Coping with acne is one thing, but when it is done you still have to face the scars left behind.. During the healing process is when the acne scars appear due to too much collagen building up in one single spot. The wound from the acne that creates the scar is in the dermis layer, this means that it is not superficial and makes it hard to get rid of. Not cleaning or treating the affected area is usually the cause of scars forming where the white and black heads used to be. Sometimes picking at acne lesions can make more harm than the acne. Different types of acne scars There are different types of acne scars under two categories, atrophic which is loss of tissue and hypertrophic which is the result of excess of tissue. These two types of categories can be divided in to four types of scaring:

Ice pick scars: The most common type of acne scaring. This scar consists of a narrow pit forming in the dermis.

Boxcar scars: These scars are similar to chicken pocks scars, they have angular edges and are usually round or oval shaped.

Rolling scars: These scars have a wave-like appearance, they are usually shallow and wide.

Hypertrophic or keloid scars: These are raised and kind of lumpy scars that can spread beyond the original wound. These are most commonly found on the back and chest, but can also appear in the neck and face area.

The usual case is that you have a combination of the different types of scaring. There are a number of treatments available on the market, if you do not like exposing yourself to chemicals the natural branch of treatments might be something for you.

A natural treatment extracted from a living organism There is an alternative natural acne scar treatment based on biological serum. This acne scars treatment is mother nature's own way of taking care of your skin, the serum comes from a snail called Crystomphalus Aspersa which has got a similar type of skin that we do, no chemist in a laboratory is able to recreate the immune system of a living creature which makes this serum one of a kind. Therefore the treatment is also helpful not just to deal with scars but also for the acne itself, this mean that you can go through the treatment even though you still have acne breakouts which might be a problem with some other treatments.