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Over the past two decades, multiple modalities for treatment of acne scars have emerged and microneedling with dermaroller is one of them.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To evaluate the efficacy and safety of microneedling treatment for atrophic facial acne scars.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Material and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Thirty\u2010six patients (female \u2013 26, male \u2013 10) of postacne atrophic facial scars underwent five sittings of dermaroller under topical anesthesia at monthly intervals. Objective evaluation of improvement was performed by recording the acne scar assessment score at baseline and thereafter at every visit. Pre\u2010 and posttreatment photographs were compared, and improvement was graded on quartile score. Final assessment was performed 1\u00a0month after the last sitting. Patients were asked to grade the improvement in acne scars on visual analog scale (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">VAS<\/jats:styled-content>, 0\u201310 point scale) at the end of study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 36 patients, 30 completed the study. The age group ranged from 18 to 40\u00a0years, and all patients had skin phototype <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IV<\/jats:styled-content> or <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">V<\/jats:styled-content>. There was a statistically significant decrease in mean acne scar assessment score from 11.73\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.12 at baseline to 6.5\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.71 after five sittings of dermaroller. Investigators' assessment based on photographic evaluation showed 50\u201375% improvement in majority of patients. The results on visual analog scale (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">VAS<\/jats:styled-content>) analysis showed \u201cgood response\u201d in 22 patients and \u201cexcellent response\u201d in four patients, at the end of study. 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