Laser Acne Surgery Brings a Great Hope

Laser Surgery Acne

Acne has affected almost 80% of all of us at one point of time or the other in our lives. Laser Acne Surgery brings a great hope for those affected by severe or stubborn acne. As such, acne is not a major disease or skin complication so as to call for emergency medical attention. But it has a lot of emotional importance especially with regards to teenagers who are most affected. Still, it is not a foregone conclusion that any one who is affected can seek solace in this type of Surgery for Acne.

Acne is a result of infection of skin with preprionobacterium acnes. This coupled with clogging of sebaceous oil will worsen the things. The clogged oil with dead skin cells normally harden and appear through the skin surface to be called as black heads. If they remain beneath the surface they are called as white heads. So how will this type of surgery on Acne help? How is it better than medication and other conventional treatments?

This Surgery for acne will be performed on your face once you are prepared! Preparing the skin means avoiding exposure to sun & dust and having cuts and wounds healed up. Avoiding exposure to sun becomes important as it reduces pigmentation of skin. As it is known the beam is absorbed more into skin by melanin than is normal. And this can be dangerous and better avoidable. The results vary from hyper pigmentation to dark spots and prolonged burning sensation.

The surgery on Acne calls for general anesthesia as the pains can be sharp in certain vulnerable areas. There are some who can tolerate this ‘burning’ without the aid of anesthesia. Generally, argon or ND: YAG is used in short pulses for superficial acne or scar. The treatment is not directly used for skin ablation like for scars. The beam pulses bacterial colony and the skin oil glands (sebaceous glands) are shrunk in size by instant heat generated by the beam. Once infectious bacteria are removed and oil secretion reduced acne breakouts reduce naturally. For deep rooted and larger spread infections you may have to give more than a single sitting.

The Surgery on a larger area in one sitting is not advisable. In such cases such as larger and deep rooted acne instead of argon gas laser, carbon dioxide (CO2) with ND: YAG is used. Acne scar removal by Laser Surgery is a bit different in procedure. The scar being a patch of stubborn, dead skin can be dealt with in a factually different way. This procedure can be thought of as analogues to microdermabrasion. The Laser is exposed on the pre marked area to vaporize the cells instantaneously. As the surgery continues the physician continuously wipes the burnt skin exposing the fresh dermis underneath with a wet gauge.

How long it takes for recovery depends on such factors as the area of laser surgery, how deep seated was the acne (deeper the acne deeper will be the burn) and the condition of your skin. All in all, if some temporary complications are a pass and you can sit back home a couple of weeks after the surgery you can sure consider Laser Surgery Acne positively.

Also read our article about Yag Laser Treatment