Fillers and fat transfer for treatment of acne scarring
Better used in atrophic depressed scars
Agent include – Collagens, Zyderm, Zyplast, Cosmoderm, Cosmoplast, Evdence and Evdence Breeze are all collagens
Hyaluronic Acids, Calcium hydroxyapatite
Fat Transplantation
Fat transfer can be helpful in acne scarring by restoring the loss of subcutaneous fat and replacing volume, which stretches and overlying skin and distends the acne scars. Patients who are particularly good candidates for fat transplantation include the acne-scarred patient who has a thin, atrophic face.
Many of these older patient can benefit from a pan-facial lipoaugnebtation concurrent with the specific injections designed to minimize the acne scarring
Needling – useful technique for acne scars treatment as an alternative to laser, chemical peelings an Dermabrasion
Induction of new dermal collagen synthesis and deposition. By activation of a local inflammatory response.
The stratum corneum remain intact
There are no risks of hyperpigmentation
The healing phase is short and the treatment can be repeated
Method
Skin needling is a procedure that involves using a sterile roller comprised of a series of fine sharp needles to puncture the skin. Performed under local anaesthetic with sedation , the device is “rolled” over the surface affected by acne scars to create many microscopic channels deep into the dermis of the skin, which stimulates your own body to produce new collagen.
Indications
Acne scarring – by treating acne rolling scars
Grade with skin needling, the skin becomes thicker and the results are superior to Dermabrasion
Scars, if they are white, they can become more skin-colored
To restore skin tightness in the early stages of facial aging
Stretch marks, Fine wrinkles, Lax skin on the arms and abdomen
Fractional photothermolysis for acne scars
Nonablative and ablative devices for the treatment of acne scars
Surgical techniques – Excision, grafting, punch techniques and subcision
Contraindications
⦁ History of poor wound healing or tendency toward keloid formation/hypertrophic scarring
Subcision – A simple well-tolerated procedure capable of producing long-term improvement of rolling acne scars
This technique is best used to treat rolling acne scars with normal appearing overlying skin and a lack of sharply delineated borders,
It is contraindicated for areas of active infection and in patients with bleeding diathesis or a tendency toward keloid formation. Other cutaneous depressions such as rhytids depressed skin grafts, surgical wounds and cellulite dimples are also considered valid indications for subcision