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Elicina Cream in Acne Scars Treatment 
Scars form at the site of an injury. They are the visible reminders of injury and tissue repair. In the case of acne the injury is caused by the body's inflammatory response to sebum, bacteria and dead cells in the plugged sebaceous follicle. Two types of scars exist: (1) depressed areas such as pitted or ice-pick scars and (2) raised thickened tissue such as hyperthropic and keloid scars.
The wound healing process is comprised of three overlapping phases: inflammation, proliferation and maturation.
During the inflammatory phase, blood vessels contract and red blood cells clot the wound, while white blood cells swarm to the damaged area in an effort to clean up any contaminants and protect the site from infection.
Then, during the proliferation phase, both skin cells and connective tissue cells (fibroblasts) begin multiplying to repair the damage. The fibroblasts form a framework which the skin cells can migrate into and fill in the
wound. It is the balance between the rate of replication of fibroblasts versus skin cells that is important here. If the fibroblasts replicate too quickly, they can form a dense network that is not as easily penetrated by the skin cells and result in a large scar. If the skin cells keep up with the fibroblasts, then little scar tissue is formed and the skin has a more normal appearance after the wound has healed. Sometimes the process does not yield new tissue and an eroded area is left over.
During the maturation phase of a wound, also known as the remodeling phase, new collagen is formed to create a scar. Collagen is a fibrous protein which gives a new scar its characteristic bumpy look. With recovery, the collagen is broken down and the scar flattens and shrinks. Scar maturation left on its own usually takes at least a year.
Elicina Cream is an effective treatment for scars. It improves both raised and ice-pick or pitted acne scars. This is because of the action of the natural allantoin and complex proteins present in the snail secretions in a
bio-available form. Allantoin has been termed a cell proliferant or an epithelization stimulant, for it speeds up the formation of new skin and collagen cells. It also cleans away and shrinks necrotic tissue and helps to
fill in cavities and shrink and flatten raised scars. Elicina also contains collagen and elastin, which form our human connective tissues and help restore the natural moisture-holding proteins that give healthy skin its
firmness.
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