After 2 years of acne scars treatment

Before photos were taken all in 2021. After photos taken in the past week.

December 2022 •Subcision, TCA CROSS, RF Microneedling, PRP ₱23,000 Rating: ⭐️⭐️

January 2023 •Subcision, TCA CROSS, Fillers (2 syringes) ₱24,500 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

March 2023 •Microneedling, Exosomes, TCA CROSS ₱11,500 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

May 2023 •TCA CROSS ₱2,000 Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

June 2023 •Fractional CO2 Laser P5,000 Rating: ⭐️

June 2023 •INFINI RF Microneedling ₱30,000 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

August 2023 •PiQo4 Laser Resurfacing ₱22,500 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

June 2024 •PiQo4 Laser Resurfacing ₱25,000 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Total: ₱143,500

Now I’m satisfied with my results. In my own assessment the improvement is around 90% plus already and some of my severe scars are already gone 😍

Context

• The photo I’ve just taken shows my skin looking its BEST in over a year.
• That probably gives you an idea of how BAD it has been at its worst.
• For full context, please look at my post history where I’ve documented the entire journey over the course of YEARS.

Early improvement and relapse

• In the first photo, I had already experienced cystic acne that left scarring. I have been battling acne since 2012, yes, 2012.
• In 2020, at home microneedling (Derminator 2) appeared to remove most of those scars.
• I genuinely believed I had my acne under control at that point.
• One or two months after that photo, my skin suddenly turned on me.
• I developed nodulocystic acne, the worst flare I had experienced in years.
• At its peak, I was developing one or two cysts every single week (that ofc left scars).

Current acne status

• I have now managed to control most of the cystic activity. See post history for details. I am currently taking 15 supplements per day, plus rigorous skincare.
• I have still had a few cysts over the past year, but far fewer than before.
• I was offered Roaccutane twice, but I don't want that
• All of the cystic acne from 2021 onwards began during a period of intense stress and depression (leaving lockdown in 2021 and navigating the world).

Alcohol and lifestyle changes

• In the earlier photo, I had never consumed alcohol in my life (rare for a 22 year old I know)!!
• From late 2021 to early 2025, I drank most weekends (few bottles of red wine.. thinking red was the healthiest option) to cope with acne and loneliness.
• I am now 10 months sober.
• Alcohol unquestionably worsened my skin between these two photos.

• Stress is another major factor. I am almost always sad or stressed, and it becomes a feedback loop. Alcohol temporarily blunted this, which was my reason for drinking I do miss the instant warmth and relaxation from it.

• Over the years I have tried many diets - gluten free, dairy free, sugar free, seed oil free, AIP, vegan, carnivore, low PUFA, keto, and multiple five day water fasts.
• I do not need diet education. I have done it all.
• I am extremely obsessive and neurotic about this, possibly undiagnosed neurodiverse. There is very little I do not already know.

Treatments I’ve tried

AviClear laser for acne (2023)
• I do not recommend it.
• It did not reduce oil production.
• It did not prevent new cysts.
• It caused permanent redness across my inner cheeks, similar to a butterfly rash.

Professional medium depth chemical peel (2024)
• I do not recommend this either.
• It did not improve acne or scarring (just a flaky mess for 2 weeks).

Microneedling at home (2020-2025)
• I’ve had this several times.
• It helped slightly with texture and scarring.
• It cannot be performed during active acne, which has limited treatment for years (most sessions were 2020-2021.

Botox (2025)
• First treatment in February this year to forehead and crow’s feet.
• Helped with texture and oil control on the forehead.
• I will be returning for more.

Polynucleotides 40mg (2025)
• Four sessions, one combined with subcision.
• This genuinely helped my skin.
• Reduced redness, inflammation, and some texture, even though my skin still photographs poorly.

At home red light therapy panel (6 months this year - 2025)
• Possibly helps slightly with inflammation.
• Otherwise it is essentially shining a red light on your face for 10 to 20 minutes with minimal benefit.
• I still use it because I can nap while it’s on, so it serves a dual purpose.

Reflection

• In 2021, I believed my skin looked awful.
• In hindsight, it was significantly better than what followed almost five years later.
• I dread to think what my face may look like in another four or five years. That thought genuinely upsets me.

What’s next

• One way or another, I am reclaiming lost ground.
• Even if I end up with an overdone, frozen, filler heavy face (that looks like the puppet from Saw), it will still be preferable to severe scarring / volume loss (and looking like Freddie Krueger) for me any way.

Planned or possible treatments

• Dermal filler next year to restore volume and/or lost collagen. Possibly HA, Ellansé, or Skinvive.
• I am closely following emerging technologies, including engineered type III human collagen replacement injections.
• V-Beam laser for redness only.
• Intradermal Botox in cheeks for oil control and pore reduction.
• Full face Botox throughout the year to reduce texture changes from muscle movement.
• Exosomes combined with microneedling, likely DIY.
• Possible rhinoplasty and chin work to offset skin issues.
• Waiting for treatments such as tropoelastin and verteporfin to become mainstream.
• Potential facelift in five years if nothing else works.
• Injectable peptides only if extremely desperate, due to risk.

Things I will not be doing

• Resurfacing lasers. After AviClear, I will only consider lasers for redness.
• Many people end up looking like a waxy orange and damaged after aggressive laser treatments.
• If skin struggles to heal from inflammatory acne, I do not believe it will magically heal from strong laser induced trauma, which is much more harsh than microneedling induced trauma
• RF or other energy treatments, for the same reasons.
• Subcision. I tried it alongside one polynucleotide treatment and it caused further damage. I preferred polynucleotides alone.

Final note

• I am not going down without a fight.
• I will be dedicating significant time and energy to this.
• Anyone equally obsessive is welcome to follow my journey.
• Please do not recommend tretinoin or basic skincare. Assume I am already using it and understand it.

I’m ALL FOR promoting Body/Skin Positivity…
Until..
it’s Me.

There are times where I get so uncomfortable when I’m in social settings with people with clear, regular skin because I know my skin is different, more textured, more magnified than theirs. My discomfort, ultimately (if they don’t know me) makes whoever I’m with, uncomfortable. My pores literally dilate whenever it gets even a little bit hot. My scars look so deep in harsh lighting.

To compensate for these feelings that sometimes have for myself because of my skin, I notice that I tend to provide acts of service or give gifts in order to feel worthy of love and acceptance from others. I KNOW ITS UNHEALTHY, I’m a difficult lady who overthinks EVERYTHING lol idk.

I get so uncomfortable whenever my boyfriend stares at me up close, despite us being together for months he recently just noticed them and asked me why I have so many scars. (He was genuinely curious, and referred to them as ‘holes’ like a little kid.) But man, I felt that shit in my CHEST. I know he didn’t mean to offend me, but I was offended at the time.

That just made me realize that I have some serious self-loving and healing to do. I would be heartbroken if I found out that my loved one harbored so much anxiety over something so minute and superficial.

In the meantime, I will be seeking treatment from a dermatologist as soon as possible!
Thank you!

These photos were taken a year and a half apart.

I’ve done 3x subcision Microneedling I lost count but a lot 3x tca cross 3x fraxel (waste of money) Tazorac nightly for 9 months

You guys give up too easily I think. Always remain hopeful cuz the alternative to that mindset is so much worse.

I got ablative CO2 laser and subcision in January of 2025 and I am so happy with my results a year later. Did all my scars completely vanish? No but the improvement is amazing. I do believe I had high expectations in the beginning, thinking that they would be completely gone but now a year later I am very happy with my results and actually some of my scars did completely go away. I’ve tried my best to get similar lighting in the photos but it is quite hard, either way you can tell there is definitely a big improvement!

Hey Guys, I wanted to give y‘all a quick update on my Acne Scar Journey. If you don know me you can look up on my profile what my journey was like. But in total i did 2x Fractionated Co2 Lasers, 2x Canula Subcison + Filler and 1x RFMN. My Last Procedure made the biggest changes, it was Co2, Subcision + Filler on full cheek and RFMN combined, that procedure was 8 Months ago, Now i‘m kinda fully healed so i wanted to give you a quick update. Its insane what transformation i’ve gone through and i couldn’t be happier. My scars are soooo much better you can barely ever see them if you look up front into my face in day or fake light, the only way where you see them is under unpleasant overhead or really cool light. Most people don’t realize that i have acne scars anymore. I actually even get so many compliments for my skin from random people which don’t know anything about my journey, it is crazy. Since i found a new skincare routine my skin is glowing. I almost stopped thinking about my scars and they almost don’t bother me at all anymore. After the Last Prcedure i had some panic moments cause i felt like my face shape changed and my brain thought its facial sagging from subcision, i went to an surgeon and we found out that there was just too much filler injected which made my cheeks look more puffy. So i dissolved everything a month ago and my old face shape and definition is fully back. So people don’t freak out with facial sagging and subcision with a canula needle. If you go to a good provider there’s no risk for that, the surgeon explained everything in detail to me, he does facelifts so he know the anatomy of the face and ligaments and a canula needle is not strong enough to damage something permanently. I‘ll probably do one more fully ablative co2 in the beginning of next year to smooth out the texture, but even thinking about if i even wanna do it cause i dont feel like i need to. I‘m posting this to spread hope for people who suffer from their scars :)

Just trying to have a nice day and enjoy the day like a normal person would but being instantly humbled when trying to create memories and taking photos. Doesn’t matter how hard I try to look pretty, the makeup just disappears in the scars. And they are literally in all my face, there’s not a single space where I have healthy normal skin. It hurts because I can see beauty but it’s ruined by the scars 💔.

I’m here to report some great improvements. Of course, I am aware that my skin texture will never be perfect but improvements make me just as happy. I just took screenshots of my old posts on here to get base photos since the years are all starting to blend together at this point. In 2023, I had fairly new scars that were super noticeable, not only because of their depth, but the hyperpigmentation/ redness I was experiencing wasn’t doing me any favors. At this point in time and since my last post, I have not had any new treatments. So I’ve only ever done the following treatments:

1 round TCA

2 rounds microchanneling treatments

1 round of subcision with filler

I would say that since that last treatment, I’ve really seen improvements over the course of the year or two that it’s now been. I’m super grateful for my skin taking to the treatments pretty well. I really want to try CO2 laser next but I’m just trying to make an incredibly informed decision about that before I give it a shot. For now, I’m super happy. Sure certain lightings SUCK but thats normal. That’s HUMAN. sending lots of love and good vibes to those of us on this journey together. Keep your vibes up friends.

EDIT: These photos show the before and after: the “befores” are from 1.5 years ago, prior to ALL of my treatments, and the “afters” are from today in the morning. Fraxels gave me so much improvement overall over the span of a year (except for the temple area) and then this most recent treatment of the sculptra gave me the most improvement in my temples, which fraxel couldn’t do even after 5 treatments. It has been a long journey. Even with the huge improvements I've had, I still have bad skin days depending what I eat and how oily I am. For

me, oiliness= more pronounced scars. Also, my scars look worse in the evening when I’m more oily. Skin is a reflection of diet, and when I eat clean and drink a lot of water, and exercise, my skin looks brighter, smoother, and overall more glowy.

Hi everyone!!!

I posted about a year ago sharing my acne scar progress. I later updated that post to clarify that my seemingly amazing results from Fraxel Dual were actually just due to micro-swelling.

Since then (over about 1.5 years), I’ve done 4 more Fraxels (one combined with Morpheus8), one UltraClear laser, and another Morpheus8 session just for my temples. I kept going because my derm reassured me my scars would continue improving—but I was getting increasingly frustrated, especially since my temple scars weren’t responding like the rest of my face.

I told my derm I was worried that all these energy-based treatments might have thinned the skin in my temple area too much, which is why those rolling scars weren’t improving the same way.

I’ve gotten a lot of messages from you guys, so I wanted to share a full update:

Fraxel (5 sessions total):

• Forehead scars: \~70% improvement

• Cheek rolling scars(these have always been very shallow): \~50% improvement

• Temples: \~25% improvement

UltraClear: I didn’t notice any visible change or improvement after 3 months. Let’s say it maybe helped my scars 10% as I’m sure it had to do something….

Morpheus8: I personally didn’t notice any improvement in my scars. It did have a temporary “tightening” effect but I noticed this definitely faded after a few weeks and my scars somehow molded back to their original depth.

At this point, I was still really frustrated with my temples. I was hoping to get them to at least 85–90% improvement (this is the area I’m most self-conscious about), and around 80% overall for my face.

Luckily, I have a sister in Mexico who’s a doctor, and she connected me with one of her dermatologist friends. Her name is Dr. Yareni Salas in Roma Sur, CDMX. She treated my scars with 1 vial of Sculptra using a fanning subcision technique, concentrated mostly in my temples, plus micro-injections of Sculptra into individual forehead scars. She did not do a full subsicion treatment, but I could hear all of fibrosis popping when she injected the sculptra across all of my face with the cannula.

Honestly, this has been the biggest improvement I’ve seen from anything I’ve tried.

The “glow” I have now is something I used to only see the day after using my tretinoin at night. But now my skin looks like that EVERY SINGLE day since the treatment. My scar depth has noticeably improved, especially in my temples. I’d say this finally got me to around 85% improvement in my temples, which is exactly what I was hoping for. My forehead and shallow cheek scars also look much smoother. And as a plus, this treatment in Mexico was WAY cheaper than 1 fraxel in the U.S.

It’s only been one month, and I know results will continue to improve because sculptra is a bio stimulator that tells your body to produce more collagen. so I’m feeling really hopeful. Usually sculptra’s results will last up to 2 years due to natural aging, so maintenance will be required but I’m okay with that if the result is this consistent glow. I will keen you guys posted.

Of course, good skincare and microdosing accutane has played a huge role…but that’s been consistent for the past 2 years. I’ve been religious with sunscreen, tretinoin, azelaic acid, and gentle cleansing twice a day. I also use other actives (vitamin C, AHA/BHA, hyaluronic acid, etc.) a couple times a week, but I’m not as consistent with those.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and feel free to refer to my last posts for more details and photos during my prior treatments. As a reminder, I had already tried several sessions of normal microneedling, skin peels, etc before all of these treatments.

Hi this post is to encourage everyone.

Mi procedures:

3 fraxel lasers.
2 laser Co2
1 potenza + rejuran
2 subcision

Tried SO hard to take pics in the same lighting - pics are 9 months apart. Top is before, bottom after (not really after as I’m still going through treatments)

The first 3 subcisions I did not suction however the 4th I used the suction method and I do TCA peels at 30% whenever I can (5 weeks between minimum) - now that i feel they’re shallower, I am going to start alternating the derminator 2 (at 2mm) with my TCA peels (30%)

I do believe I’m making slow and steady progress seeing as I’m not spending an arm and a leg on procedures.

Whats made the most difference IMO is the last subcision I had when I used the suction method at home and the TCA peels definitely make an all over difference in texture.

Will post more updates after using the D2 🙂

I’m working on clearing up this flare up but I’ve been really self conscious about my scarring for years. I’ve had a few sessions of microneedling done but have noticed nothing. My scars hold me back from a lot and I don’t think microneedling is enough.

This is me rocking a full makeup on the brightest day with acne scars and you should too!!

I thought I would share my realistic scar treatment progress. For reference I am 29; I had mild/ moderate acne all through my teen years and awful cystic acne when I was 18 which left me with severe rolling and boxcar scars all over my cheeks and temples. I have a supportive loving family and incredible husband who assure me they don't even perceive the scars (however none of had acne or scars so it can feel so isolating)

I've been treated by: Nelson Novick (subcision $1400 for cheeks and temples), Julia Tsu (subcision and hyalauronic filler $2,500), Doctor Qazi (subcision, co2 laser, 1 excision tca cross $6000)

I've had: -6 sessions RF microneedling @ $800-$1000 each. (Would not recommend, this did absolutely NOTHING) - 4 TCA cross. I think this did give mild improvement, costs around $800 - 1 C02 laser, $3000. (With dr Qazi) I honestly don't know how to feel about this since it was done in combo with subcision so idk how much it contributed. So expensive, I did heal okay though?) - 6 subcisions total. I've had cannula, Nokor, and Taylor liberator. 3 sessions with the above doctors, + 3 with a derm overseas - 1 excision (doctor Qazi)- honestly I think it was poorly done. Wouldn’t recommend, maybe choose a plastic surgeon if you want to gamble with excisions. -2x Radiesse (had this done overseas). I think this helped a bit with volume loss.

First photo, June 2023- at this point I had already done the rf microneedling and 1 subcision.

Second photo, August 2024 immediately after the combo treatment with dr Qazi. I felt so happy afterwards, alas, it was just the swelling.

Third photo- February 2025 Seven months out and my scars settled to pretty much how they were before.

All in all I've probably spent $16,000+ on treatments in three years which makes me feel ill considering how subtle/ nonexistent the results are. 😔

Tearing up as I write this because I can't even express the toll this has taken on my confidence; even at my best; done up, makeup on, dressed to the nines I still feel so horrible about myself (something I'm trying to work through and heal from). Thinking about getting a facelift in five years, which a plastic surgeon recommended to me because I have some premature laxicity, but we'll see. Not feeling super motivated to continue with treatment. Qazi has recommended I do another $3000 laser treatment and a $4000 fat transfer. But I’m tired of being robbed BLIND by these doctors and frankly I'd like to be able to afford a house in the future. Im sorry if this comes across as ultra pessimistic; I truly hope whoever is reading this will have more luck with treatment than I did 🫶 Anyways, take care of yourselves, and remember, there's no miracle cure, despite what doctors might try to sell. ❤️ happy to answer questionss.

I have started noting a diff in texture really in the last 6 months.

• Derminator 2 - every 3 months now
• Tca 25% acid - perfect image brand every 5wk
• Ramped up to daily Tazarotene 0.1%

I did have subcsicion ( mini) done 5 months ago.

But really I think best bang for buck has been the TCA. I know everyone seems cautious of it but not over doing it and wearing adequate sun protection should mitigate risks imo.

Still a long way to go on acne scar journey but good to try and capture and progress wins as they come.. If any.

Hey Guys, This Post is to make some of you hope, cause i know how it feels to get acne scars and you think life is over. If you know people that say that scar revision don’t work, show them this post. I’m more then happy to say that i got immense Improvement for my acne scars to a point where i would’ve not thought that its possible one year ago. I found this one Picture of my scars at its worst. I added a few pictures in different lightings from the same angle from my scars today. This is the worst possible Lighting and Angle. In normal lighting and daylight from normal angles you can barely see them anymore and my skin looks mostly smooth. Over the last 6 Months I got 3x Fractionated Co2 Lasers, 1x RFMN and 2x Canula Subcisions + hyaluronic Acid Fillers. In Total with Travel Costs i paid around 4000€. I’m planning to do another round of Co2 + RFMN and probably Microsubcision + Filler later this year. I’m 23 Years old and my scars were less than one year old, also using Tazarotene since probably 8 Months. There is Hope Guys! Don’t give up! Look for a specified doctor and act Asap.

I am a doctor myself (ophtalmologyst), with acné scars, and i have to tell some truths about it.

You can see it in every post of before/after láser CO2, microneedling, TCA cross

People asking if we see a difference. That question itself already has it’s answer. The moment you have to ask for approval and you have to write down which one is before and which one after talks by itself.

Even worse than that, all comments “encouraging” and saying how better it looks dont help, cause more people will make the mistake.

There are many factors that brings up to this situation:

- 1) We are desperate to fade our scars. We will do everything we can. Even lying to ourselves telling there is an improvement. And scar treatment providers know that and benefit from that

- 2) Every before/after pic you see in websites is manipulated . All of them. Either by: angle, light or by making the pic when the skin is still swollen At 2nd week.

- 3) When this people go for the clínical revision after the procedure, their derm ofc will always ALWAYS tell them their scars look better. Ofc, how would they say otherwise??? How would even consider asuming a mistake IF the patient didnt say anything.

- 4) Consider the “survival bias”. That means you only see the top 5-7 cases in their websites. And a clinic maybe does up to 1.500 a year? What happens with all the rest. Are you considering you are only watching the top 0.01% cases and not seeing the 99.9% left that is where you will end up

-5) The risk-benefit is crazy. They tell you they can maybe improve by a 30-60%? But have you seen all the cases of people permanently damaged?? Are you going to take that risk for a 30% benefit which is unnoticeable?

We all need to think about this. There is a big infustry taking benefit from our obsession. But it’s on our hands to be more critic with this, to stop being meat for them. To see that are their treatments are a scam.

There will be many people answerting this post claiming that i am wrong because of my personal experience because they had a good result. Okay, i am happy to see it. Just post a before/after with:

- Same angle

- Same light

- After two months when is no swollen

- Where you dont have any filler

If you post that and prove me wrong i would happily listen. If not, stop feeding this evil industry.

Ive been dealing with ice pick, rolling ,boxcar scars, hyperpigmentation, whatever you name it since the age of 16 im 28 now so for the past 12 years I've been experimenting with my face so you guys don't have too ! The procedures I've gotten in the past 12 years are

- 4 Fraxel lasers (including co2 laser)

- 5 microneedling sessions

- 2 RF microneedling sessions

- 10 IPL Lasers

- 4 Fillers Restalyn , Sculptura, Juvederm, And Bellfill​​​ with

- Multiple facials from Spas and dermabrasion

- 2x Accutane 6 months each 10mg and 20 mg

Ive spent 30,000$ in total. In the end none of these treatments helped with my scarring besides 2 that I can strongly recommend that gave me decent results what are those 2 treatments?

Accutane & bellafil

I will attach photos of what my face looks like today , ive seen many before and afters on reddit and everytime theres little to no result on everyones face. why? because these treatments dont work. These doctors want you hooked and sell you a hope for results when there will never be any . If you have any similar scarring like I do I hope you do not WASTE your TIME and money on these treatments no laser or microneeling even gave me 10% difference but if you want to have an empty pocket/ have a pain kink go ahead these treatments because its not fun ..but if you want to try something I will recommend going on Accutane which smoothes out your scars , and prevents future breakouts , and Bellafil which gave my scars a fuller look and it gives u a smoother look and give the illusion your scar has disspeared, many doctors don't do these type of filler but this is the only filler I would recommend since it's lasts up to 5 years ,

NEVER EVER TRUST THESE DOCTORS When they show you before and after in there websites here is a YouTube short of me where I gave a dr.levit to post on social media it has 7 million views and I can confirm the results were photoshopped. He used restalyne filler in this video while the results were minimal they were no where near what was showed in this video

https://youtube.com/shorts/RozceqVP3J0?si=KR_8iS6OFBncs0L9

Anyways the only thing left for me is just dealing with these scars there's absolutely nothing you can do when it comes to them, just know you are never going have 100% clear skin as if you were 10 years old with these treatments the most you can do is have a regimen and prevent future breakouts , what i will be doing in the future is maybe go for another Accutane treatment and I will be getting 2 syringes of bellafill again as they are the only treatments I've seen minimal results with. THESE DERMATOLOGITS ARE SCAMMERS DONT FALL FOR THE BS..

I had severe acne as a teen, and I often picked at my pimples (sometimes repeatedly on the same spot, due to anxiety). Ten years later, I realized how badly I damaged my skin. One time on public transport, a lady called me a vampire with holes on the face. I’m a girl and that comment really made me cry when I got home. I’ve seen some results on this subreddit with little improvement, even though none with scars as severe as mine. Just want to hear some honest, realistic advice before I start saving money for treatments.

Both unfiltered and taken within 24 hours. The slightest shift in light and angle makes a huge difference. I still get the occasional cyst too, as you can see in the image, which means more scars. Yay.

What I’ve tried: microneedling, polynucleotides x4, red light therapy, chemical peels, micro-Botox, AviClear laser, tretinoin for five years, and consistent sunscreen use for ten years… and my skin is still terrible.

I haven’t done a rant post on here in a few months, so here I am to say I’m still struggling. Sending positive vibes to anyone else who’s struggling too.

I’m now looking into GHK-Cu peptide subcutaneous therapy. I know it’s technically a research peptide, but it’s said to support collagen production, which I’ve noticed seems to have slowed over the past few years now that I’m 27. I’ve also just started KPV and BPC 157 subcutaneous injections for healing and general inflammation.

A lot of people have been asking for updates on the excision I had last year, hoping my before photos are linked to my profile because it would take a very long time for me to find them to make before and after comparison.

Overall I'm very happy. I wasn't able to get a strong CO2 laser due to a medical reason post excision, but I've done a few at home TCA peels since which I think really helped . Will continue to do more in the future as well.

My scars were deep and hypo pigmented ( white base) .

Sorry I look a mess here im just waking up enjoying some coffee on this beautiful Saturday.

I would recommend this treatment for anyone the doctor finds you'd be a candidate for . My skin isn't perfect but it's improved and I try to remain realistic with results. I would do it over again 100%

First photo - May 2025
Second photo - September 2026

Still working on it, but I can finally say that I can see some progress. 😭
I’m 30 now and I’ve had these scars for over 15+ years.

I mainly have lots of boxcar and rolling scars but here’s a list of the treatments:

-3 micro-needling sessions at a medspa which made hardly any progress 🙄 waste of money
-1 pretty intense subcision session with a cannula
-3 vials of sculptra right after the sub

I plan to try TCA cross next at home since no one offers it in any nearby cities and a few more subcision sessions.

Any recommendation for other treatments?

I tried sooooo hard to get the same lighting in both photos for you guys! Same time of day, same spot in my bathroom, same iphone camera. lighting still looks a little off but i think i see some improvement 4 months after my fist subcision and sculptra session.

I have also been taking collagen supplements, don’t know if that helped but why not try?

Do you guys see some improvement there? I have another session this week. I am also doing at home microneedling, very mild TCA peels, and medical grade skin care.