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Indent like scars appearing on my face

For the past month or so, these horizontal indented lines have been appearing on my face. I have fair Irish skin and initially thought I just had inflamed pores, but then I had an indent line appear that was almost an inch long!

I am at a loss for what this could be. My friends and family think I am crazy but I know my face. I never had acne or cuts that would cause this. The only trauma on my face is that I shave with an electric razor everyday but have been for years. Overall I am very healthy, the only bad habits I have are lack of sleep and stress/anxiety.

Any idea what this could be??
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5714021 tn?1568665171
I've had the same spontaneous scarring since I was 23; I am now 30. Random divots, pockmarks, slight wrinkles. I had the little dots/pore-like lines connecting for a time, but it stopped. No real help is out there; most dermatologists or docs just brush it off as general acne scarring of just "aging." I've recently had very long, deep indentations at where nasolabial folds would form come out, out of nowhere.

Not sure if any of you have Googled....one of the first things that comes up is Atrophia maculosa varioliformis cutis (AMVC), a supposedly rare scarring disease. There is limited in medical literature on it and the majority of doctors are uneducated about it; there is also no cure or treatment. If anything, you'd have to resort to lots of cosmetic work like lasers and filler....but those don't address the root cause of this issue.

I'm sorry you guys have had to deal with this. It destroyed my youth and tarnished my self-confidence forever.

There is a thread on Ace.org for this AMVC disease: https://bit.ly/2mkGWkZ. My username on there is boafriend and I've been pushing the thread for the past year or so, with no past members who have come back to give updates.
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5714021 tn?1568665171
Has anyone had any updates on this? I made a thread about the same symptoms years ago and going on 6 years now, I have had no help.
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I woke up with a small indented perfect circle on my chin two days ago. There wasn't any acne or anything there before it. Going to the dermo. I hope it goes away.
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