Ice Pick Scars – The Most Common Acne Scar

The Most Common Acne Scar

 There are four major types of acne scar which affect acne sufferers in a major way.

They are, in order of regularity: ice pick scars; boxcar scars; rolling scars and hypertrophic or keloid scars.

The most common of these is the ice pick scar, it is not difficult to work out how this kind of scar got its name – in short, it looks as though the sufferer has been attacked with an ice pick or a similarly sharp, thin instrument. Ice pick scars are characterised by their depth and their narrowness.

Some people say that ice pick scars look like a hyper-large open pore.The way that an ice pick scar is formed explains its unique appearance.

Usually a result of cystic acne, the scar develops after a cyst, or other rooted, inflamed blemish works its way up from the inner layers of dermis. Al the skin tissue in its path, and nothing else, is effectively burrowed away, leaving behind this long and deep scar. If seen as a cross-section diagram, an ice pick scar looks like a deep, narrow ravine.

Treatment is available to improve the appearance of ice pick scars, if not remove the scarring entirely.

The most popular metjhod of treatment is a form of surgery known as punch excision. A small tool is pressed into the skin like a cookie-cutter in order to pull away individual scars.

The wound, scarcely any wider than the original scar, is then closed using surgical stitches or skin glue. Once it has healed, the skin looks a great deal more normal.