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	Heat Based Treatments Treatments for Post-Acne Scarring Fractional Laser Treatment Plasma Skin Regeneration Light Based Treatments Treatments for Post-Acne Scarring Photodynamic Therapy Laser Based Treatments Laser Resurfacing Laser and Non-Laser Hair Removal Hypertophic and Keloid Scar Treatments Laser-Assisted Punch Grafting Laser Blepharoplasty Vascular and Pigmentation Lasers Clearlight 100 VBeam BBL Laser Injection Based Treatments Dermal Fillers Muscle Relaxant Injections Treatments for Hyperhidrosis Hypertophic and Keloid Scar Treatments Fat Transplantation Sundry Procedures Surgical Treatments Treatments for Post-Acne Scarring Laser Blepharoplasty Fat Transplantation Suture Lifting Mohs Micrographic Surgery Laser-Assisted Punch Grafting Subcision Excisional Surgery Sundry Procedures Peels Light Skin Peels Medium-Strength Skin Peels Sundry Procedures Other Treatments Treatments for Post-Acne Scarring Treatments for Hyperhidrosis TCA Cross Method Laser and Non-Laser Hair Removal Hypertophic and Keloid Scar Treatments Microdermabrasion Spray On Skin Skin Rolling Sundry Procedures Find Your Treatment	Home » Other Treatments » TCA Cross Method TCA Cross Method This is a safe and highly effective treatment for acne scarring; particularly 'ice-pick' scars. High concentration TCA has the effect of increasing the body's production of collagen (your skin's building blocks) while also thickening the skin, thus allowing scars to reconstruct themselves. The advantage of the CROSS (Chemical Reconstruction of Skin Scars) method is that it allows these significant benefits to be embraced. It does this by greatly reducing the potential for subsequent scarring that is otherwise associated with higher concentrations of TCA. The procedure There is no full-face chemical resurfacing in this procedure. Rather, it is just the acne scars themselves that are treated. The healing process Results of this procedure have been excellent. Traditional TCA complications for darker-skinned patients, such as hyperpigmentation (darkening of skin colour) and hypopigmentation (lightening of skin colour), are averted.

TCA Cross Method