What would help your body prevent or get rid of acne scars?

The acne scar treatment and prevention products you find nowadays are aimed at replenishing skin matrix by stimulating the synthesis of collagen or elastin (e.g. those containing ingredients such as ascorbic acid, copper peptides, palmitoyl pentapeptide or oligopeptides).

Unfortunately, this approach fails or falls short in most people affected by acne scars, whereby skin is too damaged and not strong enough to rebuild itself quickly, presumably due to the particular chemistry of skin affected by such condition and an inability to respond to matrix synthesis boosters. 

The failure is because something crucial missing in those products: that which would help your own body get rid of scar tissues and would help to prevent acne scars by strengthening your skin and helping it to become more resilient.

What needs to be there to treat acne scars? 

Two things acting in concert. First, your body needs to be able to differentiate or identify scar tissue from the surrounding functional tissues in the skin matrix. Second, it must be able to degrade the proteins that those scar tissues are made off and separate their component amino-acids and use them to create new skin matrix elements.

This can only be achieved by the concerted action of two types of ingredients.

One are messenger molecules that are able to bridge communication between cells and allow them to differentiate scar tissues from functional healthy skin tissues.

The other crucial ingredient are enzymes that both dissolve or “digest” non functional cells, worn out or damaged skin cells AND trigger proliferation of new collagen and elastin fibers from within the skin matrix.

Elastin is a protein that coils and recoils like a spring within the elastic fibers of connective tissue and accounts for the elasticity of structures such as the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, intestines, tendons, and ligaments. Elastin functions in connective tissue together with collagen. Whereas elastin provides elasticity, collagen provides rigidity to connective tissue.

There does not seem to be an ethnic tendency toward acne scars, as people of all skin colors can be affected. People who have fair to light skin typically have pink-tinged acne scars, while the same marks on darker skin tones tend to take on a deeper pigmentation than the skin surrounding them. Discoloration from acne scars does fade over time, but regrettably, their appearance rarely returns to its original smooth appearance. 

It is speculated that the way each person's skin heals is a good indicator of the depth and severity of acne scars they may eventually see. A person whose skin heals well with minimal scarring can expect less obvious acne scars, while skin that heals poorly (or slowly) or tends to develop raised or thickened scars can generally expect acne scars that are more pronounced.

Many different treatment creams have tried to prevent or improve the appearance of acne scars. Most of them, as well as most of the abrading methods used to treat existing marks, do not have the slightest possibility of being effective.

Natural product works because it addresses the root cause of acne scars and not just the symptoms: 

• Restores skin's strength: skin affected by acne scars is characterized by weakness, thinning, roughness, sagging, stiffness, and decrease in the size of tissues, diminished cellular proliferation and decreased function, also called atrophia. 

• Dissolves Deep Scar Tissues with gentle enzymes that "digest" the non functional tissues and release amino-acids that help rebuild damaged tissues quickly and without peeling and no dryness. On the contrary, while moisturizing the skin deeply and triggering healthy skin regeneration. 

• Provides the skin the missing messenger molecules that are able to bridge communication between cells and allows them to differentiate scar tissues from functional healthy tissues.

• Collagen and elastin synthesis boosters: those are also messenger molecules that trigger fibroblast proliferation, the cells responsible for the production of all structural elements in skin. 

Combined methods that include some form of abrading —to physically break down some of the more superficial scarring—, plus collagen synthesis boosters, cell communicating ingredients and enzymes, ACTING IN CONCERT can ‘dissolve’ damaged cells and scar proteins, trigger collagen, and new elastin formation, and strengthen the skin's structure by replenishing the skin's glycosaminoglycans, the water holding molecules in the dermis responsible for providing binding, hydrating and swelling pressure to tissues enabling them to prevent scarring of the deep layers of the skin. 

Why abrading methods purported to correct and even eliminate acne scars fail.

Dermabrasion is an abrasive procedure used to get rid of the superficial damaged skin layer with a diamond fraise. This method is performed superficially. If carried out more deeply, it can generate a condition called dyschromia (patchy pigment), some mild scarring or even rupture of the skin at the depth of acne scars, making things worse.

Microdermabrasion is a technique that evolved from dermabrasion and consists in blasting micro-crystals to abrade or sand the superficial layer of skin. It is good for rough superficial uneven skin texture, as it smoothes it out, but tends to give uneven results. It may be unpleasant and if done too deep scarring is likely to occur.

Lasers get rid of the superficial layer of skin by burning it but are not that effective with old acne scars, quite contrary they only work for new developed acne scars. Still, even though the scars might be pink or red, studies reporting the use of Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) and Pulsed Dye Laser (PDL) treatments emitting 585 nanometers (nm) of light conclude that after five sessions the improvement shown in the length, depth, and coloration of acne scars is at most, moderate.

And although this type of laser carries a low risk of side effects and complications when operated at appropriate treatment parameters and time intervals, they are not recommended for use on darker skin tones (including African-American) because of the risk of hyper pigmentation.

Cost for a series of laser treatments can run upwards of $2,500 depending on how your skin responds and what the average fees are in your area. 

Superficial peels are generally performed with glycolic acid. The practice of glycolic acid treatment over acne scars is disappointing. This is not unexpected as alpha-hydroxy acids act only superficially, mainly by lessening the bonds of the stratum corneum cells.

Medium depth peels with standard Trichloracetic acid (TCA) at 35% to 50% (mass per volume) applied by a dermatologist or cosmetic surgeon, skilled in the use of this type of peel, obtain very irregular results. The side effects have been further scarring and dark spots. A benefit of TCA peels is their skin-tightening effect.

Topical creams for treatment and/or prevention 

They range from those with ascorbic acid (10%) or tretinoin (0.05% tretinoin emollient cream - trans retinoic acid cream) to ointments with glycolic acid; biological moisturizing oils, like Emu oil, Rose Hip Oil; Olive Oil and Squalene and other of its derivatives, Cocoa Butter, Aloe Vera and Shea Butter. All those have been used to allegedly treat or prevent acne scars.

Some creams also contain Vitamin E, although many studies have now shown that vitamin E does nothing to a scar. Biological Oils (Rose Hip Oil or Emu Oil), Plant Oils, Cocoa Butter and Shea Butter do improve the lipid content of the skin, enhance water retention, and soften the skin texture for a while. Aloe Vera does have some anti-inflammatory properties and may also decrease the redness of newly formed acne scars, but that is about it. 

Many companies claim their products are superior for unlike other's they do not contain water. Yes, right, theirs contain mainly Aloe Vera gel which is, naturally, mainly water.

Let’s face it. In terms of treatment to existing scars most methods do nothing. In terms of prevention they do not possibly do enough of what is absolutely necessary. The very best they can do, if and only if the ingredients are in enough concentration in the products and if they are applied with discipline at least two to three times a day, is to improve the skin barrier’s lipid content and seal in water for a few hours after application. They may also thicken and/or plump up the epidermis making it a little softer and may make the scars that remain in the dermis less visible for a short while.

So, to be very honest, when you use these products to treat acne scars, improvement, if any, is almost imperceptible. Some find a little improvement, especially in early acne scars, whereas for most people they make no difference. 

Why do acne scar creams have such a low rate of effectiveness? 

The explanation may very well emerge from understanding that the skin matrix is responsible for the skin's mechanical properties, including firmness, strength, suppleness, and elasticity. Acne scars are injuries in a skin matrix affected by atrophy, a condition characterized by exactly the contrary of those just mentioned. Yes, skin affected by acne scars is characterized by weakness, thinning, roughness, sagging, stiffness, and decrease in the size of tissues, diminished cellular proliferation, and decreased function, also called atrophia.

The skin matrix is a precious resource which is both produced and consumed quite frequently during our lives. On one hand, skin matrix is continuously synthesized by fibroblasts. On the other hand, whenever it is damaged, malformed or worn out, skin matrix -particularly the structural proteins collagen and elastin- is broken down into fragments by collagenase and gelatinase enzymes, also called matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and then recycled. By digesting or chopping up key matrix proteins, such as collagen and elastin, MMP enzymes play an underappreciated yet critical role in skin physiology.

In healthy, youthful skin, the synthesis and degradation of the matrix are in balance: damaged or redundant matrix is degraded while the deficit is replenished by the ongoing synthesis. Unfortunately, this intricate balance gets disrupted because of hormonal imbalances, mal nutrition, or as we age, too little of the matrix is synthesized and too much is degraded. As with any supply-demand imbalance, it can be improved by either increasing supply (boosting synthesis of the matrix) or reducing demand (inhibiting the breakdown).

In particular, the synthesis of elastin is physiologically important, for although elastin is only 2% of the total protein in the dermis, those skin fibers provide the resiliency of skin. Elastin synthesis and the regulation of the quantity of cross-linked insoluble elastin and collagen fibers depend on the interaction between three factors. The first is the presence of active fibroblasts, which secrete the soluble precursor of elastin, tropoelastin. The second is the relative amount of several skin matrix components within the skin also secreted by fibroblasts. The third are enzymes that are responsible for both the cell degradation processes that allow for the breakdown of dead cells into their component amino-acids and their re-use for the creation of new proteins (amino-acid chains).

So beware of creams that contain soluble collagen and/or elastin for they will NOT do the trick. What is needed is the biosynthesis and proper self-assembly of complex skin structures from within your body. The first step in elastic fiber formation is the appearance of small cell surface-associated elastin globules (soluble tropoelastin) that increase in size with time (microassembly). The elastin globules are eventually transferred to pre-existing elastic fibers in the extracellular matrix where, through an intricate and orchestrated biological process, they coalesce into larger structures (macroassembly) and become crosslinked funtional fiber-like polymers with reversible deformation and high resilience. 

Collagen and elastin synthesis boosters may fail or fall short in people affected by atrophic skin.

The newest acne scar treatments and prevention products are aimed at replenishing skin matrix by stimulating the synthesis of collagen or elastin (e.g. ascorbic acid, copper peptides, palmitoyl pentapeptide, oligopeptides and other). Unfortunately, this approach fails or falls short in most people affected by atrophic skin, presumably due to the particular chemistry of skin affected by such condition and an inability to respond to matrix synthesis boosters. 

Their failure to treat existing acne scars is most probably due to something crucial missing in those products; an element that would help your body to get rid of scar tissues. In fact, your body needs two things to accomplish this. 

One, your body needs to be able to differentiate or identify scar tissue from the surrounding functional tissues in the skin matrix. Second, it must be able to degrade the proteins that those scar tissues are made off and separate their component amino-acids to then eventually use them to create new skin matrix elements. 

This can only be achieved by the action of two types of ingredients that act in concert. One is messenger molecules that are able to bridge communication between cells and allows them to differentiate scar tissues from functional healthy tissues and trigger fibroblast proliferation. The other crucial ingredient is enzymes that dissolve the non functional, worn out, or damaged tissues that were identified by the messenger molecules.

Combined methods that include some form of abrading —to physically break down some of the more superficial scarring—, and a topical product that contains not just moisturizing enhancers or collagen synthesis boosters, but also cell communicating ingredients and enzymes that ‘dissolve’ damaged cells and scar proteins that can yield significant improvements.

Such product can also effectively prevent acne scars.

Scar Less Healing

"An abscess and its subsequent scar is not an evolutionarily optimized end point for today's injuries," Dr. Mark Ferguson, D.D.S., Ph.D., professor in the faculty of life sciences at the University of Manchester, England, says. The abscess and scarring response, with its massive inflammatory overdrive, is optimized for a very different type of skin lesion than those occurring nowadays where hygiene and clean bodies is the rule. The abscess and scar is induced by this inappropriate inflammatory response. 

Surgery lesions, lesions to the cells lining the sebum ducts (which causes acne) and also lesions that emerge from overstretching the skin should therefore be ideal candidates for healing, without complications, by a regenerative wound healing mechanism rather than a scarring mechanism. And the outcome should be characterized by scar less healing. 

The healing process should be very much like what our system accomplishes for fetal wounds which heal quickly by regenerating cells and leaving no trace behind, whatsoever. For the whole system there is signaling the growing baby that it is being taken care of properly.

This is what is missing in all the products out there. Something that would signal your body it is being taken care of properly, and does not need to react with its inflammatory army. 

A Surprising Solution by Life's Genius

Fortunately there is a complete & balanced solution for acne scar prevention and treatment. One packed with antioxidants, collagen, elastin boosters, enzymes, and cell communicating ingredients that contribute to orchestrate the intricate balance between the degradation of cells that are dying periodically and/or cells that have become damaged by overstretching and the use of their constitutive amino-acids for the reproduction of new cells and all the necessary structural elements of healthy skin. 

It is not a chemical ,man made drug, clever concoction of isolates, pharmaceuticals, herbs, moisturizing botanical oils, or extracts designed in a laboratory or cosmetic industry. No. It is a natural compound of biological active molecules that is already the most complete and balanced solution created by a living creature to protect and fully repair its skin when damaged. And although this creature is in an evolutionary stage different than humans, nevertheless its skin is made of the same structural elements we find in human skin: collagen, elastin and glycosaminoglycans. 

Glycosaminoglycans are the water holding molecules in the dermis responsible for providing binding, hydration, and swelling pressure to tissues enabling them to withstand compression and stretching forces which thus prevent tearing and scarring of the deep layers of the skin.

The acne scar prevention and treatment cream made with this natural, biological solution is natural, not some isolate derived or extracted from it. It is not only effective for preventing Acne Scars but is also safe since it is totally compatible with living cells.

The product comes in two versions. One plain to prevent Acne Scars which is best used to treat newly formed Acne Scars. The second is a home microdermabrasion version with is embedded with micro-crystals to abrade Acne Scars that are older or rough on the surface as they help to break down or exfoliate damaged skin physically —while massaging the crystals—, and thereby facilitate the penetration of the cream deeper within the skin.

It Works As A Different Defense System

It works because it operates at a different level than our human immune or defense system when it is subject to stress and damage inflicted to the dermis by such events as overstretching of skin fibers to the point of breaking.

It is geared as a different evolutionary immune response and cell regeneration system by a family of invertebrates (spineless animals). It is known as the innate immune system; also present as a first line of defense and immediate response against infections and foreign matters in our human body, complementing our adaptive immune system. 

The innate immune system is comprised of the cells and mechanisms that defend the host from infection by other organisms or from foreign materials in a non-specific manner. This means that the cells of the innate system recognize, and respond to, pathogens in a generic way, but unlike the adaptive immune system, it does not confer long-lasting or protective immunity to the host.

Although apparently less sophisticated than the immune systems of vertebrates, invertebrate immunity is much older in terms of its evolution. This likely served as the progenitor to sophisticated vertebrate systems and also has apparently served these animals well enough to keep their lineage alive for the past several hundred million years. 

Invertebrates respond to injury and insult by regenerating damaged cells, and even full organs and their skin, without an immoderate inflammatory reaction and yield quick results and scar less healing! Yes, this is accomplished by little creatures that us, arrogant humans, many times consider an inferior form of life in a less evolved stage. 

Unlike clever herbal, botanical, chemical or cosmeceutical concoctions designed in a pharmacy, or by the cosmetic industry, a complex natural substance secreted by snails has been proven to be a complete and balanced solution for scar less healing of skin lesions —and its effects on Acne Scars and scars far exceed attempts to mimic life's genius in the laboratory.

Auto-Immune Moderator

Discouraging Over-Zealous Immune System Responses that Attack Healthy Tissue

The molecules in the biological substance signal the body that it is being taken care of and need NOT respond to disturbing agents with uncontrolled inflammatory reactions, for it is being supplied with the proper proteins, enzymes and nutrients necessary to quickly control bacteria and to trigger scar less healing. Thus in a totally different way than our evolutionary drive has conditioned us humans to over-respond to those factors, from within, as the most effective means to thrive in an environment that was dominated by infectious bacteria.

For such was homo sapiens reality during millions of years and until society learned hygiene and modern science discovered antibiotics —which by the way have an anti-inflammatory effect that is now deemed to be a far more important effect for people who suffer severe acne and rosacea than it is the anti-biotic effect (which means anti-life) that kills bacteria.

Topical application of the substance created by this little creature, soon after the first signs of lesions prevents the cells from initiating the signaling cascade that leads to inflammatory reactions and healing through the scarring pathway. It accomplishes so by altering the local environment in a way that favors a scarless healing pathway.

Treatment with BIO ACNE CARE or with BIOSKINCARE CREAM operates through a removal process called hydrolysation. By continued application on damaged tissues messenger molecules recognize damaged proteins and act in concert with enzymes that gently strip the skin to remove the build-up of scar tissues. These enzymes go to work like biological catalysts on each individual cell. They clean out the debris, open clogged pores, consume the dead material, open up the vascular system to bring new oxygen into the cells. And trigger and speed proliferation of fibroblasts and all the structural components of healthy skin including the water holding molecules, collagen and elastin skin fibers which finally get assembled in an orderly or orchestarted way, thus minimizing scars and marks.

The biological substance operates for its creator in such an irreducible complex way that it can be a challenge to try to explain how specifically it modulates the response of the the immune cells, especially of the macrophages, which are the oldest and most consistently preserved immunologic competent cells known. When these cells are activated, they stimulate a cascade of events which enhances immunity and skin repair. All the functions, including phagocytosis (ability to engulf foreign cells, materials and particles), release of certain cytokines (intercellular "messages") and the processing of antigens are improved.

We have now described the problem, which is already the first part of the solution:

The immoderate inflammatory response of our body when hormonal imbalances weaken the skin or deplete it of the collagen synthesis boosters, the cell communicating ingredients and the enzymes, that need to act in concert to strengthen and repair your skin. 

They are the molecules that protect the skin from overstretching and are capable of ‘dissolving’ damaged cells and scar proteins, trigger collagen and new elastin formation, and make the skin's structure strong by replenishing glycosaminoglycans, the water holding molecules in the dermis responsible for providing binding, hydrating and swelling pressure to tissues, enabling them to withstand compression and stretching forces and thus prevent tearing and scarring of the deep layers of the skin.

Now you may stop procrastinating and go get the second half of the solution with confidence.