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About Acne Scars
Most people with mild or moderate acne will recover from the condition without serious acne scars. However, in severe cases scarring is almost inevitable. But don't give up hope -- new acne treatments can minimize scarring and existing scars can be removed with a variety of techniques.
Most pimples leave behind a discolored patch of skin. This is not really
a scar and will usually clear up by itself within one year. Marks or skin
defects that remain longer than one year are considered to be acne scars and
can be treated.
As with all scarring, acne scars result from tissue damage. When tissue is damaged, the body reacts by initiating the repair process and taking steps to protect against infection. Collagen is something the body sends to the damaged area but sometimes the body produces too much. When this happens, the excess collagen builds up into a fibrous mass that ends up becoming a smooth and firm acne scar with an irregular shape.
Acne scars also result when tissue is lost and this is actually the more common reason
scars develop. Many different types of scarring exist within this latter category
including the well-known 'ice-pick' scar, depressed scars, soft scars, atrophic
macules and others.
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