep, ice pick scars can also come soft and shallow. It is normal for them to reach all the way to the dermis or subcutaneous layers of the skin. Depressed fibrotic scars are larger and deeper than ice pick scars.
The formation of scars is the body’s natural response to the inflammation caused by acne. These particular scars fall into the category of acne scars caused by a loss of tissue. Boxcar scars and rolling scars are also characterized by loss of tissue.
Keloids and hypertrophic scars are raised scars, formed by surplus collagen.
How to Get Rid of Ice Pick Scars
As ice pick scars are typically deep, most acne scar removal methods are not effective. Dermabrasion, microdermabrasion and chemical peels regenerate new skin but only remove the outer layers of skin.
Lasers, another form of skin resurfacing, are another form of ice pick scar removal. Lasers remove the outer layer of skin through vaporization. This process is similar to other resurfacing treatments in that it encourages the body’s regeneration of skin cells. They are also successful in recontouring and diminishing redness of scars.
Although you might be eager to pursue acne scar treatment, to avoid improper healing and further scarring, do not move forward with any resurfacing procedure for at least 12 months after completing accutane.
If your scars are more than superficial, you might look into punch techniques. Punch grafts for the most part are helpful in depressed scar removal. A punch graft or punch replacement is the procedure that removes scar tissue and transplants skin from another part of the body. Punch excision is the ice pick scars treatment where the depressed scar is removed. The wound is then closed by stretching the skin and left to heal. By detaching the scar from the lower skin layers, the surgeon raises the tissue, making it even to that of the unscarred skin surrounding it. Healing can take several weaks.
Lastly, one can have their skin stretched to improve the appearance of some scars and can be effective in treating ice pick scars. Unfortunately, this does not work for most as it is only effective on soft scars and most ice pick scars are deep and hard. To improve upon stretching, a filler of collagen, fat (autologous fat transfer) or other substance can be injected. With fat transfer, the body reabsorbs it back into the body between half a year to a year and a half later and requires follow up injections.
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