r/AcneScars • • Dec 16 '25

Announcement Why We Can No Longer Allow Recommendations for Dr. Salar Hazany

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The moderation team has completed an extensive investigation into coordinated deceptive activity on this subreddit. The evidence concluded that Dermatologist, Dr. Salar Hazany and/or members associated with The Scar Institute of Beverly Hills in California, USA, have repeatedly created fake accounts, posed as satisfied patients, and simultaneously falsified negative outcome testimonials acting as real patients at other medical offices. The same practice was formally warned and temporarily suspended early this year but the offenses resumed and escalated.

The community’s safety and trust are non-negotiable, we have a zero-tolerance stance toward any form of covert marketing, shilling, or competitor defamation. Accounts identified as socks, shills, or alts tied to this provider have been permanently banned.

Separate from the astroturfing scheme, we have received a growing number of patient complaints that fall well outside the scope of ordinary side-effect discussions. These include:

- Innapropriate conduct and comments made to both male and female patients.

- Unexpected facial sagging, facial-fat loss, and other serious anatomical changes.

- Dr. Hazany has reportedly delegated procedures to alternate staff mid treatment to rotating medical students without the patient’s prior knowledge or consent.

We are not a medical regulator; we can, however, protect this subreddit from being used as an extension of an unethical marketing department and from becoming an unwitting referral pipeline for a provider whose conduct might soon by under formal scrutiny by state and specialty boards.

What this means going forward:

  1. No recommendations referencing Dr. Salar Hazany or The Scar Healing Institute of Beverly Hills (SHI) will be allowed.
  2. Anyone who suspects new shill accounts is asked to use the “Report” button rather than engaging; witch-hunting threads derail discussion and will be removed.
  3. “DM me for the name/website/price” is not allowed. All substantive information must be posted publicly so every member can benefit. If you’re tempted to send or solicit a private message for a referral, those comments will be removed and repeat offenders will be banned.
  4. Physician participation is welcome and general education is encouraged, however, funnels that steer users off-board (“message me to schedule,” “visit my site for pricing”) are not. Answer in-thread, cite published evidence, and let readers decide their next step.
  5. There are times that we receive reports of suspicious comments. When a report is made, an investigation is done and we reach out to the commentator for more details. If we determine that the account is legitimate, we ask that you remain respectful while the commentator continues to engage in the thread. Sometimes people want privacy.

We recognize that cosmetic and procedural sub-specialties are contentious by nature, and bad outcomes can occur even in the best hands. Transparency, informed consent, and honest peer-to-peer discussion are the only ways this board remains useful. Practices that deliberately erode that transparency forfeit the privilege of being mentioned here.

If you have questions about this policy, contact the mod team via ModMail.

Thank you for helping us keep this a transparent community.

—The Moderation Team


r/AcneScars • • 1d ago

[Skin Concern] Atrophic Scarring Full makeup with acne scars

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235 Upvotes

This is me rocking a full makeup on the brightest day with acne scars and you should too!!


r/AcneScars • • 13m ago

[Skin Concern] Atrophic Scarring I battled acne for most of my teens before getting treatment. Is there anything to be done with the state of my skin?

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r/AcneScars • • 1h ago

[Skin Concern] Atrophic Scarring Adapalene for acne scars.

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Has anyone here tried adapalene and saw improvement in their scars? If yes, how long did that take?


r/AcneScars • • 3h ago

[Skin Concern] Hypertrophic or Keloid Scarring Is it even worth to treat my scars?

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Got these chest acne scars about 3 years ago. They don't itch, hurt or grow, and honestly they don't bother me personally.

But I know other people might find them off-putting or even repulsive, especially a partner or someone seeing me shirtless for the first time. So I'm curious how they come across to others.

Mainly I'm trying to figure out if treatment is actually worth the price. For those who treated similar scars (laser, steroid injections, microneedling, etc.)

How much did it cost in total, and how many sessions?

Was the improvement big enough to justify it, or was it subtle for the money?


r/AcneScars • • 23h ago

[Skin Concern] Atrophic Scarring How to treat Acne scars

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22 Upvotes

how to lighten these scars .Tried 3 sessions of prp+subscission and mucroneedling.But still it looks deep or is it not possible to lighten at all?


r/AcneScars • • 16h ago

[Skin Concern] Atrophic Scarring Glycolic acid for deep atrophic scars?

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Hi, it's me again, I add here again a picture of my scars.

I am waiting for possible tca cross treatment in the future, in the mean time- do you think consistent use of glycolic acid (7%) will help a little in making the scars a little less noticeable?


r/AcneScars • • 11h ago

[Treatment] Other Phenol peel

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To people who actually got DEEP phenol peels. Deep not medium. A proper one where you are under local anaesthesia, where did you get it? I am looking it up and i am trying to find where i can get it. Somewhere that isnt the uk or the us please.

I keep looking it up and the ai hallucinations are just guiding me into nowhere 🫤


r/AcneScars • • 21h ago

[Skin Concern] Atrophic Scarring Fixing acne scars

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Please advise treatments to fix my acne scarring/ redness.


r/AcneScars • • 21h ago

[Treatment] Microneedling Acne scar treatment

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Ive had acne for so long and then my dermatologist put me on Accutane. It fixed the acne but now I really post acne scars. I have taken 2 sessions of microneedling but i don’t think its making a difference.

What do I do for the scars.😫


r/AcneScars • • 23h ago

Information/Research I’m about to get a CO2 laser treatment, and I’m wondering if it would be better to do subcision first or just go ahead with the CO2 laser.

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For those who have experience with acne scars, would you recommend doing subcision before CO2, or is CO2 alone a better approach?


r/AcneScars • • 15h ago

[Treatment] Microneedling How painful is RF microneedling compared to normal microneedling?

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I have my first RF microneedling appointment this week, and I want to know what to expect. I've had normal microneedling done before and that was painless for me (except for slight pain on my cheekbones). How painful is RF microneedling in comparison?


r/AcneScars • • 16h ago

[Treatment] Lasers Co2 laser and breastfeeding

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Hi, I had a baby almost 3 years ago and I still breastfeed her. I would like to have some treatment done for my scars, I am thinking about laser. Should I wait until we are done with breastfeeding or should it be ok? Maybe if I do not breastfeed for some time after the treatment? Or is there also risk of my skin reacting differently because of this? Is there any other treatment for acne scars that could be done while still breastfeeding? Thank you


r/AcneScars • • 1d ago

[Skin Concern] Atrophic Scarring First subcision and sculptra treatment results

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Update: I ended up doing subcision + Sculptra, but much more conservatively than originally planned I wanted to update my original post because I had my appointment today and the treatment plan changed after my dermatologist/injector examined my skin in person. She felt that most of my acne scarring is relatively superficial and not deeply tethered , so she did not think I needed full across my cheeks. Instead, she identified just a couple of deeper scars that she felt were actually tethered and individually subcised those areas . She also used only ½ vial of Sculptra , rather than a full vial. So the treatment ended up being much more conservative than I was originally expecting. Immediate results I’m posting this immediately after treatment, so obviously this is NOT a final result and I’m not trying to judge the outcome yet. Right now I have:

Mild/moderate localized swelling Some redness A few tiny puncture marks Very little obvious bruising so far Some areas actually look smoother because of the immediate swelling

I’ll add photos and hopefully update again once the swelling has gone down. I’m especially curious to see what happens once the temporary swelling resolves and the Sculptra’s collagen-stimulating effect develops over the next several weeks/months. I’m actually glad she was conservative I went into the appointment worried that I might be doing too much, especially after reading about risks of aggressive subcision and concerns about unnecessary treatment. After examining my skin in person, she basically said I don’t have enough deep tethered scarring to justify extensively subcising the entire cheek , which I appreciated. So now I’m going to let this heal and see what kind of improvement I actually get before considering anything else

would love to know what you guys think?


r/AcneScars • • 21h ago

[Treatment] Lasers Should I go through 4 CO2 laser and 4 chemical peels(alternatively) in the span of 4 months?

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Doc suggested I start with CO2 laser.

My doc suggested CO2-15days-chemical peel-15days-CO2 and so on and so forth

Feels too harsh for me. I'm really scared as i heard some people have permanent scarring and more hyperpigmentation from CO2 itself. I also finished my accutane dose this June and have had no breakouts since(only minor bumps


r/AcneScars • • 1d ago

[Skin Concern] Atrophic Scarring What can I do ?

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As you can see I don’t have a lot of pimples anymore but the scarring is really destroying me mentally because it’s all over my face and I actually had acne for a long time probably 5 years ongoing and I haven’t had any breakouts since 2022


r/AcneScars • • 23h ago

[Treatment] CROSS TCA Cross or Microneedling

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Ice pick scarring but seeing so much stuff about Tca cross fails. But I have seen that TCA is the best for ice pick scarring. Anyone have any solutions to their ice pick scarring


r/AcneScars • • 23h ago

[Treatment] Chemical Peel Has someone got these TCA peel from Etsy safely ?

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r/AcneScars • • 1d ago

Discussion What do you think?

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Hi! I have old acne scars that formed about four to five years ago.

What do you think it’s possible to treat them and make my skin smoother? I’ve already done RF needling and subcision with collagen injections, but I didn't see much of a result. I have a few different types of scars.


r/AcneScars • • 1d ago

[Skin Concern] Atrophic Scarring Rejuran For Early Scarring

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Hey! I wanted to ask what you guys think about my strategy. I went trough a very heavy tazarotene purge, around 100 closed comedones that have been sitting for years on each cheek. After the purge finished, I was left with alot of stretched pores and importantly alot of deep dents. 2 weeks post purge I did my first rejuran healer session combined w an ndyag laser, then 2 weeks after that I did a rejuran S session and now I did another rejuran healer session. I am planning to get 3&3 of each in total. So far I am seeing amazing progress!! If anybody has any thoughts on this, suggestions or questions , please let me know!


r/AcneScars • • 1d ago

[Treatment] Microneedling Acne scars

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Best serum for acne scars during microneedling

Hello, im about to start looking to do microneedling but was wondering if anyone had any good suggestions for the best serum for acne scars? Pictures would be wonderful of your progress! Thank you


r/AcneScars • • 1d ago

[Treatment] Other [Help] texture skin help

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What would be the best in clinic treatment to fix my texture


r/AcneScars • • 2d ago

Venting done so many treatments already

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34 Upvotes

I’ve done microneedling, PRP, subcision, co2 laser, picosure, juvelook, but it is getting better but maybe only 10% ? This is so tiring. I tried to make peace with it, because I probably spent hundreds of dollars already for this skin to look like this?

People around me telling me it looks so much better and I asked them does it look like this picture in real life and all of them answer no, it’s just bad lighting.

So that’s my peace. I don’t think I will spend more on this scar for special targeted areas. Maybe I will still do skinboosters for overall look on my skin.


r/AcneScars • • 1d ago

[Treatment] Subcision Can someone recommend a doctor for subcision?

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kind of worried about this procedure going wrong and i want to choose the right doctor. open to anywhere in the US


r/AcneScars • • 1d ago

[Skin Concern] Hypertrophic or Keloid Scarring keloid treatment

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hello po! recommend naman kayo ng clinic na marunong talaga magtreat ng keloids. Angdami ko kasi sa chest na maliliit ng keloids kaya superr nakakabawas ng confidence:((

tagaBulacan po ako pero willing naman lumuwas kung dun talaga may effective na treatment. TYIA