Acne Scars
treatment with Fractional CO2
Fractional CO2
Over the last two decades, there have been numerous treatments that help replace and repair collagen in the skin. The ablative ones like the original CO2-lasers have become un-popular (although many doctors still cling onto them as so-called "gold standards"). These lasers were barbaric.
The non-ablative ones have gone through much evolution. In general these non-ablative lasers, like our Cooltouch, proved to be a little weak. Except for the very shallow scars, they were generally not very effective. Titan and Thermage could also be used for acne scars, but they are in a different class altogether. They were skin-tightening devices.
Of course there was micro-needling which the MOH has promptly banned, on the basis of it being non-evidence based. And just as well. Because out of the few cases we did, we found micro-needling to totally in-effective. And not to mention barbaric.
Hence about 2 years ago, ablative lasers have become fashionable again. This time fractionally ablative. Fractional means that the beam of laser is split into a hundred smaller beams hitting the skin in a pixilated manner. Normal skin remains between the pixels of ablation. This significantly reduces recovery-time (redness, rawness etc) from weeks to days. Read more about the history of Laser Treatments
Fractional CO2 is the new gold standard for the reduction of acne scars.
Photodynamic Therapy has also been used to treat acne vulgaris resistant to conventional treatments. Particularly when there is considerable scarring resulting in fistula tracts within the skin which continue to fester with bacteria.
For those who absolutely cannot take the recovery time associated with Fractional CO2, Cooltouch is still a good option. Expect about 40% improvement in wrinkles or acne scars after 3-5 treatments. Cooltouch is also used to control oiliness and active acne.
Read more about Cooltouch and Fractional CO2
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