Causes of
Acne Scars
In the most basic and
easiest to understand terms,
scars develop at the
location of an injury to the
tissue. Scars are the
visible signs of injury and
tissue repair. In regard to
acne, the injury comes about
through the body's
inflammatory reaction to
sebum, dead skin cells in
the plugged sebaceous
follicle, and bacteria.
There are in essence, two
kinds of scars. The first
one are depressed areas like
ice-pick scars. The second
kind is raised thickened
tissue like keloids.
At the
time when tissue endures an
injury, the body calls in
its repair crew to the
injury location. Some of the
working factors that make up
the repair crew are white
blood cells and a variety of
inflammatory molecules.
The
inflammatory molecules and
white blood cells can stay
at the spot of active acne
lesions for weeks. Anyone
who is susceptible to
scarring, the outcome can
become an acne scar.
Some
people tend to be more
vulnerable to scarring than
others. Often, scarring
occurs because of extreme
inflammatory nodulocystic
acne that takes place deep
inside the skin. Scarring
can occur from inflamed
lesions that are more
superficial.
