Hydroxy acids, such as salicylic acid and glycolic acid, are extensively used as exfoliating substances and for skin peels. They eliminate dead skin cells and also loosen and slowly minimize or dissolve skin lesions such as burn scars, acne scars, skin tags, surgical scars, keloid scars, stretch marks, age spots, moles, and sun damage marks.

The secret of hydroxy acid's actions is that your healthy, flawless skin has an elevated resistance to such acids. In contrast, most skin lesions have less structural integrity and are more easily broken down by the acids. The continued use of such acids over periods of a month or longer slowly reduces and even eliminates most skin lesions. This is essentially a modification of normal skin peel techniques where a very strong hydroxy acid (or other peeling agents such as TCA or phenol) are applied as skin peels. Such methods work very well under perfect circumstances. However, hydroxy acids can be very irritating if the subsequent healing reaction of the skin is insufficient to fully heal the acid-treated skin. If there is too little skin rebuilding, then the peeling agent may cause further scarring or inflammation.

Skin Abrasion Also Accelerates Scar Reduction

Procedures that mildly abrade skin such as microdermabrasion and subcision (needling) also are helpful in speeding scar elimination in collaboration with Hydroxy Acids. Some old scars are very hard and tough and physical breakdown allows the hydroxy acids to start dissolving the scars. For elevated or flat scars, microdermabrasion serves well. For depressed scars, such as pitted acne scars, subcision with needles is often performed by estheticians to break up the deeply buried scar tissue.

Skin Remodeling is the Key to Scar Reduction

The removal or reduction of scars, blemishes, and stretch marks from the skin depends on a process known as "skin remodeling". The skin is designed to cure wounds quickly to prevent blood loss and infection. Scars are manufactured from a quickly formed "collagen glue" that the body gathers into a damaged area for protection and strength. In perfect skin healing, the wounded skin is quickly closed, then the healed area is slowly rejuvenated to eliminate the residual collagen scars and blend the skin area into nearby skin. Scar collagen is eliminated and replaced with a mixture of skin cells and fine collagen fibers. This skin remodeling may continue in a skin area for ten years. In children the remodeling rate is elevated and scars are often rapidly eliminated from injured skin areas. But as we reach adulthood, this rate decelerates and small scars may remain for years. One way to speed up remodeling is to induce a small amount of controlled skin damage with a needle, laser, or other procedures, and then let the body's repair processes rebuild the skin area. A second method is to use skin healing accelerators that increase the body's biological healing processes to obtain an even better final result.

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