Dermal Fillers for Acne Scars
What are dermal fillers?
The formation of new tissues in the process of wound healing, in case of acne, when acne heals up, a scar is formed. So, scars make the skin uneven and rough. The rough and uneven skin looks ugly; people always worry how to cure their scars after acne is healed. Many medications have been invented to properly fill the tissues of scar areas but there still needs some other treatment options.
Dermal fillers are one of the treatment options for acne scars. Dermal fillers are liquid substances that are injected within the scar area of the skin. You will learn more about it later in this article.
How many types of dermal fillers are there?
Following are the three types of dermal fillers which have been used under clinical studies and trials.
- Silicon Based Dermal Filler
- Calcium Based Dermal Filler
- Hyaluronic Acid Dermal Filler
Silicon Based Dermal Filler:
The dermal filler contains silicon, its use has been controversial in past as it may produce bumpy scars called Granulomas. Even after decades, it can produce Granulomas, but it is not always necessary. FDA has not approved it yet. There are two types fillers, one is permanent and another is temporary. Permanent fillers are those that are injected once in a life while temporary fillers are those that are injected after few months or years.
Thus, silicon filler has been an effective anti-scar treatment, though it is controversial for its side effects.
Calcium Based Dermal Filler:
Second most effective filler after silicon filler is the calcium hyroxylapatitie. It has been clinically trialed on 10 volunteers. Most of them experienced positive results and it may take 12 months to cure completely.
Hyaluronic acid Dermal Filler:
Hyaluronic acid filler is potent anti-scar filler and has been approved by many food and drug authorities. Hyaluronic acid is temporary filler and is applied after 2 or 3 months of each therapy.
How do they work?
Dermal fillers are very safe to use and when they are injected onto the scared area, they inhibit the process of loss of collagen. As a result, when collagen fills up and cells grow simultaneously, your skin looks smoother.
Why and when you need dermal fillers?
Dermal fillers are safest as they have no critical side effects if they are temporary fillers. Besides dermal filler, there are hundreds of medications, but all have been tried and only very few showed positive results to some extent. Thus, dermal filler has been tried clinically and showed to have positive results.
It is used when your scars are deep in the dermal layer and no remedy other than fillers work.
Are they safe?
There are hundreds of dermal fillers are in the market, some are approved by FDA while some are not. So, most probably, the dermal fillers approved by FDA may be safest and show positive results.
Conclusion:
Dermal fillers are the substances that are injected within the scared area and that fills the roughness and makes your skin smoother by promoting collagen production and skin skeleton cells. It has no critical side effects and has been a potent anti-scar remedy.
