Acne infections destroy collagen and elastin fibers, sever the microvascular system and damage and kill cells. When healing occurs, normally after a long time if acne injuries are not properly treated, a scar is left in the skin. The normal functional tissue (skin) is replaced by connective tissue (scar).

The loss of small feeder vessels has major impact in escalating the skin’s and immune system inability to cope with acne and to cause premature skin aging because the skin receives less nutrients, proteins, amino acids, essential fatty acids, protective antioxidants, oxygen and so on. This reduces the cells’ ability to function and subsequently the skin’s ability to perform its various maintenance, protective, immune and reparative processes.

Based on the shape of tissue, acne scars are divided in two categories. One type of scar consists of increased skin tissue, and the others are characterized by the loss of tissue on the site of acne. Overgrowth of scar tissue is called Keloid and is more pronounced in African-Americans.

More common are acne scars caused by loss of tissues that results from damage to underlying skin tissue. These are similar to scars left by chicken pox. They may be called depressed or pitted acne scarring. These scars include ice-pick scars with sharp jiggered edges, soft tissue scars and depressed fibrotic scars. Ice-pick scars usually occur on the cheek. They are small but with steep, jagged edges which makes their healing or treatment difficult. Sometimes these small scars become quite large and steep, with sharp edges, which are then called depressed fibrotic scars. Then there are soft scars, both superficial and deep. These are small with rolling edges merging with the normal skin. They are either circular or linear in shape.

Pigmented scars are red or brown marks left behind after an acne blemish has disappeared. Pigmented scarring is the most common and while it is not permanent, it can take weeks or months for it to clear if left on its own. Often, the scar has not faded away before a new set of blemishes arrive - causing a perpetual cycle of disfigured skin that can leave many sufferers of acne depressed about the condition of their skin. Some people may have found a treatment that keeps their blemishes under control - only to discover that the red or brown marks remain - preventing their skin from looking completely clear and acne-free.

Acne Scar Removal / Acne Scarring Treatments

Both pitted acne scars and pigmented acne scars can be treated with our BIOSKINCARE or BIOSKINCLEAR product if used with discipline twice a day every day for a period of time, which can be more or less longer than 2 to 3 months depending on how deep and old are the acne marks.

Results for loss of tissue may take longer if damage to tissues is too deep or has been going for too long. In this case other remedies may be necessary and options are: home microdermabrasion or professional microdermabrasion, deep chemical peelings, fat injections, cosmetic fillers or laser surgery.

Different people show different response to acne scars. In some people scars heal easily while some people carry scars for a lifetime. Psychologically, people show different responses to acne scarring. Some people accept scarring as normal, while there are others who are worried about even the slightest of scarring and go to great lengths to get them removed.

One more cause of acne scarring is the pinching and squeezing of acne. This spreads the infection to nearby skin and damages unhealed tissue, which results in pit-like scars.

Treatment of severe acne scars depends on their shape, depth, and location. Individual scars of any depth may be cut out and the skin sewn back together. Wide indented scars can be improved cosmetically by a procedure called subcision, in which small cuts are made under the skin to release the scar tissue.

Doctors sometimes treat large, inflamed nodules or abscesses by injecting corticosteroids to them. Sometimes a specialist will cut open a nodule or abscesses to dissipate it.

BIOSKINCARE can be used to heal all types of acne scarring. It can also be used while on retinoids (isotretinoin: Accutane®, Roaccutane, or Retin A, Differin gel, etc.) or in conjunction with oral systemic antibiotics used to stop severe acne infections.

BIOSKINCARE does not interfere with retinoids that may have been prescribed to reduce your sebum production. And it does not interfere with systemic antibiotics (such as Tetracycline or Minocycline) or with topical chemical antiseptic products that fight acne bacteria (such as benzoyl peroxide or salicilyc acid). On the contrary it relieves their undesired side effects, such as dryness and skin fragility for it strengthens the skin.

BIOSKINFORTE our superior product for severe acne treatment is based on the skin regeneration serum in all our products plus botanicals that have anti-irritant, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterrial and sebum regulation properties.

Apply a little twice a day. Results in days if your acne is mild and in a few weeks if it is moderate. It also serves as an adjunct to oral systemic antibiotics or retinoids recommended for severe acne. It can be used with Accutane drug, to avoid scarring and to get rid of acne bacteria within the skin follicles, if such is prescribed for extremely recalcitrant nodular cystic acne unresponsive to other treatments. 

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More testimonials and advise related to acne prone skin: treating acne

Some people's make-up becomes a cover-up both physically and psychologically. They begin using such heavy make-up that part of their acne problem is acne cosmetics.

The beauty and health of the human skin is being undermined by one of the biggest campaigns ever waged in the history of merchandising. Every day on television, radio, magazine and newspapers, we are encouraged to put aside basic skin care ingredients like soap and water in favor of such complexion "aids" as cleansing creams, night creams, daytime moisturizers, face foundations and rouges.

While some people have skin capable of withstanding the damaging effects of cosmetics, an estimated 30% of all cosmetic users have skin which is acne prone.

Women and men alike, in their teens, twenties and even early thirties, are potential candidates for cosmetic acne. The condition is characterized by many elevated small whiteheads appearing over the cheeks and chin and sometimes the forehead. While cosmetic acne seldom leaves scars, it can be unsightly, persistent and troublesome. The skin's pores have a tough time dealing with the skin's own oil sebum, so rubbing in more irritating oils is one of the worst things you can do. 

Even people who are not acne sufferers can actually develop acne through the use of their cosmetics. Since cosmetic acne usually appears subtly after several months of repeated use of a comedogenic (acne-producing) product, many women do not connect their outbreaks with the given product. The woman with cosmetic acne is in a vicious cycle; the more she breaks out, the more make-up she uses to cover it up... which only leads to more blemishes.

Advertising confuses the issue. "Oil Free"--the Darling of Madison Avenue.

"Oil free" is fast becoming a favorite term of the cosmetic industry. Many cosmetic manufacturers are substituting chemicals which, legally speaking, are not considered oil free simply because they come from synthetic sources rather than from natural sources, i.e., animal, vegetable or mineral. 

These synthetic oils, however, are often more acne producing than a natural oil such as mineral oil. Advertising claims for many cosmetic terms such as "oil free," "dermatologist tested" and "hypoallergenic" can be very misleading. Hypo-allergenic may mean the product is perfume-free, yet it could still contain ingredients harmful to acne-prone individuals. "Dermatologist-tested" may be accurate but not entirely helpful. The product may have been tested for skin allergy or skin irritancy and it's effects on skin pores may have been missed.

The Oil Migration Test
Not all "oil-free" moisturizers for cosmetics are oil free; some contain oil-like synthetics that can provoke acne-prone skin. How to tell? Dab the moisturizer on good-quality stationery (imprinted 25% cotton fiber). Twenty-four hours later, hold the paper up to daylight and check for oil rings. The extent of migration will correspond to the percent of oil in the cosmetic.

The oil migration test is useful to deduct certain oils in cosmetics, but it is more important to learn to read the labels and avoid troublesome ingredients. Remember, not all oils are bad. Petrolatum and some lighter oils like mineral oil and sunflower oil don't penetrate down into the pore.

What ingredients in cosmetics cause acne?

A word about sebum
Before we discuss cosmetic ingredients, we should consider the skin's own surface oil, sebum. Assuming that sebum is beneficial to the skin, cosmetic chemists have duplicated this substance. Unfortunately, however, we know of no benefits to be derived from sebum. This oil is simply a vestige whose function has been lost in the process of evolution. The last known use of sebum was a territorial make for male gerbils and hamsters. 

The claim that sebum is necessary for moisturizing the skin is a little bit absurd when you consider that the finest skin is found in eight-year-old boys and eunuchs, neither of whom have any sebum. 

Sebum does not even prevent wrinkles. Wrinkling, or aging of the skin, is a reflection of accumulated sun damage, and no moisturizer in the world is capable of reversing this exhaustion of tissues. Although functionless, sebum is complex, composed of six or seven principle ingredients, including triglycerides and squalene, a precursor of cholesterol. The triglycerides are broken down on the surface of the skin by bacteria to free fatty acids, which cause acne impactions in genetically predisposed families.

As we shall see, many cosmetics also contain these acids; but worse, cosmetics contain esters of fatty acids such as isopropyl mystrate or butyl stearate which are more potent even than our own fatty acids in the production of some acne lesions.

Three main categories of offending ingredients

Lanolins
Lanolin is, perhaps, the most common ingredient in cosmetics. Lanolin is simply sheep skin oil extracted from wool. The fatty acids in lanolin, like fatty acids in our own oil, tend to aggravate some acne in the skin of individuals with genetic tendency toward the disorder. Many lanolin derivatives currently being used in cosmetics are harmful to acne-prone individuals, i.e., etoxylated lanolins and acetylated lanolins. The partially synthetic lanolins are able to penetrate skin pores even better than natural lanolin. Lanolin oil, itself, is acceptable.

Isopropyl Myristate and it's Chemical Cousins
One of the worse offenders is a penetrating oil called isopropyl myristate, the major ingredient in a can of penetrating rust remover, Liquid Wrench. Isopropyl Myristate helps cosmetics apply more smoothly and gives them a slicker, sheer feel. This particular penetrating oil is so aggressive that if left over night in a beaker will actually migrate over the top, down the sides and onto the table top. There are may chemicals similar to isopropyl myristate in cosmetics. The most common are: isopropyl palmitate, isopropyl isothermal, putty sterate, isostearyl neopentonate, myristyl myristate, decyl oleate, octyl sterate, octyl palmitate and isocetyl stearate and PPG myristyl propionate. All must be avoided, as must other surfactants such as laureth-4.

Drug & Cosmetic Pigments
Perhaps one the most troublesome recent findings about acne-producing potential is the red tints used in blushes. Some of the Drug & Cosmetic red dyes are comedogenic, which is not surprising considering they are coal tar derivatives. Ever since doctors noticed that acne was an occupational hazard of chimney sweeps, coal tar has been known for it's acne-causing properties.

An acceptable substitute for red color is carmine, a dye derived from insect wings and discovered by the Aztecs.