Stretch Marks!!

by RK » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:16 pm

Mai- I think most of my TCA came from ebay... think I got the last lot from an actual website but can't really remember now........

I've more or less given up on them all now. I stopped using Retin-A as it was just causing too much irritation and am battling with excema etc in other places (so don't know what's going on) - which I've never had before - and I was fed up with itching. I've abandoned TCA - doesn't work for me & just leaves me with hyperpigmentation that lasts for ages (most of the time) - mainly takes ages to wear off on my legs, so think that's something to do with blood supply.

I don't know if I've posted this already or not but next week I'm starting a course of Universal Contour Wraps - mainly to help the psoriasis/excema & also to help me lose a few inches. Reportedly it's also meant to help improve the appearance of stretch marks, as it firms/compacts the skin up. I'm not having the wraps for stretch marks but will report if it makes them look any different. It's meant to be good for detoxing & help cellulite too, so we'll see.

Money's quite tight at the moment (or at least I want to leave my savings for a future house) so am not going to waste anymore money on laser treatments until I hear more positive results (prob about 1 year before I can justify it to myself.)

Mai - I'm sorry about your arms

I have very fine SMs on the tops of my arms and there bad enough & the ones that effect me the most.. to have pregnancy / very thick & wide marks must be a nightmare

Much look to all xx

by **Guest** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:52 pm

Speaking of hyperpigmentation, exactly what causes differences in color? I noticed that after some people use TCA, after peeling, their skin will be lighter in color. As with others, their skin can be left a dark brown or red. If they're still red after peeling does that mean you applied too much and your skin is still in a healing process? Or maybe used too high of a percentage?

by **marta** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:09 pm

http://www.

by **Guest** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:35 pm

marta wrote:http://www.cosmetic-plastic-surgery.info/news/stretch-marks-occur-treated

i dnt understand the relevence

by **marta** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:38 pm

it had nothing to do with your question. I found that article on internet so i posted the link

by **Guest** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:31 am

awfully quiet on here guys, any updates on the tca peels?

i did mine last thursday, just about to start peeling i think so ill keep you all updated

G

by **Guest** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:31 am

I'm gonna do a peel soon, so nervous yet so excited.

kelly

by **Guest** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:43 am

ok all, time to be brutally honest with me ...

during my last visit to the skin doctor, instead of zapping me with the v-beam (for what would have been the 6th or 7th time)...he decided to try something new...

he recommended a cream, but not just any cream...a super expensive BLEACHING cream called tri-luma...not sure if any of you have ever heard of it ...

anyway, ive been posting here for a while but i never really made a post about that cream...its been a little over a month and i havent seen much improvement at all...i noticed that it makes my skin peel a little bit and makes the areas itch a bit. but other than that it doesnt really seem to be helping...the reason i never asked earlier about it, is because i was scared of being let down...

i was so excited to try this new cream that i thought was going to work, so instead of asking you guys to see if it worked or not, i decided to just try it for myself and not do any research on it...i was just in fear of being let down (since im always let down in my life

) and instead of that happening i wanted to try it for myself...

well now that over a month has passed and i havent really seen a result, im begining to think the worst...im thinking that its just another useless cream ...have you guys ever heard of it? be brutally honest with me, does it work or not? the tube is about 1/4 the size of your average toothpaste tube and costs nearly $200...im almost empty and i dont know if ill even bother buyying a new tube of it...

im very sad

....this is a very well respected and experienced doctor too. he acutally knows all the latest procedures and stays up to date with me and this is what he recommended i try. he claims that chemical peels dont work and he doesnt want to try that on me...im starting to get realy discouraged...the only thing left for me that i havent tried is fraxel and tca peels...

dont know what to do

by **Guest** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:41 am

Hi guys! I came across this product on the internet...has anyone tried it? It's kind of expensive, but it claims that it reduces the visual texture of stretchmarks by 47% in 8 weeks, and firms the skin up to 78% in 8 weeks. Apparently its been clinically tested. What do u think..should i give it a try?

by **Guest** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:41 am

oopss..srry i forgot to attache the link to my post. This is the link to the product i was referring to.
http://www.murad.com/cellulite/firm-and-tone-dietary-supplement-pack.html

by **Guest** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:49 am

tri-luma is basically hydroquinone (a bleaching agent) and retin a (which has been shown to mildy reduce stretch marks after very LONG term use).

was he just trying to make the white stretch marks blend in more with the skin?

by **marta** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:12 am

. wrote:ok all, time to be brutally honest with me ...

your doctor prescribed you something what should be ABSOLUTELY and I mean ABSOLUTELY never ever used. That cream contains a CORTICOSTEROID!!!!!!!!!

it contains fluocinolone - that is a corticosteroid.

every idiot knows that corticosteroids , even topical ones CAUSE stretch marks!!! SEVERE stretch marks. the most horrendous I have ever seen.

your "doctor" must be a sadist who wants to make your marks worse and cause you tons of new ones. its incredible what some "doctors" are able to do to make money.

TRI-Luma contains Fluocinolone / Hydroquinone / Tretinoin

Fluocinolone is a steroid. It reduces inflammation or swelling.
Hydroquinone topical is a skin bleaching agent.
Tretinoin topical is a form of vitamin A. It helps the skin to renew itself more quickly.

It is even written on Tri-Luma website that it contains a corticosteroid!

"Tri-Luma® Cream contains the corticosteroid fluocinolone acetonide. "
http://www.triluma.com/TrilumaCream/default.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluocinolone_acetonide

there are plenty of bleaching creams that do not contain corticosteroids so why the fu.k did he do that to you. and you paid 200 bucks to get more stretch marks..

I dont know what to say.

by **marta** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:58 am

this medical abstract is from 1965. It mentiones that fluocinolone caused stretch marks in their patient. So it has been known for at least 43 years that corticosteroids such as fluocinolone cause stretch marks and make them worse

Striae and Their Relation to Topical Steroid Therapy
Can Med Assoc J. 1965 February 6; 92(6): 289–291.
J. E. Adam and Gibson Craig
Abstract
"Atrophic striae have been reported to occur normally in 35% of adolescents and abnormally in a variety of medical conditions. Recently, the occurrence of striae has been observed in adults after the use of potent topical steroids with occlusion. Pre-existing striae have been found to enlarge after topical steroid therapy, even without occlusion. The mechanism of striae formation appears to be due to the action of the steroids on the dermal connective tissue and/or dermal matrix rather than to mechanical tension
CONCLUSIONS
...Topical steroids may promote
the enlargement of pre-existing striae.' Striae
formation seems to be related to use of the newer
steroid preparations, which would appear to imply
that they 'have a more potent effect than the older
preparations on dermal connective tissue elements.
Adolescents and young adults seem to be particularly
prone to this form of striae formation."

"The types of steroids
that have been associated with striae formation
are the newer topical steroids, including fluocinolone
acetonide (our patient), triamcinolone acetonide
and fiurandrenolone acetonide.4' 11,12 No
cases of striae formation have been reported with
the older steroids, such as hydrocortisone, which
suggests that the newer steroids 'have a more
potent effect on dermal connective tissue elements."

by **Guest** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:24 pm

omg are you F****** serious!!!!!!

MY DOCTOR PRESCRIBED ME SOMETHING THAT MAKES THEM WORSE?

what a b***** i cant believe this...is this true? no wonder theyve been getting more red each day...

for the record they were purplish to begin with, not white....someone had asked me if he prescribed it to me to make the white marks blend in with the red ones...well no, because they arent white, they were red to begin with

he probably wanted to bang his secretary that morning which is why he didnt want to zap me in the first place...he was probably too lazy to bother with me and just prescribed me a cream and doesnt actually give a S*** about me...

should i stop using the product immediately?

by **Guest** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:07 pm

just thought id update you all on my tca peel,

started to peel now, can see a few small cracks in the skin where its started to peel and although i can only see a tiny tiny portion of the stretch marks they look exactly the same as before.

im confident that when the whole thing has peeled they will look better but from the tiny portion i can see they look exactly the same if not a bit redder.

G

Stretch Marks!!

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