No More Acne

Ice pick scars are usually created as a consequence of spots leading to a papule. This is a variety of skin abrasion which is especially narrow on the surface. However, the consequential blemish will ordinarily run deep into the skin. Because of this form, and the way the scar generally has a uneven edge, it can be best envisioned through imagining the injury left by being stabbed with an ice pick. It is one of the most noticeably noticeable types of acne scars.

As ice pick scars are so deep, they usually expand to the dermis. This means ice pick scars cannot be treated by many of the more customary acne scar techniques such as dermabrasion which try to smooth out the first layer of skin. The scars are also mostly excessively deep for punch grafts, in which skin from a different place in the body is set into the gaps shaped by the scar.

In some cases, the effects of ice pick scarring can be lessened without having to eliminate the scar tissue. This can be done by stretching out the skin, which smoothes out the perceptible wound. However, this just works with more tender scars.

One process of treating ice pick scars is skin laser therapy. This can involve using a hand held skin laser to wound the affected area, which encourages the body to rejuvenate the skin, which softens and reshapes the scarred region. In clinical cases, the skin laser is actually used to eradicate the scarring totally.

A further system is skin needling using a Derma Roller. This involves using a hand held roller (a bit resembling a small paint roller) with micro needles on the roller to roll over the affected section to set off tiny traumas on the injured skin causing the skin to produce supplementary collagen and start healing. Over time this will ultimately restore most or all of the injured skin.