Pock Marks

Definition

A pock-marked face is a curse for every women. Makeup can hide these marks but cannot vanish them completely. But there are some treatment too for the removal of pock marks. There are two ways to remove pock marks permanently:

1. Skin peeling
2. Sand-paper surgery

A pock mark is a mark or scar which is left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease. It appears as a small pit on the skin. These look ugly on the face. There are cosmetically very ugly if the receiver is man or woman. In case of woman this is a curse. These may be anywhere on the body. They appear as scar on body. These are not itchy or painful. These are cosmetically bad looking. On face they may appear on the cheek, forehead and below eyebrows. They usually appear on the face rather than whole body. It comes as a result of chicken pox. Chicken pox is the disease which comes usually in children and some bumps appear in this disease. This gets well in a week but it leaves some scars on the face as well as on body. The scars are permanent and remain forever on the face. They are practically impossible to remove. Yet some treatments are there.

Causes of Pock Marks

1. This may also be the result of removing any disease such as acne etc.
2. The main cause of poke mark is chicken pox. After chicken pox it leaves spot like digs in the skin.

Symptoms of Pock Marks

1. These usually come in childhood and get reduced with the advancement of age from childhood to adolescence with the growth of the body.
2. A scar or mark like pit in the skin appears
3. The poke marks usually appears on the face yet it may be anywhere on body.

Treatment of Pock Marks

• Some facials or lanolin creams can also be used.
• Although this is not like a disease. No pain, no itching, no harm is done. So no treatment is needed. The treatment is only due to cosmetic reasons and also the treatment is painful and expensive. So, usually a treatment is not recommended.
• You can use deep cleansing milk in night before sleeping and apply a nourishing cream. This will reduce the marks.
• Skin peeling: For skin peeling, many kinds of pastes are applied on the patient's face. A layer of the skin gets peeled off after application of the paste and the skin gets spotless after repeating the process many times.
• Sand-paper surgery: This is generally done in foreign countries. It is not prevalent in India due to its excessive cost. The drawback is that the patient has to suffer a lot of pain due to numerous small operations on the skin, so these operations should be done only by a specialist.