Facial scarring is usually caused by scars that were left behind by an acne inflamation. There are two main types of acne scars, defined by tissue response to inflammation:

(1) Scars caused by exaggerated tissue formation, and

(2) Scars caused by loss of tissue.

Scars Generated by Increased Tissue Formation.

The creation of scars caused by exaggerated tissue formation is known as keloids. Keloid scars are linked to excessive amounts of the cell substance, collagen. The overproduction of collagen is the body's response to injured skin cells. This excess becomes piled up in fibrous masses, resulting in a distinctive firm, smooth, irregularly-shaped scars.

Keloid scars are 1 to 2 millimeters in diameter, but some may be 1 centimeter or larger. Some people with relatives who have developed keloids scars are more susceptible to suffer from the same condition.

Keloid scars will be with you for years, but may diminish in size over time.

Scars Generated by Loss of Tissue

Acne scars linked with loss of tissue, like scars resulting from chicken pox, are more typical than keloids. Scars linked with loss of tissue are:

Ice-pick Scars or Pitted Scars

Commonly appear on the cheek. They are typically small, with characteristically jagged edges and steep side-like marks that seem to create an "ice-picked" shape. Ice-pick scars may be shallow or deep, and may be hard or soft to the touch. Soft scars can be improved by stretching the skin; hard ice-pick scars cannot be stretched out.

Depressed fibrotic scars

Are usually big in size, with sharp edges and steep sides. When touched, the base of these scars feels firm. Ice-pick scars may evolve into depressed fibrotic scars over time.

Soft scars

Superficial or deep and feel soft when touched. They have smoothly sloping rolled edges that combine with normal skin. They use to be small, and either circular or linear in shape.

Atrophic macules

Are usually fairly small when they appear on the face, but may be a centimeter or more on the body. They are soft, usually with a slightly wrinkled base, and can be bluish in appearance because of the blood vessels lying just under the scar. Over time, these scars change from bluish to ivory white in color in white-skinned people, so they become much less obvious.

Follicular macular atrophy

They are more likely to appear on the chest or back of a person with acne. These are tiny, white, soft lesions, often barely raised above the surface of the skin something like whiteheads that did not fully develop. This condition is sometimes also known as "perifollicular elastolysis." The lesions may persist for months or even years.

Acne Scars Treated with Natural Ingredient

You can hope that your tissue imbalance can be treated with common chemical-based acne treatments that promise ridding your skin of acne breakouts, but that are incapable of treating the scars that are left behind after and acne inflammation has subsided. By using these products you will likely end-up with a drier skin texture that may present side-effects such as sun sensitivity, irritation or simply show no change at all. Your safest bet is to use biological ingredients that bring collagen production back-up to normal and help 'disintegrate' and regenerate scars.

The majority of all regenerative ingredients contain natural oils, but only one ingredient is capable of supplying a balanced mix of ingredients that trigger skin repair. That miracle component comes from a snail and is considered the newest revolution in skin and scar treatment. Studies have shown that snail secretion contains a combination of naturally occurring allantoine, glycolic acid, elastane, vitamins and collagen, however, you have to keep in mind that complete scar renewal depends on the treatment itself and the extension of the scar.

So next time you look at your skin and wonder why all the acne treatments in the world haven't changed a thing, try using an natural ingredient that treats and regenerates scarred skin.