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Saline Injection for Acne Scars



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Dr. Sire pioneered the use of saline injections to treat acne and other scars and is a noted authority on the use of lasers and light sources.

Founder and medical director of Advanced Skincare MedCenter, David J. Sire, M.D., has dedicated his career to applying advanced medical technology and proven techniques to treat patients.
Dr. Sire has spent the last 10 years developing and implementing this skin treatment.

Saline injections are a safe, nearly painless and highly effective way to treat acne scars and post laser and post dermabrasion scars. They are most effective on shallow atrophic “rolling type” scars; they are less effective on deep “ice pick” type scars or “boxcar” scars, which may require surgical removal.

During the procedure, saline is injected into each scar and actually causes new collagen to form. Saline injections may be used prior to other modalities to reduce the amount of surgical trauma caused by a more aggressive procedure.

There are minimal side effects, and the procedure is inexpensive.

It is also helpful for the patient with little downtime available for recovery.

Saline injections require a series of four or five treatments, two or three weeks apart. This treatment schedule allows the body to fill in the scars naturally. Saline injections positively impact acne patients without subjecting them to surgery or recovery time.
Dr. Sire considers it to be one of the most effective, simple and useful techniques available today.



Each treatment takes 10-15 minutes to complete.

Dr. Sire and his team have treated over 350 patients with this technique over the past six years with excellent results.

After the injection the skin raised creating a bump that lasted 30 min. After the swelling subsided you will experience complete scar revision for an entire week. When all the saline subsided the scar didn't go back as deep as it previously was.

The solution does not act as a filler but as a treatment. The initial response is similar to a filler, and the scar is elevated with the surrounding tissue, but it only lasts one week.

Saline is injected into the depressed acne scar, which causes stretching of the fibrous bands and mild collagen stimulation.

In the simple term Saline subcision is performed using a smaller 30g needle, very superficial, then saline is injected with force to lift and seperate any remaining fibrous tissue that is holding the scar down. Thus the saline basically tears apart any remaining scar tissue holding the scar down. Then you have a mixture of a blood clot and saline, while this mixture goes away in the next week or two, your body produces collagen to replace the blood clot/saline mixture.

Part of the saline solution remains in the scar and part of it gets absorbed by the body.

There is commonly a 50-80% improvement on the scarring. There is little "downtime" and the patient will not appear "treated." As the patient continues treatment, he or she will notice the tissue becoming softer and easier to inject and expand. The results are excellent after the initial treatments and the maintenance schedule has been established.

It is a gradual process but the results are permanent, since the effect of saline is to stimulate fiborblasts to remodel new collagen.
The saline treatment is helpful for the patient who has little time to recover and does not wish to appear "treated." Following saline injections, recovery is fast and normal activities can be resumed immediately. Temporary swelling and redness immediately following treatment will subside within a few hours.

This treatment is completely safe, since saline is completely safe, other than the risk of infection that is always present when having a mini-surgery performed on your skin.


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