title: [The role of surgery in the treatment of acne scars].
abstract: Severe acne lead to inesthetic scars on the face of young adults. A new classification based on the morphology of acne scars allows to establish the more appropriate therapeutic strategy. The surgical technics are: punch-excision, punch-elevation, subcission, dermal graft or adipose tissue autotransplantation. Skin resurfacing by dermabrasion, CO2 or Erbium/YAG laser or laser remodeling could be performed as a complement of the surgery. By associating these treatments acne scars are greatly improved.
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, Hôpital universitaire de Zurich 8000 Zurich.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hafner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salomon
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000150:complications*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans