First off, depending on what kind of scars you have, there are different treatments. If they’re permanent scars, they have to be removed through cosmetic surgery. What do I mean by permanent scars? Well, I have permanent scars because I used to be impatient with my acne and decided to handle it myself with my own bare hands. The only problem was that I didn’t know how to correctly pop a pimple. This resulted in, sometimes, permanently scarring my skin (picture on the right is me up close). As you can, I don’t have acne anymore, but I have a lot of scarring because I used to get irritated and attack every pimple on my face in junior high and high school.

And don’t peel scabs, even if you think they’re just about to fall off, it’s better to be safe or you might really hurt your skin. As you can see from the picture, up close I have some permanent scarring from my younger days before I really understood how to handle my acne. Eventually, these scars will shrink little by little, but that’s going to take a really long time. We’re talking “years” here. You can simply do a “google” search online for “acne scar removal” and all sorts of stuff will come up.

Just remember, if you’re still getting pimples, laser surgery or whatever is not the solution. Trust me, regardless of whether it’s destroying the extra blood vessels, or killing the bacteria, or shrinking whatever glands (I’ve heard it all) your acne is not going to go away with external treatment. If you’re still getting pimples, even if you fix the outside, eventually another pimple will come back and another and another, then you’ll be back at square one and be short a couple grand (like me). FIX THE INSIDE FIRST, then after you stop having acne, go ahead and do whatever you want, be it cosmetic surgery or botox or whatever =)

If we’re just talking about scars like dark spots, there are easier solutions. Acid peels, exfoliating creams, and natural whitening methods are possible solutions. Don’t forget regular maintenance of your skin with the use of masks though because, if you have acne, you might already have problematic skin that you need to be extra cautious with.

I use two products right now, both from different companies, one is an exfoliating cream and the other is a natural whitening product. The exfoliating cream is from a company called CHENG E, one tube contains 200 grams of the cream, it’s about $9.00. I can’t read Chinese that well so I can’t translate the name of this item. You don’t have to use the same exact product as I do, just make sure that you exfoliate once every 3-4 days or even once a week depending on your skin.

The other item that I use is also made by CHENG E, I don’t think they actually even allow the sale of such an item here in the U.S. As a matter of fact, I’m not even quite sure how we have these in our house, well… just know that I use a Chinese product called Artbutin 6%. There’s a bunch of other Chinese writing on the bottle, I guess I’m going to have to do some translating… I just put about a nickel size amount of liquid onto my hands and then gently pat it onto my face in an upward motion (on my cheeks) and towards the center (on my forehead). I keep patting till it’s completely absorbed or dried.

I don’t really do the acid peels anymore because they’re kind of hard to do yourself and a little bit more of a hassle (being that it’s ACID and all). These two products seem to work pretty well for me and speeding of up darks spots, etc… I find it usually takes about a week at the most for a scab to fall off (if I do have to pop the occasional pimple) and usually about another 1-2 weeks before the dark spot is completely gone where the scab used to be.

The best solution is actually prevention (omg, I sound like a doctor) so eat right, sleep right, and if you do feel a big one coming on, get it before it becomes infected (more on that later). And I’ll definitely throw in some pictures and video about how I do this once I get my digital camera back from my 17 year old sister =). By the way, if any of this is unclear, feel free to email me and I edit this post for clarification.

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