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Acne Scar Treatment Testimonials | Reviews for Dr. Philip Young and Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery of Bellevue, Washington

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Acne Scar Treatment Testimonials | Reviews for Dr. Philip Young and Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery of Bellevue, Washington. Click here to read more: Dr Philip Young Testimonials | Reviews Acne Scar Treatment.

You can read more about our exciting technique to treat acne scars called the Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment by following this link.

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Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment Pictures by Dr. Philip Young of Bellevue

Thursday, January 17th, 2013

Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment Pictures by Dr. Philip Young of Bellevue: This is another patient we had who went through multiple procedures in the past with little improvement including: co2 laser, fraxel laser, dermabrasion, dermasanding, punch grafting, etc. This was after one treatment using the Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment. You can read more about the Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment on our web page. We also have a pinterest page on this as well: Dr. Young’s Pinterest Acne Scar Treatment Page. The acne scar vitalizer treatment is based on a multilayered approach to treating acne. We attack the acne scars from above and below and shock the scars to get results like the ones you see below. We recently had a doctor from singapore come down for this same treatment. Our goal is to use this new approach to change people’s lives. We like to do procedures that we feel good about and this procedure is really satisfying this goal. We look forward to talking to you about this exciting new approach to acne scarring:

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Dr. Young from Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery.

Acne Scar Treatment Recovery Diary by Dr. Philip Young Bellevue | Seattle

Monday, October 1st, 2012

Acne Scar Treatment Recovery Diary by Dr. Philip Young Bellevue | Seattle: To help our patients get an understanding of how they will heal after the Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment we created a webpage to show the changes after the procedure. We present our photo diary that accounts for a person’s healing after the procedure with comments to help you with your post procedure care. You can write us any time with questions at our Plastic Surgery Contact Page. We have other ways of learning about our acne scar treatment approaches.

acne scar treatment recovery diary

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New Approach to Acne Scar Treatment by Dr. Philip Young of Bellevue | Seattle:

Friday, September 14th, 2012

New Approach to Acne Scar Treatment by Dr. Philip Young of Bellevue | Seattle called the Acne Scar Vitalizer: I have been treating acne scarring for about 10 years. I have tried excision, subcision, derma rolling, dermabrasion, dermasanding, laser resurfacing with co2 and erbium, intense pulse light, fillers, fat injections, grafting, punch grafting, etc over the last several years here in Seattle | Bellevue. I am a Facial Plastic Surgeon in the Bellevue, Washington Area. I have essentially tried them all and I am always trying to find the best treatment for each particular situation. Through this constant persistence to find ways to get the best results I have come up with some exciting new approaches to acne scarrring. The Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment is our multilayered approach to acne scarring that we think will really change things for people who have this condition.  With this approach we work deep within your tissues to get your scars to reconstruct. We also add some resurfacing work to work on the superficial layers. The scars are ultimately shocked so that they get reconstructed. You can see an Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment Photo Diary to learn more about the recovery and see some of the transformation right before your eyes.

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Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment: Improve your Acne Scars Through One Treatment by Dr. Philip Young Bellevue Washington

Sunday, July 15th, 2012

Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment: Improve your Acne Scars Through One Treatment by Dr. Philip Young Bellevue Washington:  The Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment is another way of decreasing the number of procedures you need to do to improve your acne scarrring.acne scar treatment, acne scar reduction

If you look at the before picture in the images here, you will see box car scars (depressed scars with a larger surface area) and ice pick scars (depressed scars that are more pinpoint in appearance). With traditional approaches, you need to treat each area with multiple excisions, subcision and deep chemical peeling. After getting the scars to look more like the surrounding unscarred skin, I would then consider something for the superficial layers of the skin such as resurfacing. The before and afters show the results from just one procedure, the Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment. This approach could transform acne scar treatment.

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Acne Scar Vitalizer: What are the other benefits? by Dr. Young of Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery

Sunday, July 8th, 2012

Acne Scar Vitalizer: What are the other benefits? by Dr. Young of Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery: If you take a look at our Acne Scar Vitalizer page you can see an example of some results from this treatment. Notice in the before pictures of the Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment that there are scars that are depressed and lighter in color. These are often referred to as box scar scars with hypopigmentation (lack of pigment). In the past you might need to do a combination of excisions, subcisions, deep chemical peeling etc before you could do some laser resurfacing for further improvement. When you see the before and after pictures of the Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment, you can see some significant improvement in the scars from just one treatment. The reason for this is the reconstructive properties in the way that we approach acne scarring. The scar is shocked from above and below and the scars undergo really an amazing reconstruction of their appearance. So one of the main benefits of the Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment is that much of the improvement can be done in just one treatment.

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Acne Scar Treatment and the Multilayered Approach: The Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment Developed by Dr. Young

Sunday, July 8th, 2012

Acne Scar Treatment and the Multilayered Approach: The Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment Developed by Dr. Young: I have been treating Acne Scarring for about 12-14 years. I am constantly thinking of new ways to achieve the best results. I somewhat of a perfectionist and I am always tinkering to find the best techniques. Through this constant process of learning, I have a developed a new approach to acne scarring that I am really excited about. I call this approach the Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment. This approach is sort of my secret. It is based on a multilayered approach to acne scarring. I shock the skin scars from below and above. The scars are confused and ultimately we get a reconstructive type of change to your scars. I think this appraoch will revolutionize the treatment of  acne scarring. This approach will have also employ co2 laser resurfacing. We look forward to talking about how this could really help your acne scarring.

acne scar treatment, acne scar reduction

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Acne Scar Treatment Healing Diary Released by Dr. Young Seattle | Bellevue

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Acne Scar Treatment Healing Diary Released by Dr. Philip Young Seattle | Bellevue: So we are excited to release our new photo diary on the healing process and recovery after subcision and deep chemical peeling for Acne Scar Treatment (Here is a link to see this Acne Subcision Chemical Peel Healing Diary). Many of our clients wonder what the healing process is like. We wanted to show the healing process through photos and what to look for in terms of healing and how to clean etc.  Deep chemical peeling is much like the process of laser resurfacing and the recovery and cleaning / healing process. So we invite you to also visit our laser resurfacing page to find out other tips to get the best healing from chemical peeling and laser resurfacing.

Subcision is the process of elevating the tissue under the skin and scarred areas, to allow the depressed scars to elevate to the more normal unscarred skin. This is the first step in making the scars look better. The depression in acne scars can cast a shadow in this area, the darkness clues people on the status that the particular area is not like the rest (ie it looks like a scar).  After the scar is more elevated then you can proceed to polish the skin level to get it to look more like normal skin. The polishing step is when we decide to do laser resurfacing and dermasanding. Dermasanding is the process of dermabrasion with medical grade sterilized sandpaper.  This is a more accurate way of doing dermabrasion in Dr. Young’s opinion. It also avoids spreading infection to the people around.

acne scar subcision tca cross treatment images

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Seattle Acne Scar Treatment Webpage Released by www.drphilipyoung.com

Monday, December 26th, 2011

Seattle Acne Scar Treatment Webpage Released by : We have made a new webpage on Seattle Acne Scar Treatment  on our website www.drphilipyoung.com. We added some new pictures / photos and some links to help people understand a little more about how we are treating scars that were created by Acne. We would also like to explain a little about our thought process when it comes to treating Acne Scars.Acne Scar Treatment Before After

Acne is a process that can affect all layers of the skin. The process originates from the hair follicle. The hair follicle depending on the point of the growth cycle that it is in will have a certain length that it goes in the skin. At times, the hair follicle will be very deep and sometimes less deep. The point is that when acne erupts, the process can extend deep into the skin and affect all the layers even the area deep to the skin. When scars form from Acne, they also affect all the layers of the skin. So the scarring is really pervasive. That makes treating acne difficult as well. When it comes to excisions, acne scarred skin is less pliable and it doesn’t stretch as much. This makes for a more difficult time with healing. Better results are harder to achieve. So you want to heal your skin. We believe that you have to prep the skin before you actually do other things like excisions, subcisions, punch grafting, flap reconstructions, and deep chemical peeling.  We have a 3-4 step process that we like to do for people. It entails 1. tissue grafting, 2. more invasive work such as excisions, subcisions, deep chemical peeling, punch grafting, flap reconstructions, 3. More refinement, 4. co2 laser resurfacing and dermasanding. Our goals are to heal the skin first, treat the skin with more invasive procedures to get the scarred skin to the same level, repeating the second step until the goals are reached, then refining our results with a polishing technique that entails co2 laser resurfacing and dermasanding.

You can go through our webpages with this in mind to better understand what we are aiming to do. We have topics on depressed white acne scars, box car scars, elevated white acne scars, pock mark acne scars and more.

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Ice picks scars and why I like subcision / fat grafting / with chemical peels question and answers Dr. Young of Seattle:

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Ice picks scars and subcision, fat grafting, with chemical peels Dr. Young of Seattle:

This is what I wrote someone on Sept 28,2011:

 

Dr. Young,

Patient: I wanted to thank you again for your personable consultation the other day.  It’s never easy talking to a stranger about one’s insecurities, but you certainly made it comfortable enough that I am considering your recommendations.  Just a few questions I first need to ask.

Dr. Young: It was my pleasure.

Patient: Why did you choose the subcision with the chemical peel over other procedures? .

Dr. Young: I think that laser resurfacing may not fully cause those ice picks scars to come up to the level of the rest of your skin.  They (laser resurfacing / dermabrasion / Dermasanding) are better when the surfaces are more closely aligned. and leveled.  The chemical peel will get the ice picks to come up and the subcision will make them rise by stimulating from below.  Alternatively you can add fat grafting with the subcision for more of an effect. I would do the subcision / fat grafting first and then 1-2 weeks later do the chemical peels so that your skin is not too traumatized.

Patient: What are the alternatives?  And do they offer similar or less satisfactory results?

Dr. Young: You can cut around the ice picks and then raise them. This could help. They are more work though. You can add filler underneath them. You can excise a group of ice pick scars that are oriented in a pattern. You can do Dermabrasion but again resurfacing would be the last step. You can laser just the ice pick scars to get them to rise up (not as effective in my experience)

Patient: What are the side effects of these procedures?

Dr. Young: The side effects are mostly swelling, bruising.  Sometimes if you are too aggressive the scars could get wider but flatter. That is why I stage the subcision and chemical peels sometimes if the scars are deep and prominent and numerous.

Patient: How long is the procedure, and is it performed at the same clinic?  Do you schedule surgery on Fridays?

Dr. Young: The procedure will take about 1-2 hours. We can do Friday’s. We do the procedures here. We are AAAHC certified  here is a link http://www.drphilipyoung.com/aaahcplasticsurgery.php to our plastic surgery AAAHC certification page

You can see more of our Acne Scar Revision Before and Afters here.

ice pick scars tca cross

 

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