Dermatologist Suzanne Friedler, MD notes that you don’t have to treat your stretch marks. But for those who wish to be more proactive about potentially banishing or fading them, several treatment options exist – including home remedies and in-office techniques.
Stretch marks represent tears in the dermis, and it’s estimated that 50 to 90 percent of women have stretch marks (men can get them, too). Joshua Fox, MD answers many questions about stretch marks and how to treat them.
Finally, a Real Remedy for Stretch Marks: Dermatology Specialist Joshua Fox, MD, Offers Tips for Understanding the New Laser Treatments for Stretch Marks They’re hardly a serious disease, but those ugly little ridges that dermatologists call striae distensae (and the rest of us call stretch marks) are a serious concern for many women, […]
Treatments or Remedies to Reduce Fade or Rid Stretch Marks and Prevention Stretch marks are caused when the skin is stretched, during pregnancy; this is due to rapid weight gain. Getting to the bottom of the stretch mark situation has become a major necessity, since about ninety percent of pregnant women can expect to develop […]
Pulse Dye Laser Eliminates Stretch Marks The pulse-dye laser can be used in a standardized manner to reduce the size and discoloration of stretch marks (striae distensae) and increase the elasticity of the skin in most patients. Patients experienced approximately 65% improvement in elasticity and depression of stretch marks after treatment. The procedure is used […]
A New Approach to Treating Troubling Marks By Joshua Fox, MD Since the early 1900s, babies born with such disfiguring vascular birthmarks as hemagiomas and port wine stains – and their parents – have traditionally been met with a “hands-off” approach to treatment. But the medical community is slowly switching it’s tact from “watchful waiting” […]
