Acne Scars Not Healing?

Acne Scars Not Healing?

Are your acne scars not healing as well as you would like? Acne scars can sometimes be quite deep and require special attention. Acne occurs when the body’s sebaceous follicles plug up with bacteria and dead skin cells. Your body has a natural inflammatory response that often leads to skin injury and scarring. Fresh acne sscars eventually become less inflamed and begin to form flat, reddish lesions that doctors call maculae. Maculae may darken on the skin where the inflammation was. Unfortunately, some people do develop permanent acne scars at such sites. Your skin may appear to be indented or sunken. So, what to do?

Begin applying InviCible’s therapeutic scar cream to your acne scars as soon as inflammation and rawness subsides. InviCible’s ingredients were specifically chosen to help reduce acne scars and to promote the fading of acne dark spots. To further enhance and minimize your acne scar’s healing process, be sure to protect your acne or dark spots from the sun. This will darken the scars further than is absolutely necessary. If your acne is on your face or scalp, wear a hat to protect yourself from the sun. If your acne is on your back, don’t expose your back to the sun. It’s damaging, and could darken your scars further. Keep the area clean and dry.

If your acne scars are not healing, it may be because you are using the wrong scar treatment product to heal the area. Try a twice-daily application of InviCible, with Dual Vitamin C complex. Dual Vitamin C complex helps to normalize collagen production — a natural part of the healing process —improves acne scarring by making scars more flush with your healthy skin. If your acne scars tend to darken, apply InviCible to help decrease production of dark pigment. ProBiosyn-4™ is a group of ingredients with anti-inflammatory properties. They include Aloe Vera and Licorice extract, which help to limit acne flare-ups. Licorice extract is especially helpful in dispersing the abnormal dark pigmentation responsible for dark acne marks.

When scars do not appear to be healing, most likely there is an agent that’s irritating the area. If you’ve been keeping the area clean and dry, then the only other possibility is your scar treatment cream. Many scar treatment creams contain ingredients that successfully lighten scars in the short term, but irritate and aggravate scar tissue over the long term such as Kojic Acid and Hydroquinone.

Believe it or not, Vitamin E does not promote speedy healing! Instead, it can promote contact dermatitis. InviCible Scars is a therapeutic combination of safe ingredients that will allow your scar to heal, finally. InviCible’s safety profile is top notch and has even been awarded the National Parenting Center Seal of Approval and is one of only 300 products in compliance with the Compact for Safe Cosmetics. Daily application of safe and effective InviCible scar cream, in combination with avoidance of the sun, a healthy diet, daily exercise, will ensure a speedy reduction in scar tissue prominence and improved aesthetic appearance.

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What Improves Acne Scars?

What Improves Acne Scars?

They say, “acne is something every normal teenager has to go through.” When they promised that it’s just part of growing up and actually stops when you reach adulthood, it appears they weren’t actually telling the truth! Some of us continue to get acne well into adulthood. To make matters worse, some acne lesions can leave unsightly dark marks or scars for the rest of your life. Thankfully there are ways to remove acne scars and improve your skin complexion at the same time.

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Treat the acne
The best treatment for most conditions is prevention. First and foremost treat the acne. There are several tried and tested topical therapies to choose from. Some acne suffers also benefit from oral antibiotics. Diet modification is also crucial. Consulting with a dermatologist is a good idea to learn about all the latest options. While you let the treatment work, keep your hands off your skin as much as possible and resist the temptation to pick. Picking only leads to more inflammation and scarring.

Read: Does lemon juice fade acne scars?

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate
While you try to ride out the acne keep your face clean, hydrated with topical moisturizers and drink lemon water. Lemon water flushes out the toxins and many people think it helps your acne to heal faster. Some acne medications can dry out your skin so it’s advisable to moisturize the skin as well. Always use non-comedogenic, water-based, hypoallergenic products as these are the most “skin-friendly.”

Topical treatments
New acne scars are easier to treat as they tend to respond more readily to scar treatments than old ones. One of the best scar treatment ingredients to look for is Vitamin C. Stable forms of vitamin C encourage healthy skin renewal and help fade scars. Some forms of vitamin C, like tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, also help fade dark acne marks. Dimethicone silicone can also help improve the appearance of acne scars and improves skin hydration by decreasing water loss from the skin. Dimethicone silicone is considered non-comedogenic, but please try a test spot first….like almost anything, it can still cause a break out in some people.

Laser
Laser treatment is often recommended when topical scar treatments haven’t worked well enough. This treatment is particularly appropriate for the most severe cases of scarring. The laser removes the top scarred layer of skin and allows this to be replaced by a fresh layer of more healthy skin. With this procedure, the new scar will become less noticeable with time. Unfortunately severe cases of scarring often need more than one or two laser treatments and can also be expensive.

Read: What are the different types of acne scars?

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