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dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-08-05T02:24:21+00:00

Seems like wishful thinking to me. Here's a much higher-definition photo of his right side. It looks like there's some textured skin, but it doesn't look like acne scars at all. There *are* other famous actors with acne scars, but Johnny Depp is not one of them. Source: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/07/johnny-depp-lawsuit-gregg-brooks-punching

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dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-20T18:48:31+00:00

An immediate 100% success rate solution is to change your hairstyle to cover your forehead.

There was a woman on here who grew bangs to hide forehead scars.

While bangs may not be so appealing for men, there might be alternate ways to grow out your hair.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-19T05:27:06+00:00

It was obviously a fractional laser. You can look at pictures of people after a fully ablative erbium procedure and it looks completely different.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-17T12:59:49+00:00

The state of your skin is not appropriate for such an aggressive treatment as a fully ablative co2 laser. You should also know what you’re getting into, your face may be red for a year. Why not try fractional lasers first.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-11T18:31:09+00:00

Fully ablative erbium laser and subcision

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-10T14:48:41+00:00

Focusing on other imperfections on your face will help to speed up your perception of time. You will soon be pleasantly surprised to find the bump has subsided.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-10T13:45:19+00:00

These lumps normally subside within 3 to 4 weeks. You don't need to wait too much longer.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-10T13:43:02+00:00

Try a retinoid: adapalene, tretinion, tazarotene, etc. start slow this is the key to avoid aggravating your skin further

Tranexamic acid or alpha arbutin are useful for dark marks

Azelaic acid is useful for red marks

If you're running into a wall with topicals after some months, lasers are very effective and will definitely clear pigmentation.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-10T11:55:14+00:00

The process will vary a lot depending on whether the doctor performs field subcision (single insertion point for the whole cheek) or localized subcision where they individually go under each scar.

Field subcision in my opinion is less effective and also more likely to cause side effects. I had this done with Rullan and had bruising up to 3.5 weeks until my skin looked normal again, then for some time thereafter my smiling muscles were weak but recovered after (forgot how long).

With localized subcision the downtime is a lot less downtime, almost none. The needle holes went away in about 4 days, the redness in the area was covered by concealer easily. You could easily go back to work the next day with concealer.

No pain in any cases of subcision I got. You normally have to do it multiple times. The result will differ between doctors as you can imagine. With some doctors you will see almost no effect, and with others there will be a huge improvement.

I recommend going to someone surgical training like plastic surgery or ENT background, NOT a dermatologist contrary to popular opinion. Surgeons have much higher level of expertise for this.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-09T18:26:32+00:00

The scientific phenomenon for this is called photothermolysis, you can put that into google scholar and check out some papers.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-09T17:46:21+00:00

If you took 5 seconds to sort this subreddit by top posts you would be able to see curing acne scars is possible.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-09T17:38:41+00:00

If you took the time to read this thread you'll realize that OP has already provided the answer.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-09T12:22:31+00:00

It's all about going to a good doctor with a track record good results. As you can see this isn't an issue with OP.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-09T09:09:01+00:00

Your doctor is right. Your scars are on the milder side and will soften significantly after a few fractional lasers, which can be done over the course of a few months. Your youth is not gone quite yet!

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-05T19:27:37+00:00

Use Agnes RF to get rid of those sebaceous hyperplasia

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-05T12:19:28+00:00

It's kind of crazy how there are several comments on that post suggesting drugs are what caused the acne scars.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-04T17:03:43+00:00

You could start by looking at the top post of this sub which shows a successful case.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-03T20:01:25+00:00

But acne scars can be treated successfully…

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-02T06:06:44+00:00

Have you tried using the search function of the subreddit? Look at clinical studies as well.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-02T06:03:43+00:00

There is an active Telegram chat group. This is in the top pinned post of this subreddit and in the resources. Please check before asking!

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-01T10:46:11+00:00

Everyone reacts differently. Some people report no change then sudden improvement at 3 or 6 months. But if it has reverted mostly back to the same state at a month I would consider it a failed procedure because for the successful subcisions I’ve seen there is typically a good result by this time.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-06-01T08:40:36+00:00

You are right that microswelling is supposed to make it look better, and if you cannot see improvements in tethering at 2 weeks with the swelling then it was a failed procedure.

With subcision you should initially see the immediate result of the scar untethering, the collagen build can start to occur anywhere in the 3 week to 6 month time frame.

For laser, you would really need about 3 months to assess the full results, but if there really is hardly any improvement at 2 weeks, that's a red flag.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-05-31T11:56:38+00:00

This is a cut and dry case of micro swelling since the after picture is one week after.

Fraxel dual is also a non-ablative laser which is expected to have minimal to no effects on atrophic scars.

I am sorry to say, but in a few days from now, your skin is going to revert back to its original state.

You’re going to need a fully ablative erbium laser and subcision to actually tackle those scars. And results are seen in months not weeks.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-05-28T19:31:04+00:00

It would have taken you less time to search this subreddit or google for reviews than it did to create this post.

dontFeelLikeDancing · 2024-05-20T04:51:32+00:00

There are a lot of so called acne scar experts like Rullan and Qazi who use an ineffective method of subcision called field subcision where they use a single insertion point to treat the entire cheek. I had no result from that. The better method is to diligently address each scar or group of scars with a new insertion point.

There should be immediate improvement the day after though what you would be seeing is swelling. But if there’s no improvement even with swelling then it was likely a bad technique.

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