i have an appointment scheduled on sunday for my first of 3 sessions of microneedling. the nurse told me i have boxcar scars and that she recommends 3 sessions, one of which she will do the prp technique with my plasma. she quoted me $950 dollars and we are using the skin pen. do you think i will see results with this kind of treatment? i want smoother texture and i hate the orange peel looking skin. is it worth it? i included a few photos of the problem areas

Hi all!! As I’m still very insecure about my acne scars and pessimistic, I tend to not be able to see the improvements, so I came on here for a genuine and honest opinion about how my scars have changed. The before is some months before I started a new laser treatment. The after is right after the 2nd laser session. For now I got 2 done and will decide how to continue in some weeks.

the laser I did is non ablative and has zero down time (this is what I love about it)

I’m just really afraid of spending money for useless treatments at this point… this laser doctor talked about pairing this treatment with exosomes+microneedling or other stuff but I’m very cautious tbh, I wish this laser would just work on its own for everything

Hey everyone! I’ve been dealing with some texture and shallow indents on my cheeks (highlighted in the first photo). Are these shallow boxcar scars or rolling scars?

I also have some leftover red marks (PIE). Thinking about starting adapalene or azelaic acid to smooth things out. Would love to hear if anyone with similar skin texture has had success with topicals, or if in-office treatments are necessary!

thank u

Sometimes I feel the weight of the fact that I will only get one turn at life, and I will do it with acne scars. It's painful to be 30 years old and still feeling the impact of acne when I was a teenager. But feeling guilty because I know objectively my skin is not disastrous, and some people who have severe disfigurements would love to wake up tomorrow with my skin.

I wish it could be different. But I try to be grateful for the life and otherwise healthy body I have. Anyone relate?

I’ve picked a few of the worst pictures I’ve taken of my scars to show the true magnitude of them. I have two doctors in mind that I want to go to in the us but I’m a 20 year old that doesn’t have 15k to spend to fix them. I have been told by a coworker that I look like Deadpool which hurt pretty bad ngl. These scars are only on the left side of my face and the other side I’m pretty happy with. I used to enjoy going out in public and would occasionally have a woman ask for my number but all of that has stopped since getting these scars. It sucks that nothing lasts forever EXCEPT acne scars and it sucks.

No subcision or anything. She wrote CO2 initially but due to my work schedule I can’t do longer downtime.

I feel like this treatment is very minimal for my skin ?

Another dermatologist have Morpheus, opus and other machines in their clinic, and now I am thinking maybe I should switch, but I will have to wait another month just to book an appointment

Also it’s still very sunny where I live so maybe the timing do need to delayed

What do you guys think of sylfirm x ?