Acne scar is caused by the body’s response to injury caused by inflammatory acne lesions. Most often, scarring results from severe nodular acne that occurs deep in the skin. However scarring also may arise from more superficial inflamed lesions.

In most cases, the acne scars that people get are mild type. Some of them may have the scars that look significant even to others. To minimize the risk of permanent acne scars, it will be better too prevent and treat the acne right away as sometimes even mild acne can cause scarring. However you can treat these acne scars by using the acne scar removal that I recommended in my website.

Below are the 2 reasons due to the types of tissue response to the inflammation of acne:

Increased Tissue Formation

One of the reasons that acne scars form is the increased tissue formation which known as keloids or hypertrophic scars. They are the most common type of acne scars that bulge out and look like lumps. Due to the excessive amounts of collagen production, these scars are associated with an exaggerated formation of scar tissue.

Overproduction of collagen is a response of skin cells to injury. It will become piled up in fibrous masses and form an irregularly-shaped scar. Sometimes, size of it will goes far beyond what would be expected from what seems to be a minor injury. It is kind of an ‘over-scarring’ which are more commonly occur in dark-skinned individual.

Loss of Tissues

Compare to scars that resulting from increased tissue formation, acne scars resulting from loss of tissue are more common. They are known as atrophic scar or crateriform scars which normally appear as holes, pits, or craters in the skin. When the inflammation from healed acne causes destruction to the skin, a lack of tissue will occurs and the depressed, cavity-like, inward-directed scars will form. This scar tissue will become smaller and binds the skin down.

Facing acne scar can be tough, but you can do it. There are lots of acne scar removal which based on the kinds of scars you have and the kind of skin you have. However some people have a combination of different types of scars so that one acne scar treatment may not work on them all.