Stretch Marks
Stretch Marks are an unsightly form of scarring formed by too much stress being put on the dermis. Causes range from growth during puberty, pregnancy, rapid weight gain, some skin conditions, as well as a variety of other circumstances that could stress out your skin. The ‘striae’ (the scientific name for stretch marks) appear first as red or purplish lines, usually running in the same direction on an area of your body, and fade gradually to white or silvery marks. Men and women of all ages can suffer from stretch marks. Some people develop them very early in their lives, others develop them later.
What AMA has to say:
Stretch marks create a variety of interesting challenges for practitioners of cosmetic medicine. They are a unique kind of scar, and their structure will vary greatly from patient to patient based on how they were formed, where on the body they are, the patient’s skin type, and how long the striae have been present on the skin.
However, major advances have been made particularly in laser technology that can change the appearance of your stretch marks, from substantially smoothing and diminishing their appearance to making them vanish all together. The key is in ‘fractionated’ laser light, provided by our leading-edge Sciton® Profraxional Erbium laser modality. Often used in combination with other laser modalities for a truly customized procedure, treatments like these even the color tone of your skin, case the dermis to replace damaged cells with new growth and stimulate the production of refreshed collagen.
In as few as 3-5 treatments, your stretch marks will lighten and fade due to the fact that, through our state-of-the art process of Holistic Phsyiological Transformation, the scar tissue is actually being healed and eliminated rather than simply covered up.
