Hello everyone! I've been working on improving my scars which are a little over 10 years old now. I don't have a lot of money to work with so I've been doing as much as I can do safely at home for the past 3 months.

The issue is based on the other posts I see here it seems like I should get subcision but I can't figure out how much it would cost. Regardless, it seems like it's extremely expensive for my case. There is also a lot of different feedback about where to get it. I don't know who I can trust in my area and traveling isn't that feasible for me either. However, I may still be willing to try and do one session if I can find someone I can trust where I live (bay area California).

But I'm also wondering if I were to not do subcision, how much improvement could I realistically see? My current routine is as follows:

- 20% TCA cross every 4 or 5 weeks
- microneedling 1.5mm on cheeks every 4 weeks (only done this once and hoping to increase eventually)
- 0.05% tret every other day starting a week after MN session and stop once TCA cross session starts again
- beauty of joseon moisturizer both night and day
- sunscreen during the day
- aquaphor at night

I do think there's some progress from my treatments so far (sorry the lighting isn't the same, I circled my biggest icepick scar for comparison).

The other two pictures are both sides of my cheeks and temples from today.

What do I do? Is subcision really necessary? What other improvements do I need to make?

Overwhelmed on what to do