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Article: Scar type influences treatment selection
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- Dermatology Times
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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Multiple, individualized modalities produce superior results
Palm Desert, Calif. - Acne scar treatment using multiple surgical modalities applied in a sequential manner and individualized to the acne scar yields results superior to those achieved with just one technique.
This type of defect-oriented treatment, dermatologist Christopher B. Harmon, M.D., says, relies on first categorizing the scar as an ice pick, boxcar or rolling scar.
"The driver becomes the scar with respect to what the best treatment is for the patient," Dr. Harmon of Total Skin and Beauty Dermatology Center, in Birmingham, Ala. says.
"A patient will often have two or three different types of acne scars so they will need ...