Any chronic wound or delayed healing process in the skin will cause scarring, whether it be from a surgical wound with complications, an embedded splinter that takes days, weeks or months to work its way out, or an acne pustule that cannot heal.
If acne persists for several weeks as a pustule or infected area that cannot heal because of fluid being trapped under the skin, the probability of scarring increases. It is for this reason that dermatologists sometimes extract comedones or sebaceous plugs in follicles. This procedure is done in order to open the outlet for debris to exit the skin. In cases of deep cystic acne, a physician might actually incise and drain the acne lesion to minimize future scarring.
Using an acne treatment product that controls acne in its early stages to prevent the formation of fluid-filled pockets is the best way to prevent permanent scarring from acne. |
