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Hi,
Yes, TCA cross uses high concentration of Trichloro-Acetic acid (TCA) to injure the skin to cause subsequent skin inflammation, healing and scar improvement. If incorrectly applied or applied in excessive amount, the TCA may indeed cause excessive skin damage resulting in additional scarring including keloid scars.
As with most aesthetic procedures, your doctor’s competence and experience will reduce potential side effects to the minimum.
Hope this helps!
Hi, Your photo suggests that you have papular (small raised bumps) post-acne scars rather than true keloids. These are common on the nose, chin, chest and back in susceptible patients after active inflammatory acne. It is most important to control your acne activity to minimize new scars from occurring. Actual treatment is difficult and in my experience, repeated fractional CO2 lasering may give some modest improvement by leveling the raised papular scars. Hope this helps!
Hi, Additional injury, ongoing inflammation, and secondary bacterial infection are the three most common causes in clinical practice that result in worsening of existing keloids. Hope this helps!
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