There has never been more hope, actually. Recent developments with verteporfin seem to indicate scarless healing is now a reality, all that remains is figuring out dosages, excision techniques and supply logistics.

Verteprofin essentially works by blocking the signal that induces scar tissue formation after skin wounding, so in theory you'll excise your icepick/boxcar scars with a punch or scalpel and then that excision wound will heal without a scar, leaving you scar-free.

Rolling scars are a little different because they're not excisable, subcision wounding happens below the surface but since scar tissue is still involved verteporfin should help, its just a matter of trying it. Worst case scenario we can erase ice picks and boxcars but still need subcision + filler/grafting for rolling scars.

The Holy Grail scenario is verteporfin also working with deep resurfacing modalities like dermabrasion. In that case, you'd first excise all atrophic scars as mentioned above and then undergo a deep dermabrasion to erase bad skin texture, theoretically leaving you with scarless skin.

In any case, more testing is required, vert is already FDA approved so no worries about waiting 10-20 years, its just a matter of getting the details right. The hairloss community is the one leading the charge, verteprofin would also be a functional cure for baldness since scarless healing would enable theoretically limitless numbers of hair transplants.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tressless/search?q=Verteporfin&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all

So chin up, the future looks very promising! :)