Archive for April 17th, 2008

Treatment of Deep Acne Scars

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Deep Acne scars are usually caused by severe acne like cystic acne. Although, a permanent cure may not always be possible, there are a few useful treatment methods that can be followed to greatly reduce the scarring.

Skin Renewal Process: Our skin consists of many layers. The upper layer of the skin is called the epidermis which has about 4 layers. As the skin grows old, the cells from the lower most layers of the epidermis keep getting pushed to the topmost layers and there they eventually die. As the cells die, they are again replaced by newer skin cells from the lower layers. This is a natural phenomenon by which our skin renews itself. The above skin renewal process is the natural way by which the acne scars and blemishes are removed as the old skin wears itself out.

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