Stretch Marks!!

[Guest]

ha ha, think daisyreal should be called daisyfake! palmers coco butter is a good moisturiser, i'm not too keen on the smell myself but it does leave your skin feeling soft, however it doesn't remove stretch marks. I've been using it as a mosturiser for years and haven't seen the slightest difference to my stretch marks.

[Guest]

alright I have been checking around for places that offer total fx. its around 5000 just for the face. talk about EXTORTION. yeesh. can you imagine the prices for the surface area of stretch marks?

[Guest]

If the human product of Acell will be available sometime this year, would only doctors be able to use it? Is there anyway we could get ahold of some?

I've read where Acell is mostly made up of pig collagen (from the bladder). I wonder if otc collagen would work in a similar way? If following the process Edward did on skin biology.

Any thoughts?

S

[Rez]

Hi Folks

I would like to share my experiences about treating stretch marks. I'm a guy in my mid-20s with extensive striae following rapid weight gain in my late teens. I have tried the following the treatments with mixed results:

1. Fraxel Re:Store, 10 treatments, 40-70MJ, L8-L11

Very subtle improvement in skin discoluration indentation and the dimesnions of the dermal scarring.
Moderate improvement in skin elasticity (the way the marks wrinkle on folding
Excellent improvemnet in epidermal thickness and smoothness of skin.


2. Tazarotene 0.1% applied daily for 10 minutes and then washed off with dermol 500

This treatment caused a lot of skin discolouration (hyperpigmentation + erythema) which made the stretch marks look a lot worse! No significant improvements in stretch marks after one year.

3. Pulse Dye Laser Treatment

Absolute waste of time!

4. 2mm dermaroller

I didn't stick with this treatment for long. The excessive bleeding, hyperpigmentation and long term erythema put me off!


5. Skin needling using an acupunture needle, 0.2mmx1.8mm

I started using this method a few months ago, the results have been quite encouraging so far. I treat the striae only and not the surrounding healthy tissue to avoid bruising, hyperpigmentation and erythema of the unaffected areas. As such, the process takes a long time and requires the use of a topical numbing cream. The stretch marks become very raised and swollen immeditely after needling (far more so than they ever did with Fraxel). This treatment makes the most sense to me because it (a)breakes down scar tissue, (b)brings a lot of blood to to the area and (c)appears to encourage the formation of new collagen without the collateral damage of a dermaroller!


My deramtologist recently told me that the best treatment currently available on the market is the RioBlush. Does anyone have any experinece with this?

Cheers

Rez

[Mai]

Rez,
I dont want to be rude, but you are the second person to inquire after carboxy (i.e rioblush). I know the board is hard to navigate but its not that difficult to scroll back a few pages. Anyway, I and another person who goes by RK on this board are currently trying carboxy. She has had 3 treatments with no reults. I have had many more but I have decided to count only 5 of those (as apparently treatments closer than 3 weeks apart do not help). So I am counting 5 treatments, though I have had many more. I also have not seen ANY results. I would suggest, you either wait until someone here sees results (I am continuing treatment and will always post my experiences) or you start saving your money for some sort of active/deep, total fx procedure.
Good luck

[Guest]

Hey Mai

Thanks for your reply. What do your stretch marks looks like following treatment? And how long do they take to go back to baseline?

Cheers

Rez

[Guest]

They are bright red immediately following treatment, I would say swollen as well. There is definitely inflammation. They return to normal within 48 hours (at the most). Do not let the inflammation fool you into thinking there is a difference. There are also usually small bruises, not everywhere but this treatment can and does cause bruising, how big the bruises are depends on you. Mine are usually completely resolved within two weeks.

[Guest]

does anyone know how fraxel re:pair (new CO2 laser) compares to active fx, deep fx, total fx?? i would really like to settle on a treatment so any help is appreciated

thanks

[Guest]

I'd say Total FX seems as the best of all so far (as it is a combination of ActiveFX and DeepFX) even though a few people had improvement with the new Fraxel as well. I'm saving for TotalFX at the moment but I can't find a clinic in the UK offering any of these so far!

[Guest]

i emailed a doctor who said that fraxel repair and total fx were exactly the same but honestly this doesnt sound right. i am trying to get in touch with lumenis to se what exactly the differences are but thus far they have proved too incompetent to email me back. i am leaning towards total fx but as for now its too expensive. its not the money in and of itself, its the fact that they have the audacity to charge such an egregious amount of money for a procedure that takes less than an hour. DISGUSTING. a face runs around 5k. there is absolutely no excuse for that.

[daisypopp]

Thanks to J for answering my question on Acell. Boyyy do I have my fingers crossed on this one.

I've just had another gutting stretch mark moment. I was always fine with having them on my bum, inner thighs and underneath my boobs, this didn't bother me. Getting them all around my thighs and hips began to bother me more. Then I got them above my knees and on top of my boobs and that's what made me crack. It was just too intrusive. But now it's reached a whole new level when I've just a few moments ago discovered some emerging on my LOWER LEG! Literally on the side of my shin. How much more evasive can it get? I may as well have them running across my face Sometimes I think these stupid little superficial flaws are gonna run me into a nervous breakdown or an early grave. I cry about this WAY too often. Sigh

[Guest]

I asked a dr. why lasering is so expensive. He said the blue tips that they can only use one time are what cost so much. The consumer ultimately pays for the technology

[johnny9]

Thanks to J for answering my question on Acell. Boyyy do I have my fingers crossed on this one.

I've just had another gutting stretch mark moment. I was always fine with having them on my bum, inner thighs and underneath my boobs, this didn't bother me. Getting them all around my thighs and hips began to bother me more. Then I got them above my knees and on top of my boobs and that's what made me crack. It was just too intrusive. But now it's reached a whole new level when I've just a few moments ago discovered some emerging on my LOWER LEG! Literally on the side of my shin. How much more evasive can it get? I may as well have them running across my face Sometimes I think these stupid little superficial flaws are gonna run me into a nervous breakdown or an early grave. I cry about this WAY too often. Sigh

I know exactly how you feel daisy but try not to feel too down im sure a cure is around the corner.

I was doing some more research into acell last night particularly the finger incident. A man literally regrew his finger in 4 weeks using acell. Apparently the nail took around 6 months to fully grow back and now, that nail grows sevenfold faster than his other nails. The story itself sounds amazing but seeing a video of it and seeing pictures of the finger at the various stages of treatment just blew me away.

Now can you honestly believe that this miracle powder cant get rid of something as minor as stretch marks. It regrew a finger!!!!!!!!!!

It maybe that nothing comes of acell, but we live in hope and i honestly believe this could be it.

[Guest]

alright everybody, I understand its not out yet for human consumption but personally I am 22 and have NEVER been able to wear short sleeves. I am not interested in waiting. I say we all think up ways to get a hold of it.

[sk 81]

I work in a cancer research lab! Maybe I could order it for "experimental" purposes... problem is the orders have to go through my supervisor... lol (I'm a PhD student).