Lesions or scars left on facial skin, chest or back are usually caused by acne inflamation that has come and gone. There are two main types of acne scars, defined by tissue response to inflammation:

(1) Scars generated by increased tissue formation, and

(2) Scars generated by loss of tissue.

Scars Generated by Exaggerated Tissue Formation.

The generation of scars caused by increased tissue formation is called keloids. Keloid scars are associated to disproportioned amounts of the cell substance, collagen. The overproduction of collagen is the body's response to damaged skin cells. This excess becomes piled up in fibrous accumulations, resulting in a distinctive firm, smooth, irregularly-shaped scars.

Keloid scars are 1 to 2 millimeters in diameter, but some can reach 1 centimeter or larger. This abnormal growth of scar tissue is more likely to occur in susceptible people that is, people who are often related to others with similar types of scarring.

Keloid scars persist for years, but may diminish in size over time.

Scars Generated by Loss of Tissue

Acne scars associated with loss of tissue, similar to scars that result from chicken pox, are more typical than keloids. Scars associated with loss of tissue are:

Ice-pick Scars or Pitted Scars

Commonly appear on the cheek. They are usually small, with characteristically jagged edges and steep side-like marks that seem to resemble an "ice-picked" shape. When touched, ice-pick scars may be soft or hard; they can affect the skin superficially, or reach the deeper layers. Soft scars can be improved by stretching the skin; hard ice-pick scars cannot be stretched out.

Depressed fibrotic scars

Are commonly quite large, with sharp edges and steep sides. The base of these scars is firm to the touch. Ice-pick scars may change into depressed fibrotic scars over time.

Soft scars

Superficial or deep and soft to the touch. They have smoothly sloping rolled edges that merge with normal skin. They use to be small, and either circular or linear in shape.

Atrophic macules

Are commonly fairly small when they appear on the face, but may be a centimeter or more on the body. They are soft, often with a slightly wrinkled base, and can be bluish in appearance due to the blood vessels located just under the scar. Over time, these scars change from bluish to ivory white in color in white-skinned people, and become much less obvious.

Follicular macular atrophy

They are more likely to appear on the chest or back of a person with acne. These are tiny, white, soft lesions, often barely raised above the surface of the skin somewhat like whiteheads that didn't fully develop. This condition is sometimes also called "perifollicular elastolysis." The lesions may persist for months to years.

Organic Ingredient Revolutionizes Acne Scar Treatment

You can try and treat this imbalance in tissue production with common chemical-based acne treatments that promise freeing your skin of acne breakouts, but that are incapable of treating the scars that are left behind after and acne inflammation has subsided. By using these products you will likely end-up with a coarser texture that can present side-effects such as sun sensitivity, irritation or simply show no change at all. Your best bet is to use organic ingredients that bring collagen production back-up to normal and help 'disintegrate' and regenerate scarred tissue.

Most skin regenerative ingredients contain natural oils, but only one ingredient is capable of supplying a balanced mix of ingredients that trigger skin renovation. That miraculous ingredient comes from a snail and is considered the newest revolution in skin and scar treatment. Investigation has shown that snail secretion contains a balanced mix of naturally occurring vitamins, allantoine, glycolic acid, elastane and collagen, however, don't forget that complete scar renewal depends on the treatment itself and the extension of the scar.

So next time you look at your acne scar in a mirror and wonder why all the acne creams you've tried haven't changed a thing, try using an natural ingredient that treats and regenerates scarred skin.