From £85
Microneedling
A broad remodelling route for selected shallow depressed texture.
Explore this route ↗Ice-pick, boxcar, rolling and raised scars
Acne-scar types
Identify the broad scar families that make combination planning more useful than one treatment for the whole face.
What it means
Start with the pattern, not the treatment name
Depressed acne scars include narrow deep ice-pick scars, sharper-edged boxcar depressions and wider rolling scars that may be tethered. Raised hypertrophic or keloid scars reflect excess scar tissue. Mixed patterns are common and need different tools.
Options at Idalia
How this concern may be approached
Treatment is selected after your concern, skin response, medical history, suitable product route and realistic benefit have been reviewed.
From £119
Subcision
Targets selected tethered rolling scars beneath the surface.
Explore this route ↗Referral
Specialist referral
Ice-pick, deep boxcar, raised or complex scars may need other procedures.
Explore this route ↗A useful home-care foundation
- Control active acne first
- Map scar types in directional light
- Plan combinations in stages
- Use realistic percentage improvement goals
When to pause cosmetic treatment
- Active acne is not controlled
- Keloid or raised-scar history
- Deep ice-pick or complex scars
- Significant pigment-change risk
Medical boundary
New, changing, painful, severe or unexplained symptoms should be assessed by a GP, pharmacist, optometrist, dermatologist or another appropriate clinician before cosmetic treatment.