BACKGROUNDAtrophic scars results from any inflammatory skin disease causing sufficient damage to epidermis and dermal collagen. The most common causes of atrophic scars are severe nodular or nodulocystic acne. Main morphological types of atrophic post-acne scars are icepick scars, superficial or deep boxcar scars and rolling scars and various modalities of treatments are available.
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