Stretch Marks!!

[Guest]

can you show me a link for which kit you bought? i also live in new york and would like to order a tca kit

Sorry I took so long to respond. This is the linK: http://www.novapeels.com/order.html
I got the 50% peel.

It's been three weeks since my first peel and I'm still peeling! I definitely have to say that I burned myself in a couple of spots...I was so scared that my skin was going to stay brown but a lot of it has scabbed and peeled away. When you do it, make sure you don't leave it too long. (no more than the 3 minutes!) The marks are definitely still there, but they have lost that silvery color (the ones that seem to be done peeling). I'm very happy with that! I'm going to wait a couple more weeks to do another peel. So far I like the improvement.

Hi,

Can I just ask... you mentioned in your post that "the marks are definitely still there, but they have lost that silvery colour". Before you did the TCA peel, were the stretch marks pink, purple or silver? What colour are they now would you say?

I have old and new stretch marks. Obviously the older ones are all siver/white and the new ones a pinky/purple colour.

I am thinking of using TCA peels for some of my "smaller" areas.

I hate my stretch marks, but who doesn't right? I am pretty much covered in them, I gained some during puberty then the rest through quick weight gain in my teens. Then I gained even more from yo yo dieting and losing/gaining weight quickly. I hate all my marks, but some don't bother me too much. For me, it depends on the shape, length, width and depth of the marks. Some marks on my legs are very short, about 1cm in length and about 2mm wide and you can't really feel them when running your hand over them. Other stretch marks I have are larger and deeper, which are alot more noticeable and look horrid. Unfortunately, the bigger ones are in areas where people can see. The smaller ones are on my legs, which I wont show because I hate my legs anyway... with or without stretch marks!

Thanks
bc8

[Guest]

Hi, it's me again! Just thought of/remembered something.

To the people doing/using TCA peels for their stretch marks. Is this something you do until you get the results you want. Or is it an ongoing process to maintain results? The reason I ask this is, I found this _: Though your skin may feel dry and flaky at first from the dead cells being sloughed away, after a few weeks, AHAs may make your skin feel and appear smoother - and visibly reduce stretch marks. If you stop using AHAs, the skin will return to its normal state since cell regeneration is no longer taking place.
I know they are talking about AHA's but surely it would be the same for TCA peels? or are they alot stronger.

Like I said, I am thinking about trying TCA peels (from Novaclinic website), but I didn't realise it then be an ongoing process to maintain any results you may achieve.


bc8

[everdyce]

Hi,

I wondered if anyone tried the new beautytek? It's a treatment for cellulite, stretchmarks, wrinkles, scars en it will lift your bum that's what it says and invisible results are after just one treatment.
Anyone???

[Guest]

Invisible results?? LOL! Do they advertise that!?

Haven't heard of Beatytek though...sorry...

[everdyce]

Yes, it's new and people are just amazed, it's a new alternative for plastic surgery.
And it's cheap to, here in Holland there's only one beauty-salon who offerse the treatment.
It's kinda new, I will give it a try so I will keep you posted.

[Pam a lot...3]

Hey Everdyce and everyone else!!!

It's been over a year now that I've last visit the forum.
I've already had a girl and now I have a baby-boy.
Just wanted to update you guys, I have an appointment with the beauty-salon, cause me too read a lot about the beautytek. So I wil keep you guys posted, it's for my tummy the marks and the loose skin, the lady sounded soooo excited because she told me, that first she couldn't believe the results and I will get my money back if it's not working
So dugg it up on google

[Guest]

Isn't Beutytek similar to Eporex? They use electric current to pass nutrients through the skin. I've had a whole course of such treatments (plus an extra session as a gift) last year and the results were ZERO...

[Guest]

Alot if not almost all the people in this thread (well a good few pages worth) are trying TCA peels.

Did any of you take any "before" photos before trying your first peel? So that you can then take photos later on and compare them to see if the TCA peel/s has made any difference? I am not asking to see pictures (although that would be nice and good for other members of this thread)... but I would have thought that the people who are seeing some sort of improvement, even slight improvement would have wanted us all to see? Or for even yourself to see.

If I do go ahead and purchase a TCA peel kit I will be sure to take "before" photos, then take some more later on after either the first peel or more.

I go to the doctors on Friday about my stretch marks, and honestly, if my doctor doesn't suggest something, prescribe me something or refer me to someone about my marks... I am going to be completely finished.

I honestly am finding it extremely difficult to cope with my stretch marks now, and the fact that I am gaining even more new ones now is making it 100 times worse. I do suffer with depression anyway, so I have a hard time with things in general... so to the people saying you shouldn't let these marks upset you so much or effect your life... well I am afraid to say... that's ALOT easier said than done . I do feel suicidal because of my stretch marks, mainly because of my new ones next to the old ones so the old ones look even worse now. You may all think that sounds absolutely ridiculous, think as you please... but it's how I feel. It's ruining my life, my social life, my confidence and I absolutely HATE my body. I cannot get my stretch marks out of my head. Everytime I see a female wearing a top that shows her belly, or even shows an inch of her belly I get jealous, I get upset and I get angry. Whenever I see someone showing their legs, arms back whatever... I get really upset and fed up. I feel I cannot live my life like this. I am extremely unhappy and hate myself.

Keep us posted everyone on your peels and other treatments.

bc8

[Guest]

I'm only 14 and I think it's so unfair that I have stretch marks all over my calves. ALL OVER. we have to wear short shorts in summer for gym class and we also have a school uniform and we have to wear a skirt. im not even overweight at all. they're all pink and really lumpy and have been here for about 6 months and dont look any better. it makes me so depressed. i went to see my doctor two weeks ago and he did some blood tests to make sure it wasnt to do with my hormones and it wasn't. my mom has 6 children and no stretch marks at all. i also have a lot more dark stretch marks all over the rest of my body. i'm 14, only ever been to the beach about twice and was looking forward to going A LOT more now that im in high school but now... i can't. i feel so suicidal. it seems so stupid that i want to end my life just cause of these stupid stretch marks but i really can't deal with them anymore. ive tried to cover them up with makeup and it doesn't work. i've even already started thinking about what to write in suicide notes. if i had already done everything i wanted to do with my life i would probably already be dead by now. but there is still so much more i want to do which is what is holding me back. but because of my stretch marks i feel like i can't even do some of those things.

[ace243]

i talked to mike from acell and he says that Acell is avaliable for human use but you have to get it from a doctor ,he said it comes in different sizes and its all in the hundreds, but he cant say how much because doctors have to make profit. has anyone tried acell yet???

[Guest]

Alot if not almost all the people in this thread (well a good few pages worth) are trying TCA peels.

Did any of you take any "before" photos before trying your first peel? So that you can then take photos later on and compare them to see if the TCA peel/s has made any difference? I am not asking to see pictures (although that would be nice and good for other members of this thread)... but I would have thought that the people who are seeing some sort of improvement, even slight improvement would have wanted us all to see? Or for even yourself to see.

If I do go ahead and purchase a TCA peel kit I will be sure to take "before" photos, then take some more later on after either the first peel or more.

I go to the doctors on Friday about my stretch marks, and honestly, if my doctor doesn't suggest something, prescribe me something or refer me to someone about my marks... I am going to be completely finished.

I honestly am finding it extremely difficult to cope with my stretch marks now, and the fact that I am gaining even more new ones now is making it 100 times worse. I do suffer with depression anyway, so I have a hard time with things in general... so to the people saying you shouldn't let these marks upset you so much or effect your life... well I am afraid to say... that's ALOT easier said than done . I do feel suicidal because of my stretch marks, mainly because of my new ones next to the old ones so the old ones look even worse now. You may all think that sounds absolutely ridiculous, think as you please... but it's how I feel. It's ruining my life, my social life, my confidence and I absolutely HATE my body. I cannot get my stretch marks out of my head. Everytime I see a female wearing a top that shows her belly, or even shows an inch of her belly I get jealous, I get upset and I get angry. Whenever I see someone showing their legs, arms back whatever... I get really upset and fed up. I feel I cannot live my life like this. I am extremely unhappy and hate myself.

Keep us posted everyone on your peels and other treatments.

bc8

poor thing ...i know how you feel, want to know how i know?

becuase i feel the EXACT same way...im 21 (22 in 2 weeks) and i have virtually no social life at all. these marks have ruined my life...people with nice bodies just dont understand how fortunate they are...im very depressed as well...the last time i went to a doctor he tried v-beam on me which has done NOTHING, then he came up with a new suggestion which was some bleaching cream that has ALSO done NOTHING...my next appointment is dec 8th and if he doesnt suggest something new then i dont know what im going to do ...i have a bad feeling hes all out of ideas too

[Guest]

hey,

i feel much the same way as the last few posts, its so frustrating.

my last hope really was tca but after 2 peels i havent seen much of an improvement. its very dissapointing, something you put all your hopes in and then the results arent what you expected. but i am going to continue peels purely because i have absolutely nothing else to do, ive exhausted all ideas and nothing has worked. i was so sure tca would be the end to all this but it i dont think it will be.

i completely understand how everyone feels, i feel the same way. i started off writing this message hoping to suggest something but i honestly dont have a clue where to go from here. before i started trying to improve my stretch marks at least there was the hope that all these different treatments would get rid of them or improve them, so i always felt as if it was only a matter of time before theyre gone. having tried it all and having no success now im just aimless. i really dont know what to do next. there arent even any new treatments available or anything new on the horizon.

im just at a loss for what to do

G

[Chic]

I'm on the same boat as everyone else. 27 and no social life either. To top it, I've got adult acne too! Maybe I killed someone in a past life and now I'm paying...

Anyway, something I heard...it was on the news the last few days about this woman receiving a succesful organ transplant made from her own stem cells. It might not be too long until this is tried on skin treatments too perhaps??

Until then...I'm still keen on trying permanent make up! It's very succesful in covering white patches of vitiligo so why not stretch marks too? Has nobody here tried it??

[marta]

as I posted before , if you want to enjoy being on the beach and dont want your SM to be seen, you can swim in one of those nice UV swim suits . you can buy it with long or short sleeves etc . if someone asks you why you wear it , just say you have a sun allergy. i think its better to swim in this than staying at home. kids are more and more wearing this to prevent sunburn.

this one is for kids http://www.alexandme.com/Sun_Busters_UV ... sb711g.htm

but you can find for adults as well

if your stretch marks are still red , you can try to fade them with an ointment/gel containing heparin. they sell it in pharmacies for hematoma etc . prescriptionfree.

[Guest]

poor thing ...i know how you feel, want to know how i know?

becuase i feel the EXACT same way...im 21 (22 in 2 weeks) and i have virtually no social life at all. these marks have ruined my life...people with nice bodies just dont understand how fortunate they are...im very depressed as well...the last time i went to a doctor he tried v-beam on me which has done NOTHING, then he came up with a new suggestion which was some bleaching cream that has ALSO done NOTHING...my next appointment is dec 8th and if he doesnt suggest something new then i dont know what im going to do ...i have a bad feeling hes all out of ideas too

I am 22 also, I will be 23 in Feb. I've had stretch marks since about 14, so since then... my social life has lacked completely.

I am off to the doctors in the morning, and deep down I know she wont have anything for me. She'll probably just tell me to lose the weight and they'll look better/different... but will they? Alot of people I know who have lost weight (I used a weight loss forum) said that their stretch marks looked worse after losing weight! I have about 3 stone to lose to get to my ideal weight.
Or she'll offer me some other crappy cream that doesn't even work. I know that none of these creams they advertise work. They don't do a thing. I tried bio-oil for months, it didn't do a thing. I've tried cocoabutter and that also didn't do a thing. When I last went to the doctors she prescribed me tretinoin gel... I haven't tried it much or stuck to it but how will that work? It needs to penetrate the lower part of the skin to actually do it's job, it cannot do actually penetrate the skin, so it isn't going to do anything, so I don't see the point.
Also the trouble is with these creams and other treatments they always say they only "work" on new stretch marks, that are like less than 6 weeks old and are still red/purple. Well that counts me out then. Or they are to prevent stretch marks... think I am a tad too late for that too lol.

I do know that there is no cure for stretch marks, no matter what treatment you try they will NEVER go away. I know there is no magic cure to erase them, after all they are a scar and will be there forever. I am well aware of this. But surely there is some kind of treatment out there (be it creams, or something else) that will make them look some what better. Not so silvery and reflect light so bad, deep and harsh looking.

All my stretch marks on my body - thighs, just below back of knees, hips, bum, stomach, lower back, boobs and arms are all white/silver because they are all at least 8 years old. I bl**dy hate them! they are disgusting, but I have kind of come to terms with them ones now because I know I wouldn't show off my stomach or legs if I didn't have stretch marks because I am not one of these lucky females that have long slender legs... I also have a flabby stomach lol. So even though I hate them, they will always be covered up anyway because of other reasons. The only people that would get to see those marks are me, and if I was to show them to someone. Now... the new ones, which are on my upper stomach (just below boobs) are new, they are dark purple, and swollen and look horrid. I have also gained a few more right next to my old ones on my arms (triceps? on the back of the arms where it joins the back/armpit) very visible when I move my arms. I cannot cope with these new ones as I feel I have enough already, I really didn't need anymore. Now, I feel as though I will now be having to wear trousers, long skirts, tops that wont show ANY part of my belly and now tops with long sleeves. So the only parts of my body that will be on show is my feet, lower legs (sort of) neck and upper chest area, face, lower arms and hands. The rest will have to be covered because I am covered in marks. Nice. I really do want to spend the rest of my life living like that. I am only 22 I have a long way to go yet. So in the summer, it's going to be absolutely horrid. I am going to get overheated because I will be covering up in clothes. People are going to look at me like "what!!? she must be boiling!" I am just going to feel the odd one out, and will get upset because I cannot keep cool, look nice and wear clothes I enjoy.

It completely sucks. I may also be moving abroad next year... so it's going to be hot pretty much all year round. I want to go, but I probably wont bother doing it because of my stretch marks. Everyone else will be walking around in cool clothes, while I will be walking around like a nun. All I ask is to be able to show my arms! Please, I'll cope with the other stretch marks but please I want rid of the ones on my arms! (well to get them to look better).

I also have a bf, I have pretty much hidden my marks from him throughout our relationship. Sounds weird, but I have been so obsessed over them I have never been naked in front of him or gotten undressed/dressed in front of him... just so he wouldn't see them. If he did see them, I know what his reaction would be and it wouldn't be nice. That's another thing, not being able to enjoy the normal things with my bf because I don't want him to see my marks. I can't undress in anyway what so ever in front of him ever. I don't want to go through life doing stupid things like that.
It's just stupid, it really is. It's making me sad, depressed and angry. I do seriously feel as if I don't want to go on anymore, I am so unhappy and I know I will never come to terms with them or be able to "be normal" in life, so why stick around I say.

Wow, what a rant I just did! Feels good to let it out though, I don't tell anyone how I feel about it all. And because I hide behind lots of clothes, no one really knows I have them... if they saw them, they would have such a gross shock.

Oh, I've been doing even more researching on the net and came across Mederma cream. Anyone tried this? Alot of the reviews aren't great to be honest, most say it doesn't work. Or they tried it for scars/acne. Only a few tried on stretch marks.

Also, what about StriVectin-SD for stretch marks? I only came across this yesterday. Been reading a few reviews and most have been pretty good. Alot of people actually use the stretch mark cream for wrinkles though, I don't really want to know about that lol. It is expensive though. Here in the UK, I think the cheapest you can get it is for about £75 for a 60ml tube (compared to about £25 for a 50ml tube of Mederma).

So I think if the doctor doesn’t come up with any suggestions tomorrow, I will probably go ahead and purchase some StriVection-SD (a lot of money for a cream imo). Maybe some TCA peel and then… I have no idea. I suppose I will have to realise there is actually nothing I can do to help my marks look some what better… whether I will be able to live with that, I really don’t know.

bc8