Alexander Z. Rivkin M.D. is a Yale trained facial cosmetic surgeon and UCLA faculty member who has focused his practice exclusively on providing his patients with the latest in non-invasive, non-ablative cosmetic treatments in Southern California. He understands that no one relishes the thought of “going under the knife,” and believes modern medical technology can provide today's patients with superior alternatives to invasive, painful surgery that requires a long recovery time.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Ice Pick Acne Scars and Active Fx

My sister has bad"ice pick" scars. Would a filler like artefill correct this? Most of her scars are on her nose,it looks bad.

hi,
ice pick acne scars are very difficult to treat. if there is only a few of them, i would consider treating with fillers. artefill or juvederm would be fine. if, however, there's alot of them, fillers may not be the best option. a laser such as fraxel or active fx would be better. i have still not evaluated active fx for acne scars, but i hear good things about it. fraxel works, but it takes a while and involves multiple treatments (about 5). the advantage to active fx is that it is only one or two treatments and it is more intense than fraxel in terms of results. downtime is the same.
hope that helps

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