Texture and pores: from the surface to the scar
Rough texture, visible pores and acne scars don’t come from the same place. The surface can be smoothed, but a depressed scar calls for reworking collagen at depth.
Three realities behind the word “texture”
We tend to group everything under “my skin is textured,” but there’s a difference between uneven surface texture and a scar that dents the dermis. The first resurfaces fairly quickly. The second fills in through collagen, session after session.
Enlarged pores and uneven texture
Oil and dead cells widen the look of pores and make the surface rough. We can decongest and tighten the appearance, but a pore keeps its baseline size.
We decongest and resurface the surface
Acne scars
Atrophic scars dent the skin because collagen is missing under the surface. Smoothing them means restarting collagen at depth, not just polishing the top.
We restart collagen at depthWhy texture changes
Several factors act at once, and not all on the same sign.
Oil and clogged pores
When oil and dead cells build up, the pore looks larger and texture turns rough.
Past acne
Deep inflammation can leave depressed scars long after the breakouts stop.
Collagen loss
Over time, the skin loses density, and both pores and scars look more pronounced.
Sun and UV
Exposure thickens and stiffens the surface, which brings out uneven texture.
Picking and manipulation
Squeezing or picking a pimple worsens inflammation and raises the risk of a permanent scar.
The skin makes more oil. This is the age of visible pores and active acne.
- More visible pores in the T-zone
- Active acne, to treat before it leaves marks
- The right time for a routine and regular care
Acne often calms down, but scars and texture remain.
- Acne scars more visible as skin thins
- Collagen starts to slow
- Ideal time to rework texture in courses
Loss of density accentuates texture and existing depressions.
- Pores and scars look more pronounced
- The surface gets more uneven at rest
- We combine collagen and resurfacing
Refining pores and texture
We decongest, renew the surface and tighten the look of pores. These treatments act mainly on the top layer.
HydraFacial
It cleanses and decongests pores deeply and smooths texture, with no downtime.
See the treatment →ZO chemical peel
It renews the surface to refine texture and the look of pores. ZO peel $250, taxes extra.
See the treatment →LaseMD Ultra
This fractional laser resurfaces the skin and smooths surface irregularities. Results vary.
See the treatment →DP4 microneedling
Fine micro-channels restart collagen and refine texture over a series of sessions.
See the treatment →Treating acne scars
A depressed scar fills in through collagen. We work at depth, over spaced sessions, and improvement is gradual.
DP4 microneedling + exosomes
Micro-channels and exosomes restart collagen where the scar dents. It’s our starting point on texture.
See the treatment →Potenza
It combines radiofrequency and microneedling to rework deeper scars.
See the treatment →LaseMD Ultra
The fractional laser helps smooth atrophic scars and even out the surface.
See the treatment →ZO chemical peel
It complements the deeper work by renewing the surface and refining texture around scars.
See the treatment →A pore doesn’t close for good. Its look, though, can be refined.
How to choose, and combine
Surface texture and scars are often treated together, in courses. We set a plan after an evaluation, based on your skin, your scar type and your priorities.
We’ll be straight with you: a pore doesn’t vanish and a scar improves in stages, not all at once. Three nurses and three medical estheticians, seven years of experience and more than 700 reviews in Sainte-Rose, Laval.
Your questions
We start with your skin.
An honest evaluation, then a step-by-step plan. You decide, we advise.
