Stretch Marks!!

[Tracy212]

Someone asked, "Hi Tracy
Are you having carboxy treatments? Please tell us more... are there any optimum settings e.g temeperature, density of treatment?"



I had an Active FX treatment last November. I have no idea which settings were used.

Tracy

[Guest]

So Tracy212, would you recommend the active fx? you said that it has helped at least 50%. In what way? shrinkage and a lighter color? Would you say the texture of your skin is better? Did it tighten your skin at all?

Hope I'm not too big of a pest!
Thanks for your help

Shoo

[Mai]

hi again.
in answer to the questions. topical anesthetics generally do not work for carboxy because they are injecting under the skin and they dont penetrate that deeply. i have however in desperation tried emla along with taking pain killers and found it no help whatsoever.
according to guidelines each stretchmark needs only to be injected once, as long as you see it bubble its fine. however, again, just to make sure i have had them inject some marks as many as 3 times, this hasnt helped either.
as for it taking 6 months to work. I thought about that too. I actually asked about on this board - anyone who knew about skin. If laser takes 6 months then why shouldnt carboxy? the only problem is that all the literature i've read on it, (not that there is much) says that there are always visible results after two treatments. this is a lie, the doctor i am using says that she has never seen results after two treatments. (there is some medi-spa in new york whose doctor has 50% improviement after two treatments SUCH LIES). she says it takes a long time, however, at this point i am curious if she EVER sees any improvements using carboxy and is just telling me it takes a while to get me to continue to pay for treatment. i am young, the stretchmarks while very severe are less than 10 years old. i dont smoke. i eat well. i excercise. i take good care of my skin, if its going to work on anyone, it should work on me and it definitely has not been.
kojiro - i know you are a guy but what about pedicures? the ones where they use that kind of razor and just shave the callouses off? that has always worked for me, not that i have bad ones but they do peel a lot of skin off.
Tracy - thanks so much for the info. does the doctor you use now offer deep fx? I am curious if you get more treatments if it will continue to work. its also really dissapointing that you have not seen the promised results. i am so desperate for something that works. however, when i was last home i did speak to 3 doctors offering active fx and they all said it didnt work for stretch marks. i think the first person who posted about it was a complete scammer especially because she said they went away in two weeks. i am glad that it worked for you though, 50% is nice and i really hope that if it doesnt continue to work you can get another treatment that will double that 50.

[zahra1111]

hi im only 19, i havent lost alot of weight or gained it,neither have i been pregnant but i have stretch marks on my stomach and around my waist, it realy puts me down, im also asian so the silvery stretch marks realy show up! HELP!

[Guest]

Hi, I just found this thread and was wandering if stretch marks that are colourless and depressed become less depressed over time? I'm 16 years old (female) and recently got lots of depressed stretch marks at the back of my calf and they are really upsetting me. I'd feel better if I knew that they would look more raised over time but I'm not sure if they will?? I had other smaller (they were tiny) depressed stretch marks that appeared on my chest and then disappeared. Please could someone tell me if they will or if they won't by themselves is there anything I can do to make them more raised or something I can do to prevent new ones forming? Will retin-a help my stretch marks (or does it 'only' work on pink or red marks?) or stop new ones from coming? I haven't grown much in ages and am slim so why am I getting new stretch marks? I am not very healthy though and have symptoms of a hormonal imbalance... if i sort this out will new stretch marks stop appearing soon or will it take months before my hormones are balanced and so I'll keeping getting new stretch marks until then?? :S Can stress and anxiety cause stretch marks? I've suffered from anxiety for ages. I'll be really grateful if someone could answer my questions and give me some advice. Thanks in advance. xXx

[Guest]

(From same girl who posted above) P.s. Please can anyone reccomend know a good female dermatologist in london (could you give me their name and contact number and address)? I have no idea how to find one. Would they prescribe me retin-a and if so, would they have to examine my stretch marks for a long time? :S Also, can laser help the new stretch marks (slightly depressed, not too big, uncoloured) on my calves. How much does laser cost for just the calf area on both legs? Will the laser improve them alot or at least make them less depressed? I just want them to be less depressed and maybe thinner? Then at least they'd be less noticeable. Btw, is my worry over these marks normal? I felt like killing myself the other week... is this crazy?? Do people out there have stretch marks on their calves and don't care about them? Does anyone know these type of people? I've suffered from anxiety and depression for a long time and am worried my stressing over these new marks is a big overreaction? Do other people care about stretch marks? Like would most people notice them out and about if I wore a skirt (knee length because I have much older white stretch marks on my upper legs)? I would still like to get laser though and would probably beable to pay for some sessions unless they're like thousands and thousands of pounds?:S Has anyone tried DPL (deep penetrating light) on their stretch marks by the way? You use it at home and people have had success with improving their wrinkles (it increases collagen production? and helps tighten skin) and normal scars with it (it accelerates healing and a woman who used DPL healed/improved? a bad scar she had quickly whereas her daughter who had a similar scar didn't use it and it took alot longer to improve) but not heard about anyone using it for stretch marks although I've read somewhere it's targeted for use on stretch marks too...

[Tracy212]

The improvement I've seen with the Active FX is with texture and size. I have the old, white indented kind. They are thinner and less indented, but still white. A few of the very, very small ones seem to have gone away.

I do not know if my doctor offers the Deep FX or not. I'll find out more when I go back in June.

Tracy

[Guest]

Hi all,
Can someone please recommend a good place _ to get glycolic acid from.
Much appreciated.

[Guest]

to the person that was trying the castor oil method - do you have any updates? I was really interested a while back when someone claimed that the castor oil method had worked for them.... and started to do it... I thought that I began to notice some of my stetch marks breaking up, but maybe I was just seeing what I wanted to see ... I'm not sure... and then I got really busy with work and too lazy after work to continue doing it.... it's a bit of a pain. But I would be really interested to find out if it is working for you... Any updates would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[Guest]

How old do you have to be to have this?

[Guest]

http://www.ex.cc.gd/?ref=1458860
Any experience with this?
sounds interesting...

[Jennifer8055]

Hi ,

I always had pretty bad stretch marks and red scars around my belly region and abdomen ever since I gave birth to my three kids.I had tried Vitamin E oil and cocoa butter which a number of people had recommended but it didn't seem to work. My Doctor had even suggested a Tummy Tuck. I then recently read an article about a lady who supposedly got rid of her stretch marks using a particular cream. I tried it and it worked really well. Within 4 weeks my stretch marks were very much faded and they soon disappeared You can read more about the lady's article at the link below.

http://stretchmarkszapped.wordpress.com/

[Guest]

I got my glycolic acid from
naturalskinshop.com

good luck!

[debbz23]

hey,
ive been reading all the post n thought i would share my story with you all. im 23 and whilst i was pregnant with my first child 2 yrs ago i got really ill with double pneamonia so i had to be ventilated and have an emergency c-section at 26 weeks. anyway all the steroids they had to pump into me along with all the other drugs i swelled up to the size of a sumo wrestler (according to my mum) and from being a size 10 even wen 6 month pregnant it was alot of weight gain. consequently i ended up with severe sm covering my left arm, from my waist to my knees on both legs and the inside of my thighs on both legs. they even tore the skin fully and bled! the hospital got a dermatologist to take a look at them and he was amazed! his reply... theres nothing we can do you can imagine my disapointment and i ended up having to be treated for depression over them.
2 years on and they havent really changed much i have been using bio oil since day one (my mum would rub it into my skin while i was on the ventilator and sedated) they are still very deep and very red. i got a dermaroller to use along with the bio oil and still no change. purchased some trilastin sr and have been using it for just over a week and am seeing some slight improvement in the colour but then it changes when i get in natural light and they are the same dark colour they have always been.
i just wanna say its so good to hear other people talking openly about them, other people dont understand how much it affects your cofidence, how they can send you into depression. but you no what im going on holiday next month and i have just bought my self a new bikini and i will be wearing it on the beach with or without these marks! screw what other people think when they lookat you, its what is inside that matters if they cant see past them then they really are not worth knowing!
"People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed ony if there is light from within"

[Guest]

http://www.acaciadermacare.com/upload/docs/PCI%20-%20Plastic%20Surgery%20Journal%20-%20April%202008.pdf

Here is a link to a study on the derma roller. If you scroll down there are before and after photos and there is one of a womans stretch marks that llook impressive to me. Just thought i would share the info.