Different Types Of Acne Scars
Posted on 25. Dec, 2009 by admin in Acne Types
Acne is one such condition, which comes under the field of dermatology, experienced by every physician in practice. Acne starts attacking in the early adolescence period, and then continues even in older ages. It actually begins on the onset of puberty, along with the hormonal changes in the human body.
If left untreated or when mishandled, it leaves scars. Scars or the blemishes are the annoying red points in the skin, which makes one self, feel inferior. This problem is always irksome, as it occurs in the various visible sections of the human body. Faces with scars, are not that pleasant, and as a result, confidence level goes down.
When the acne emerges out, due to the excessive secretion of sebum, the human system tries to fix it, with the treatment of the white blood cells. It is an in bound process happening in the human body, without the knowledge of the individual.
This cannot be considered as a complete treatment, as it leaves behind scars. Therefore, it is the individual effort and medication that counts, to be a remedy for curing this irritating disorder. Rather than worrying, for this irksome problem, one should better analyze what it is. Initially, the skin type of the individual and the type of scar present should be tested and analyzed.
Generally scars are formed either, because of the loss of tissue cells or due to the rise of tissue cells, inside the skin. The intensifying of the tissue cells can be called, as the keloids, which piles up and gives out fibrous mass of tissues, which appears to be a scar in the skin. The thickness of the scar may vary from one to two millimeter, where as the length exceeds 1 cm.
These may either fortunately disappear, or may sustain permanently in the skin. The other case is similar to that of the chicken pox, where the top surface of the skin is worn out. They are commonly called as the ice prick scars, and their most prone spot is the cheeks. To look at, they are small, with serrated edges and slightly steep sides.
Their texture may be hard, soft, shallow or even deep depending on the effect in the individual and his or her body conditions. When this sustains for a long time, in the skin it leads to fibrotic scars, with long, sharp edges. There is an also superficial type of a scar, which are extremely soft to touch with oblique edges and usually gets embedded in the skin.
The other type is the Atropic type of scars, which has a fair shape, somewhat blue at the initial stage, and then turns into ivory later, which cannot be that easily identified. It is usually found in the chest and back, and can be termed as the semi developed white heads. Perifollicular elastolys is the scientific term for the above-mentioned condition. Thus, the analysis and treatment is definitely a must, to get rid of these acne problems and to get a healthy skin.
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