Acne scars and other depressed scars and deficiencies can often benefit greatly from hyaluronic fillers like Restylane and Perlane. Depressed scar filling is an effective treatment that is nonsurgical, minimally invasive, and provides benefits that can easily last six months to a year and in some cases longer.
Can fillers improve scars?
You may have an acne scar notch, surgery, a cut from a sports injury, or for various other reasons. This deficiency can highlight your appearance and detract from your facial aesthetics. For some, scars can even be painful reminders of past problems. Fillers such as Perlane and Restylane are often the best option to decrease the visibility of scars on the face by removing skin irregularities and restoring the skin to its natural texture and shape. By filling in the deficiencies that are responsible for these jagged scars, the scars may no longer be noticeable. Facial fillers are safe and minimally invasive treatments that require little to no recovery time. This, combined with their effectiveness, makes them the leading option for treating acne scars without the lengthy recovery associated with surgery.
Can laser resurfacing to treat scars?
Laser treatment seemed like a promising technology at first, but it has never reliably delivered great results and is associated with many complications, including permanent disfigurement. Laser resurfacing for acne often doesn’t produce results, or worse, it can make things worse. An erbium laser generally provides only minimal improvement, while something like CO2 laser resurfacing is so aggressive that it can damage your natural pigmentation. CO2 fractionated skin treatment is often a big disappointment and very expensive. Choosing acne scar fillers is almost always much safer and more effective than laser treatment.
How to find a facial filler expert
Treating facial scars is a medical procedure and art that must be performed by a physician who specializes in treating facial fillers. Your physician, be it a dermatologist or cosmetic surgeon, must also possess the great artistic skill required to accurately place the filler for the best possible cosmetic results. It can be difficult to know where to start when it comes to assessing ability, experience, expertise, artistic ability, specialization, etc. from your potential treatment provider, but with careful research you can find someone well qualified to give you excellent results. When looking for someone to help you remove acne scars, always find out if the doctor will personally perform the procedure or will instead use an assistant to manage your treatment. Choose only one doctor who will treat you personally; after all, you don’t know anything about the assistant’s ability and your results will be much better when performed by the most qualified physician, rather than a non-physician-in-training.
An assistant may cost less, but the results may not be as good. Carefully study the before and after photos of your potential doctor’s scar removal, and note any changes in camera angles or lighting conditions. If you don’t like what you see in the example photos, you probably won’t like what you’ll see in the mirror later on either. Make sure your doctor has a lot of experience filling facial scars. Choose a doctor who specializes in facial fillers. Each physician has special areas of talent and expertise. Just as you would not go to the same doctor for brain surgery and heart surgery, even if they are both prominent surgeons, you should choose a doctor who makes fillers and facial cosmetic treatments a focus of his practice. Finally, assess how well you get along with your potential doctor at your initial consultation. You should feel comfortable with your doctor and have confidence in their ability to help you. Sometimes, for reasons that are beyond explanation, a doctor and patient don’t “fit” together, in which case it’s okay to move on.