Treatment for severe acne scarring?!

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Does anyone have a treatment they’ve used or would recommend for severe acne scars as per picture.
Theyre looking worse as I age.

It depends on what route you want to go down and how much you want to spend.

The gold standard would be laser skin resurfacing, but it's expensive.

At the high street end, there is retinol serums or a glycolic acid/scrub. It's only a few days ago that I read an article where women were saying that this was making a huge difference to their scars (sorry, I can't find the article now).

A half way house between the two would be retin-A (tretinoin), a prescription strength retinoid from Dermatica or Skin+Me. If you search for those companies on here you'll find lots of information about them.

Found it

And also discovered that there is a stronger version.

Yes! Microneedling has really helped my severe acne scarring.

Originally I bought the little hand held manual roller and used with retinol serums and that did make a bit of a difference. However now I have been to a clinic to get a series of SkinPen treatments. It’s not cheap but 3 treatments has really improved the texture of my skin.

skinpen.com

Thank you! Avoiding retinols at the moment as breastfeeding (don’t think there’s evidence it causes issues but no need to risk it)!
I wondered how good laser resurfacing was but I am in London so may just get a consultation.
I don’t mind spending £1000 or so for one off course of treatment but wouldn’t be able to do that regularly!

Do you mind me asking ball park figures?
I’ve heard micro needling with RF is good?

Microneedling worked wonders for my acne scarring. I had 6 sessions, one a month. Costs £100 a session that's in the north west

I’ve had micro needling on 15 year old acne scars and it has improved. Not perfect at all but better. I use SPF obsessively to avoid scarring getting worse, and retinol serum. I think the micro needling was £300 for 3 sessions

Microdermabrasion is what you need

Or Dermabrasion

Using a retinol and a course of micro needling will help. Results won't be instant. Look for a well qualified skin specialist or aesthetician that has a level 4 micro needling qualification. They will treat you progressively rather than aggressively. Results won't happen overnight, as it can take up to a year for collagen to remodel and mature, but the results are great. Retinol helps stimulate collagen production, so works well in combination with any resurfacing treatments. A good skin specialist will be able to guide you with a home routine to compliment your in clinic treatments.

Oops, just saw avoiding retinol. If you're breastfeeding, I would instead recommend using a bakuchiol serum which works similarly to retinol but with no risk to baby. I'd also recommend waiting until after you've finished breastfeeding before treatments, in fact give it a few months for your hormones to settle down.

Definitely microneedling and you could work in some light microdroplets of Jalupro too. Will massively help.

Thanks!