Acne tends to leave traces behind. Acne scars. Clinical studies suggest that 95% of acne patients had scarring experiences. These scars take several types of forms depending on the skin type. ranging from post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, that is, brown or red spots to changes in the skin texture. Always avoid picking at active acne to prevent scarring.
As there are surgical treatment options performed by dermatologists in severe cases, scars can be reduced by much affordable, non-laser, non-surgical methods such as micro needling, MTS Peel, or Carboderm.
Lactic Acid is widely known to fade the post-acne spots as well as vitamin c serums. The idea is to encourage new collagen production and skin cell turnover to resurface the skin texture.