How to Fade Acne Scars

When you want to fade acne scars, it’s important to cleanse your skin daily. Cleansing ensures that dust, pollutants, and leftover makeup are removed, as these substances can clog pores and make the situation worse. Dermalogica Age Smart Skin Resurfacing Cleanser is formulated with Lactic Acid, an Alpha-Hydroxy Acid (AHA). Lactic Acid exfoliates the skin by gently loosening and sweeping away dead skin cells from the skin’s surface, promoting smooth, even skin and faster cell turnover to heal your acne scars. This rich treatment cleanser nourishes skin with Vitamin E, a natural antioxidant, to protect the skin from irritation by environmental factors as well as free radical damage. Gentle enough to use morning and night. Ensure you incorporate an SPF during the day due to the AHAs.

An option that incorporates Vitamin C is a great choice to fade acne scars and pigmentation. Estée Lauder Perfectionist Pro Rapid Brightening Treatment uses this powerful antioxidant to improve overall skin radiance, tone, and texture while hydrating and plumping skin. This treatment is non-acnegenic (won't clog pores) and can be used morning and night with your moisturiser of choice.

For the sensitive souls who’ve been burnt by Retinol in the past: this is a serum that will look after your sensitive skin. La Roche-Posay Redermic Retinol B3 Serum is an anti-ageing serum with pure Retinol to reduce dark spots and acne scars by brightening the skin. After cleansing at night, apply 3 to 4 drops to your face and neck. Always use in conjunction with a moisturiser and sunscreen.

Bright, clear, and even—isn’t that the dream complexion we all want? Housed in dual-chamber packaging, Murad Vita-C Glycolic Brightening Serum combines Vitamin C with Glycolic Acid to clear away dead skin cells. These ingredients also stimulate collagen and elastin to help heal acne scars for overall smoother skin. Apply 1 pump of the serum to a freshly cleansed face, morning and evening. Follow with moisturiser and use an SPF during the day.

Natural Apostle Skin Brightening & Tone Correcting Serum uses a complex of superfruits, including Kiwifruit and Vinanza Oxifend Grape, to minimise the appearance of age spots, sun spots, freckles, and acne scarring. This lightweight serum easily fits into any natural skincare regime and can be applied before moisturiser for an extra boost of hydration. Suitable for all skin types and ages, but particularly beneficial for those with pigmentation and acne scars.

Unleash your glow with Sand&Sky Australian Pink Clay Porefining Face Mask. Formulated with Australian Pink Clay, this mask not only draws out impurities. It also brightens pigmentation and uneven skin tone with Vitamin C derived from Kakadu Plum. Unlike other clay masks, Sand&Sky can be used up to 3 times a week (on oily skin).

Rich in ingredients that lighten and inhibit hyperpigmentation and uneven skin tone, Dermalogica PowerBright Pure Light SPF 50 will have you truly beaming. It’s ideal for those who spend a lot of time in the sun and are looking to avoid sun spots and hyperpigmentation, or to protect their acne scars. Use in conjunction with your treatment or serum of choice in your morning skincare rotation.

Highly concentrated and featuring natural, plant-based ingredients from the pure island of Jeju, innisfree Perfect 9 Repair Serum is the best Korean serum for fading acne scars. Created with 9 botanical actives to target 9 signs of ageing (including pigmentation, dehydration, and uneven skin tone), Green Tea Extract helps protect the skin by fighting free radical damage. And Mushroom Extracts help improve the skin barrier.