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    Default Professional treatments for pitted acne scars?

    Hello. From years of getting acne, I have shallow pitted acne scars in my cheeks and also some redness. I tried TCA peels at home, which helped with the redness some, but not the shallow pits. I also tried a derma roller for about 6 months, which seemed to just stretch the holes even more.

    Obviously, I am going to wait until spring and summer are over since I will need to avoid the sun. I am not looking to try "at home treatments" anymore because they never seem to help much and in the long one, I will probably save more and have much better results by seeing a professional.

    What are the options I should ask for if I want my skin as close to perfect and as close to smooth as it can get? I understand it will never be 100% perfect or that they will be able to fade everything 100%, but I want to get it as close to flawless as I can. i want really nice skin without makeup. I don't get acne anymore, so my main concern is the scars.

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    Default Re: Professional treatments for pitted acne scars?

    Okay now I get confused because there's like a bazillion different types of lasers these days and different places call them different things, but there's gentler types of lasers that are like $300-$600 a session(and they usually recommend you do around 6) and those aren't what you want(IMO). I've had 3 of that type done and I haven't noticed much of a difference in my pitted scars and mine aren't even that bad(I know I have only done 3 treatments of the recommended 6 but I feel like if I'm halfway through and not close to where I want to be I figure why bother). There's other lasers that cost more, have more downtime and require less sessions, I think that's what you may want. My friend had a hardcore Fraxel that cost like 7k(but that was back when it was very new) and she had lots of acne scars and meth picking scars and her skin has been flawless ever since.

    Judging by the price this looks like a hardcore laser: https://www.instagram.com/p/BDYPM42hLCO/ Although I'm not sure if that's multiple sessions added up or not.

    If you only have a few that bother you you could have them filled with filler.

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