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How Can Lasers Benefit Acne?
Dermatologists are using lasers for just about everything, including removal of birthmarks, smoothing out wrinkles, removing unwanted hair and assisting with acne.
Years ago when lasers were suggested as a form of treatment for acne, the results were not as good as dermatologists wanted. In fact, some of the darker skinned people were experiencing excessive scarring due to the changes in pigmentation. This is not the case today.
Laser machines have been finely adjusted and upgraded along with the training and skills of doctors. The advancement of laser treatment and technology has brought therapy into the new century and is the suggested treatment for acne and acne scarring.
The percentage of teenagers and adults from every ethnic background is about the same. But the methods of laser treatments differ.
People of color find that the combination of light and radio frequency produces the best results. While radio frequency energy causes the skin to tighten through its warmth, and special kilowatt light rays kills the bacteria, the laser adds to the overall effect in healing and cosmetic enhancement.
Patients suffering from active acne lesions and scarring have undergone the laser treatments showing significant improvement of scars and reduction in sebum, the oily substance found in pores causing pimples and blackheads.
The laser has also proved to be more effective in the reduction of ongoing acne than any prescription or over the counter medications.
Caucasian and other ethnic societies are prone to loss of pigmentation in the skin. Sometimes acne scarring causes this loss. Laser technology has added to its systems the ability to restore pigmentation in those areas with a stimulation technique that brings back the natural substances that were stripped away.
While loss of pigmentation (vitiligo) is unsightly and problematic, the laser goes deeper into the skin than the light treatments. The infiltration of the laser to these areas wakes up the dormant cells and puts them back in action. Thus, the scarred area becomes more vibrant and smooth taking on the texture of the skin in the surrounding area.
A few years ago, dermatologists agreed that the best method to treat acne was with ultraviolet light. It was an accepted method then, but side effects could be dangerous. When UV light was considered cancer causing, the UV treatments became less until laser technology took over and proved to be much more effective.
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