acne scarring treatments

Treatments include the Jan Marini Skin Management System and associated products and Laser Resurfacing.

As you’d expect, our laser specialist has a careful, thorough and orderly process we’ll guide you through. It involves a local anaesthetic gel, waiting for this to take effect, and then the 20-30min treatment including a cool air blower and protect eye glasses.

We find our patients are delighted with the results from laser acne scarring treatment. On average, we find most people need 3 sessions, but this may extend up to 6 for deep scarring.

Single wavelength laser light is used to exactly target the areas you want to treat without damaging other parts of the skin. Laser waves cause very rapid heating, breaking down scar tissue stimulating deep regeneration, renewing the skin and reducing scar severity. For your peace of mind, the laser waves are absorbed by water in the skin.

It’s normal to feel like you’ve had a dose of sunburn, where this lasts about 4-5 days. As with sunburn, your skin becomes dry and will peel in the days after treatment. Most patients find 3-4 days after treatment the redness starts to settle. You can start using makeup approximately 4 days post treatment.

Prior to any treatment, we sit with you assessing your situation. This is carried out by a registered GP to check that you are a suitable candidate. For treatments addressing severe scarring such as deep icepicks.