Posted 31 August 2013 - 07:00 PM
I didn't comment on any of the products you mentioned because I don't know much about them.
Tea tree seems to work for some acne types.
If your acne is hormonal, then you could be up shits creek as far as topicals go. I would def look into getting some type of blood work done (thyroid panel, prolactin, fsh/lh, estr/test, ETC panels).
Lavender I heard works for some types of scars.
The rest I don't know much about, other than jojoba and aloe vera.
A heard of a lot of people trying lemon juice for red marks(post acne) and I never heard of any miracles, only that it's a slow process w/ it.
Most of this stuff just targets melanin and probably not the actual pigmentation 'damage'(not related to melanin) that you may have. Unless you have some type of dark markings.
Again, if you're very light skinned, then it could take that much longer to rid yourself of these types of markings.S
Some people take lycopene, astaxanthin, and other types of carotenoids to develop a somewhat darker skin tone (but not orange). This also may even skin tone as well.
Others might do a lightly tanning approach. Heard of some people taking tyrosine or melanotan for dealing w/ age related marks as well.
The problem comes w/ product penetration. You might look into formulations that also involve DMSO or some type of good carrier.
I would at least look into dermarolling. You might also venture into peels as well. Some are better for acne and some for wrinkles/varying types of scarring.
I don't know much about scarring.
Except I'm just under the impression that your body doesn't see the scar as damage, since it's probably not under a continual healing process. Hence, why it doesn't heal itself through some type of skin homeostasis.
Which would lead to one having to use external elements. Like some type of skin manipulation that 'damages' the skin to a small extent in order to fool the body into regenerating to certain areas where the manipulation occurred.
For instance, the process of needling. Probing/poking(w/ damage involved) an area over a period of time, to the point where an indented object becomes un-indented through some type of compensation, but no overcompensation to the point where scar tissue forms.
Another is suctioning, which is a Chinese method I believe. Which just speeds up the healing process via increased blood(and the goodies that come w/ blood) to the area of damage.
Maybe someone w/ knowledge on this can chime in.