Improving the texture of old white stretch marks? (Photo)

Question

I am a 22 years old female. I developed stretch marks many years back during puberty as well as weight fluctuations. The stretch marks are completely white now. I am planning to go for Medical Tattoo to conceal the colour. But before that I want to smooth out the texture of the scars as I know that medical tattoo will only address the colour, not the texture. So my question is that whether laser/mnrf/prp or any other procedure can improve texture of white stretch marks and to how much % approx?

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Scars can be temporary or permanent and there are many aspects of scars that can be improved. During your consultation, we look to determine the textural changes, hypopigmentation, hyperpigmentation, scar color, scar contour depth, scar atrophy, inflammation, and scar thickness. Once complete, a HIDEF protocol is established that includes pigmentation protocols to either lighten or darken scar tone, retexturization of scars, inflammatory mediators, lasers, and contour correction. All of these require time and multi-plane correction.

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Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

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Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

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