Unfortunately, no lasers or creams can get rid of stretch marks. The best they can do is to lighten those in their darker earlier stages. A stretch mark is a split of the dermis layer of the skin with the outer epidermis layer left intact. Because of this the only way they can be removed is if they are in... more
Does Fraxel work on stretch marks?
I am having treatments for stretch marks that are not from pregnancy. I am now trying Fractional. I had my first treatment and so far it's okay - not seeing anything quite yet but will fractional laser treatments help me? I do not have large stretch marks they are small skinny lines but everywhere. Thank you for your help!
3 answers to “Does Fraxel work on stretch marks?”
A: Fractional laser treatments are your best bet for treating stretch marks
Stretch marks are very difficult to treat. They form when a person grows quickly, gains weight rapidly, or is pregnant. The skin stretches so quickly that the elastic tissue in the skin actually tears. That is why stretch marks don't go away when the person loses weight or is no longer... more
A: Adressing stretch marks is a difficult task
Stretch marks are perhaps one of the most bothersome issue to patients yet, aside from cellulite. Stretch are areas where the skin has been stretched beyond it physical property and a layer of the skin has become very thin. Fraxel may help tighten the skin slightly but it will NOT remove the stretch marks. For... more
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8 Aug 2008
I have already been thru 1 treatment of Fraxel laser and boy was I sunburned. My skin was so tender, mind you I'm hispanic and I don't typically get sunburns so this was a new and painful experience. It has been a week now and I have dark spots where the lady lasered me, that bothers me b/c I have to wear elbow length tops. I called the place I went to have the laser done and the lady said that all the brown spots would go away in weeks, she was very general. In 1 1/2 wks I will get a micro-peel hopefully this will help with the stretchmarks and the darks spots I have. I did get confort when she said all those dark spots would go away.