How Do I Get Rid of Old Stretch Marks and Loose Skin on Stomach?

Is there any hope for old stretch marks yet? I am 40 years old and would love to find a machine that will get rid of them without going under the knife. They are located on my stomach from having two huge kids. There is also some excess skin from the kids stretching out my stomach. I work out every day and have a hard stomach but I cant get rid of the excess skin and the stretch marks. Yuck!

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Reducing stretch marks on the abdomen

Old stretch marks can be reduced with three new lasers used in our practice. These lasers can tighten stretch marks and reduce redness.

Tummy Tuck and Lasers

For loose skin: While there are treatments out there for skin tightening (Thermage is one) that do not involve surgery, we do not offer them because the patient satisfaction rates are low (see 38% Thermage satisfaction rate on this site). In addition, patients we have spoken with that have had good Thermage results note that it does not last very long. With that said, we believe surgery is your best option for sagging abdominal skin. For stretch marks: This is a more difficult questions... more