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Scars are made up of connective tissue that develops in order to shut rapidly an opening in the skin.

Not all scars have the same appearance. Hypertrophic scars are raised scars. Keloids are a type of scar that is 1) raised or has an excess of scar tissue and 2) grows beyond the wound's original borders. The reason that these scars are raised is because of an excess in production of connective tissue. Getting rid or smoothing out scar tissue is the focus of keloid and hypertrophic scars treatment.

Other scar types might fall under the umbrella of atrophic scars, meaning those that leave depressions in the skin. These valleys or pits are due to the loss of tissue. Acne scars, like box and ice pick scars, are atrophic scars. To raise up these depressions, treatments include injections, excisions and cell regenerating creams. Most scars don't require medical attention but most feel that they are not pleasing to the eye. The body begins to increase production of skin cells and fibroblasts (connective tissue) to close the opening. By building a framework, fibroblasts give the skin cells something to which they can build upon to heal the wound. The rate of fibroblasts vs. skin cells leads to the evidence of scars. When fibroblasts replicate faster than skin cells, the resulting scar is raised. If the skin cells keep up with the fibroblasts, then little scarring is formed and the skin has a more normal appearance after the wound has healed.

What can be done to minimize scar formation?

Unfortunately, even with the millions of great scar treatments out there, there is no way to get rid 100% of scars. However, there are a large number of scar treatment therapies available to minimize scar formation and reduce appearance of those already formed.

I recommend researching a natural scar therapy. These therapies work in more than one way. For example, silicone scar therapy works great as a treatment of keloid scars as it works specifically (but only) at flattening raised scars. The best scar therapy will go beyond simple scar tissue reduction and will be a scar healing treatment, one that will work to regenerate healthy skin tissue. This is especially important for treatment of acne scars, as the majority are depressed atrophic scars.

You might want to follow the latest scar removal products containing mucin, a natural byproduct of land snails. This complex product, thanks to antibiotic and skin regenerating peptides, glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans, will digest excess skin tissue, clean pores, fend off infection and repair scars.

What it does:

* Regenerates new glycosaminoglycans which improves skin firmness and elasticity,

* Increase the production of water holding glycosaminoglycans which is true moisturizing,

* Skin blood vessel microcirculation improvement,

* Improves natural defense against oxidation, and

* Fixes damage at the protective skin layer.