- Ice Pick Scars NYC Treatment Center
- Ice Pick Scars and Punch Excision Ice pick scars are characterized by punctate deep scars that are usually caused by deep cystic acne.
- If you are considering a treatment for acne scars, you should discuss options with Dr. Gary who is familiar with the use of chemical peels, lasers, subcision, and punch excision of scars.
- Ice-pick acne scars
- Punch excision followed by a laser such as Fraxel re:pair which is a fractionated CO2 laser device is a reasonable strategy for ice-pick type scars in Fitz type I and II (lighter) skin types.
- Ice pick scars are hard to treat: we use a combination of subcision, laser resurfacing, deep chemical peeling to improve these scars.
- However, Fraxel laser resurfacing may improve more superficial scarring associated with chronic acne.
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