Acne Scars & How To Treat Them!

Hello I have decided to come back to youtube after 9 to 10 months because i have to make a video about this topic which has been highly requested question on my twitter and also my instagram First of all i want to make a disclaimer that i am not a dermatologist i’m not a chemist i’m just a person who loves to google and share everything that i read online I just got back from my class so i decided to post a video and record myself from my phone and post it on youtube because i feel like after this i have another class so i have to keep going So today’s topic i will be talking about type of acne scars and how to treat acne scars So, there are two types of scars When it comes to PIE, PIE is the type of scars that are red and easily affected by people with light and bright skin tones For me, when i read about PIE on skin care websites and etc the most efficient treatment when it comes to PIE is laser treatment When i heard about laser treatment i sighed So when i scroll down and they said but worry not, there are ingredients that can treat Post Inflammatory Erythema (PIE) PIE is caused It happened when we picked our pimples, when we expose our skin to sun exposure when we use harsh chemical exfoliate or chemical burns I am so confident to tell you guys about this one ingredient that has been approved by all skin care websites which is vitamin C. Renee Rouleau approves vitamin C. Chemist confessions talk about vitamin C Simplest skin care also explain about vitamin C when it comes to PIE From this skin care website The Klog, it shows that it treats the scars using vitamin C It was so exciting to watch how the red scars slowly improving over the days When it comes to vitamin C, there are a lot of types of vitamin C. The standard of vitamin C is LAA which is the L Ascorbic Acid Ascorbic acid is very potent and highly unstable It means that when we use LAA, there are chances that our skins can be irritated and stings a little bit. It has a tingling sensation So that’s why i don’t recommend you guys to go with potent ascorbic acid if you guys don’t have solid skin care routines.

Solid skin care routines means that when you guys have already used If you still are searching for the perfect product i don’t recommend you guys to go with vitamin C because it accelerates your skin cell turnovers and will cause your skin to purge It means that pimples will grow on your skin. So when it comes to vitamin C i will recommend you guys to use it only if you have already a solid skin care routine. If you guys really want to use vitamin C i will recommend you guys to start with low percentage. Example of product is Cosrx Triple C Klairs Vitamin C Tiam C Source For me you can start with Klairs because the percentage of Ascorbic acid is 5% Tiam is 20.5% and Cosrx is 20% if i am not mistaken Vitamin C have a lot of benefits So vitamin C is a very famous ingredient when it comes to scars treatment.

If you guys really want to try vitamin C but are afraid of the ascorbic acid because of irritation and stinginess you guys can try vitamin C derivatives They are usually more stable and less potent than the LAA Ascorbic Acid. Examples of vitamin C derivatives are When it comes to Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, they are water soluble vitamin C. I recommend the Ordinary because it is awesome and and has the desired ingredients in the product You guys can also try the Hada Labo whitening essence because it also has MAP Recommendation for AP and AG are the Ordinary products Recommendation for AP and AG are the Ordinary products because they have the specific ingredient. Vitamin C derivatives also offer the same benefits as ascorbic acid such as brightening ingredients, stimulate collagen production but they are water soluble vitamin C.

They are less potent and more stable compared to ascorbic acid. They are usually more gentle to our skin The next topic i will talk about is PIH PIH are type of scars that are dark and easily affected by darker skin tones They are like brownish skin scars If your skin concern is PIH, you can also use vitamin C because they are brightening ingredients They can treat PIE and also PIH The next ingredient to treat PIH is Arbutin Function of Arbutin is they inhibit or prevent the melanin production My recommendation of products when it comes to Arbutin, is the Ordinary Alpha Arbutin and the next product will be Hada Labo whitening essence There are two types of Hada Labo whitening essence which are MAP vitamin C derivatives and also Arbutin The next ingredient you can use to treat PIH is Niacinamide The function of Niacinamide is it slows down the transfer of melanin production to cells. So my recommendation of product when it comes to Niacinamide is the Ordinary Niacinamide plus Zinc There is an ampoule at a drugstore which is called Lost and Found (LaF) ampoule which also has Niacinamide I think a lot of people know about Niacinamide because it is also famous ingredient It is also one of the brightening ingredient When it comes to dark scars or PIH, always look for brightening ingredients. They are not only Arbutin, Niacinamide. They are a lot of ingredients which are If you guys want to use Vitamin C serum, Niacinamide serum or Arbutin Serum we start with So another recommendation when it comes to PIH is Alpha Hydroxy Acid AHA is a type of exfoliant. It exfoliates your dead skin cells.

They are many types of AHA. My recommendation if you want to try AHA is always start with Melanin Acid Melanin acid actually contains bigger molecules so the chance that your skin is irritated is very low If we read in a chemist confession, it shows a picture of Mandelic, Lactic and Glycolic acid Glycolic acid has small molecules so that is why it irritates a little bit. It stings a little bit That is why people don’t prefer glycolic because it burns a little bit If you a beginner in AHA, always start with Mandelic Acid Then lactic acid and lastly glycolic acid My recommendation of product when it comes to mandelic acid is Wishtrend Mandelic Acid It has 5% of mandelic acid You can also try the Ordinary mandelic acid. It has 10% mandelic acid if i am not mistaken If you guys have already tried mandelic acid, you can also try lactic acid. Lactic acid is very moisturising so you can use the Ordinary but they have 5% and 10% lactic acid After that, we can move to glycolic acid If you guys really want to try glycolic acid, you can start with low percentage. My recommendation of the glycolic product is the Pixi glow tonic, AHA Cosrx 7 and the Ordinary glycolic acid Pixi Glow has 5% of glycolic acid Ordinary has 7% glycolic acid So always start with lower percentage so that you can build up your skin tolerance and to adapt to certain acids. The most important thing to treat PIE or PIH is to always use sunscreen I need to emphasise on the importance of sunscreen when it comes to scars.

For example, i use one brightening ingredient which is Niacinamide Function of Niacinamide is to slow down the melanin production If i do not use sunscreen, i will expose my skin to sun exposure and will cause more melanin production so i think the Niacinamide will be confuse It wants to help slowing down the transfer of melanin but we keep giving melanin so it will become confuse It is no use if you guys apply brightening ingredients if you don’t wear sunscreen Same goes to Arbutin Arbutin is to prevent melanin production but if we keep exposing our skin and it will keep producing melanin Arbutin will also become confuse It is really important to wear sunscreen if you want to treat PIE and PIH. All skin care websites emphasise on the importance of sunscreen to protect our skin from sun exposure It is no use if we use brightening ingredients or hydration if we do not use sunscreen Always use sunscreen I hope my video will help you guys in explaining that there are two types of scars which are PIE and PIH That is all from me. I hope i will see you guys in the next video. Byebye

Source: Maisarah Mahmud