SKIN & SCARS · ILLUSTRATED 3D RECOVERY
Punch Excision (Acne Scars): before & after and recovery stages
Compare narrow pits with short closure lines, then follow local color fading while residual linear scars remain.
SUMMARY
What this example shows
Three narrow pits per cheek are replaced by short closure lines at the same sites. Early local color fades while small linear scars remain. This depicts removal and closure, not lifting a scar floor. Sutures, dressings, open wounds and individual scar width are not reconstructed; the dates are comparison examples.
STAGE BY STAGE
Punch Excision (Acne Scars) recovery stages
Narrow-pit reference
Three small depressions occupy fixed sites on each cheek.
The starting scars are fictional; their sites stay fixed across dates.
First treated view: Closed-site example
Short colored lines replace the pits at the same locations.
The scar is removed and the wound closed. Sutures and dressings are omitted from this outer-surface view.
Intermediate example: Linear scars still visible
Surrounding fullness is lower but the closure lines retain color.
General excision scars may remain red and raised before gradually settling over months.
Later comparison: Residual linear scars
The same lines have less color and remain visible.
This is an authored comparison date, not a guaranteed endpoint or a prediction of scar width.
TIMELINE
Day-by-day checkpoints in the 3D model
The simulator interpolates between these authored checkpoints. They describe the illustration, not measured clinical averages.
The unchanged display face provides a reference for this example.
Short colored lines replace the original pits; sutures and dressings are omitted.
The same closed sites retain temporary color and fullness.
Local color remains around the closure lines.
The lines remain as surrounding fullness lessens.
Linear marks remain; quieter skin does not mean scar maturation is complete.
The same lines have less color in this authored example.
Small linear scars remain at the treated sites.
Residual lines remain. Individual width, color and healing can differ.
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
How recovery can vary
Timing and response
Closure direction, tension and individual healing affect the resulting scar. The six selected sites, width and dates are illustrative; this is not a surgical plan.
Longer term
A removed pit is replaced by a scar, not untouched skin. Further treatment, pigment change, widening and raised scarring vary individually and are not predicted.
EVIDENCE NOTES
Sources and limitations
- NHS 111 Wales: Punch excision for acne scars
Removal of an ice-pick scar and closure of the remaining wound, distinct from lifting its base. The source does not validate this model's dates or dimensions.
- DermNet: Skin excision and scarring
General excision closure leaves a scar. Initial redness and elevation can lessen over months. This general guidance is not a measured acne punch-excision course.
KEEP COMPARING
Other skin & scars examples
- Z-Plasty (Scar Reorientation)
- Scar Revision Surgery
- Mole Removal (Shave)
- Mole Removal (Excision)
- Microdermabrasion
- Dermabrasion
- Light Chemical Peel
- Medium Chemical Peel
- Deep Chemical Peel
- Ablative Laser Resurfacing
- Nonablative Laser Resurfacing
- Microneedling (Without RF)
- Radiofrequency Microneedling
- IPL (Brown-Spot Response)
- Laser Toning (Melasma)
- Skin Booster Injections
- TCA CROSS (Ice-Pick Scars)
- Punch Elevation (Boxcar Scars)
- Punch Skin Grafting (Acne Scars)
- Cryotherapy (Small Raised Scars)
- Keloid Excision
- Steroid Injections (Keloid)
- Steroid Injections (Raised Acne Scars)
- Subcision (Rolling Cheek Scars)
- Pulsed Dye Laser (Cheek Redness)
This illustration is not medical advice, diagnosis, a treatment recommendation or a prediction of personal results. Swelling, color, contour and dates are authored examples on a fictional face. BeautiNext is not a clinic; your treating team’s assessment and written recovery plan take priority.