The first priority may be calming active acne and improving the conditions contributing to recurring breakouts.
Treat Acne and Its Marks
At Gentle Touch MediSpa, we take a personalized approach to acne and acne scarring, looking at what’s happening in your skin now as well as the marks or texture breakouts may have left behind.
What Acne Leaves Behind
Active Breakouts
- Persistent breakouts along the jaw and chin
- Blackheads and congestion
- Painful cystic bumps
- Oily, easily irritated skin
- Flare-ups tied to hormones
Lingering Marks
- Pitted scarring
- Dark post-acne spots
- Uneven texture
- Enlarged pores
- Lingering red marks
- Rough patches
What’s Happening Beneath The Surface
Acne can develop when excess oil, dead skin cells and inflammation contribute to clogged pores and breakouts. Even after active acne improves, inflammation can leave behind discoloration, while deeper breakouts can damage collagen and create lasting changes in skin texture. Understanding what you’re treating matters—because active breakouts, post-acne marks and true acne scars don’t all respond to the same approach.
Treatment Options for Acne & Acne Scarring
Red or brown marks after acne are different from true scars and may respond to treatments that improve tone and promote skin renewal.
Indented or uneven acne scars involve changes below the skin’s surface and often require treatments that stimulate collagen and remodel texture.
More aggressive isn’t always better. Treatment should account for your skin’s sensitivity, current inflammation and ability to recover.
When acne, discoloration and scarring overlap, a thoughtful sequence of treatments may produce better results than trying to address everything at once.
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Our treatment planning tool lets you tell us more about your specific concerns, so our experts can craft your personalized care plan.
Your Treatment Journey
Personalized Consultation
We start by looking at what’s happening in your skin now—active breakouts, congestion, lingering discoloration, textural scarring or a combination—and talk about what you’d most like to improve.
Customized Plan
Your provider builds a plan around your skin and goals, which may include treating active breakouts first, addressing lingering marks and texture, or combining treatments in a thoughtful sequence over time.
Treatment Session
Your treatment will vary based on the approach we recommend. Peels, microneedling and resurfacing treatments are customized to your skin, with comfort, safety and appropriate recovery in mind.
Aftercare Guidance
We’ll guide you through what to expect after treatment, how to care for your skin at home and when to return for your next treatment or follow-up.
Frequently Asked Questions
Acne marks are areas of discoloration that remain after a breakout and may gradually fade over time. True acne scars involve changes in the skin’s texture, such as indentations or unevenness. Because they’re different concerns, they often require different treatment approaches.
Sometimes, but not always. If acne is actively inflamed, we may recommend addressing the breakouts first before focusing more aggressively on scarring and texture. Your provider will determine the right sequence based on what’s happening in your skin.
There isn’t one treatment that’s best for every acne scar. The type and depth of scarring, your skin, and your goals all matter. Microneedling, laser resurfacing, chemical peels or a combination of treatments may be recommended after we evaluate your skin.
Acne scars can often be significantly improved, but completely eliminating them isn’t always realistic. Our goal is to improve texture, soften the appearance of scars and create smoother, healthier-looking skin while setting realistic expectations from the beginning..
It depends on what we’re treating and the treatment selected. Active breakouts, discoloration and textural scars can each require a different number and sequence of treatments. We’ll recommend a plan based on your skin and adjust it as your skin responds.
It varies. Some treatments may cause temporary redness, dryness or peeling, while deeper resurfacing treatments can involve more recovery. We’ll explain the expected downtime before treatment so you can choose an approach that fits your skin, goals and schedule.
Aesthetic treatments aren’t appropriate for every type or severity of acne. If we believe your acne would be better managed by a dermatologist or another medical provider, we’ll tell you. Our goal is to recommend what’s appropriate for your skin—not simply a treatment we offer.
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