Stretch Marks!!

[marta]

Here is a photo of someone with stretch marks due to cushings disease:

I must say that if that guy´s body was reasonably slim and nicely toned , I wouldn't care less about his stretch marks. His obesity puts me off esthetically but his stretch marks don't. Scars look kind of cool on men.

[nyc2008]

Hi nyc2008, and thank you for your reply!

Ohhh, yes I forgot about the hyperpigmentation. I should imagine most people on this board are using TCA peels on stretch marks that aren't visible... like their stomach, thighs, bum etc. I want to use them on the back of my upper arms... so if I got hyperpigmentation through using TCA it would obviously be visible to others as it's on my arms (unless I keep covering them up, which I don't want to do!)... but, if the TCA peels made an improvement to my stretch marks... maybe I would prefer having hyperpigmentation than having the stretch marks? Or would it make it all looks worse? People might see it and ask why I have funny dark marks over a load of stretch marks... so I could infact make my problem even worse... hmm

I doubt I will use TCA peel on any of my other stretch marks, mainly because they are too big of an area to treat. My whole lower stomach is covered, all of my inner thighs are covered, my back would be too difficult to get to, unless I got someone else to do it… which I doubt I would let anyone see them… both my hips/sides have about 5 long vertical (about 3 inches in length) marks spread fart apart (about an inch apart)… so I would be wasting most of the TCA on the “normal” unstretched skin in between the marks.

Like I said, I hate ALL my stretch marks… but mainly want something done about the ones on my arms as I refuse to cover up another part of my body. I will soon be buying a nuns outfit at this rate J

Hi again! If I were you, I'd try the TCA someplace that no one will see first just to make sure it's not going to leave you with dark spots. I have not had any hyperpigmentation any of the times I've peeled, but I have read that some people have been left with dark spots. J is right, routines actually do work! When you know you are doing something about them, you automatically feel better

I did a peel last week again...I basically broke all the rule leaving it on longer than I should. I feel that you can somewhat gauge when it's ready. Sometimes you'll leave it on for the three minutes and the skin will never frost. My method is, depending on the sm's depth, I'll put a second layer on, and wait until I see a good frosting before I rinse it off. Sometimes it'll be more than 3 minutes and sometimes it'll be less than three minutes before I rinse depending on the area. I feel like I get a deeper and better peel that way by treating each area differently. Right now since it's been a week, I have a couple of scabs that are breaking apart....I'm expecting them to flake off in the next 2/3 days.

I bought Strivectin 2 years ago, and it didn't do anything for me. I'm glad you got it at a good price! Hopefully it'll do something for you. I was reading reviews on Amazon, and some people do see results. (which is why I bought the thing!)

As far as losing weight goes, I got more sm's after I lost the weight errr. I lost 20 lbs since the beginning of the year and I got a bunch on the back of my legs. It doesn't bother me that much, but gosh! I don't get it! Skin acts really funny sometimes doesn't it? I've never been fat...I've always been at a healthy BMI, but it was my new year's resolution to tone up and be able to run longer distances. In the process I became slimmer, and noticed more of the marks.

Is 21 the lucky number here? So far I read 3 posts from 21 year olds on the same page. I'm 21 as well. Yeah the marks suck..especially the arm ones, but I have learned to ignore them. For instance, when my friends want to go to the beach, i'll go. We can't hide and miss out on the best years of our lives because of these things. I think we are all hyping it all up to be more than it is. We are doing harm to ourselves because we feel like no one is going to accept us. The truth of the matter is that a lot of people out there really don't care about our little imperfections. No one is perfect, although we have these marks, we have tons of other better qualities =) Until we find a way to completely remove them, lets try to get more comfortable with ourselves so that we can be more confident out there in the real world.

Have a great week all, and keep up your routines

[marta]

I must say that if that guy´s body was reasonably slim and nicely toned , I wouldn't care less about his stretch marks. His.

I think my sentence doesn't make sense /I am not a native speaker/ . I wanted to say " if that guy´s body was reasonably slim and nicely toned , I wouldn't care about his stretch marks"


If you are getting more and more stretch marks without any obvious reason / weight fluctuation, pregnancy, bodybuilding / you should have your cortisol levels checked but also your sex hormones- androgens, estrogens and progesterone

[Mai]

Hi all, I posted here a lot before and then for some strange reason I could not find the forum, like it disappeared when I searched on google.

Last time I was here I was currently engaged in an experiment involving injecting copper pepptides and retin A into variou stretch marks to see if it helped. I got this idea from the skin bio site. There has been no improvement, whatsoever.

Also, I ordered TCA several months back, but something happened and it never arrived so I am waiting when I am back in a country with a more reliable post system to order some again at which point I will try again. So I hope to try TCA in a couple weeks when I am somewhere where I know that when I order it, it will actually arrive.

I am growing increasingly discouraged, I've been posting on this board for over a year. I've done lactic acid, glycolic acid, ip laser, copper peptides, carboxy therapy, and there has not been any improvement.

[nyc2008]

Hi all, I posted here a lot before and then for some strange reason I could not find the forum, like it disappeared when I searched on google.

Last time I was here I was currently engaged in an experiment involving injecting copper pepptides and retin A into variou stretch marks to see if it helped. I got this idea from the skin bio site. There has been no improvement, whatsoever.

Also, I ordered TCA several months back, but something happened and it never arrived so I am waiting when I am back in a country with a more reliable post system to order some again at which point I will try again. So I hope to try TCA in a couple weeks when I am somewhere where I know that when I order it, it will actually arrive.

I am growing increasingly discouraged, I've been posting on this board for over a year. I've done lactic acid, glycolic acid, ip laser, copper peptides, carboxy therapy, and there has not been any improvement.

Mai I remember reading your posts a while back! I remember that you did a lot of carboxy injections. Ehh I did two sessions and unfortunately it didn't do anything for me either. They say you need many more like 15 in order to see results, and I know you did a bunch. For all of that pain you went through with those sessions, I'm so sorry you didn't see results. Good luck with the TCA! So far i'm seeing a slight improvement in the shallow marks. If you have sensitive skin be careful with all of those little injection holes. The acid tends to get into each one of those holes and sting very badly before you can frost. You'll know what I'm talking about when you first try it. Don't get discouraged!

[Guest]

hey guys,

jut wondered what strength tca your all using?

im using 50%

[-A-]

Just bought my TCA peel from e-bay. Just getting opinion here, has anyone purchased TCA peel 100% from novapeels? The one i purchased was for tattoo & SM removal. Any advice on how to dilute this? I'm scared of hyperpigmentation since im brown skin as well. Also, right after the application, after it has frosted, should i be applying any oil on it?? And is it okey to do a large area peel on both arms at the same time?? Thanks guys...

-A-

[Guest]

Provided you are happy that a test area has responded ok it is ok to proceed and peel both arms at the same time. I would not use 50% but dilute it to 20% for your first peel, then slowly work your way up to stronger if you wish to. You can get dilution instuctions from skinbio site, but basically half water half tca should be ok. You should only do a one layer peel and air on the side of caution..Try taking vit c and other supplements too as this should help the repair process. I would not recommend trying to get complete frosting on each arm, the skin still peels without this anyway.

To the other person, I often put olive oil on my skin half an hour or so after applying tca and continue to use it throughout the peel process.

J

[Guest]

Sorry half water half tca would take it to 25%, so you would need to dilute it a little bit more than that.

J

[hdishfhe]

If you have 100% tca and want to dilute it to 20% you will need 1 part tca and 4 parts water

[Nova Peels]

Can anyone confirm that nova peels are quality peels? That actually work and make your skin peel. That would be very helpful thank you.

[Guest]

I'm not sure about NovaPeels but Platinum Skincare has quality skin peels. They are having a sale this month too, I believe.

americangirl

[aqwevfewaq]

how are the treatments going guys?

im going nowhere with mine. still carrying on with the tca but it doesnt appear to be doing much for me. its so frustrating.

i really dont know where to go from here guys. ive tried everything else. any suggestions?

im going to carry on with the peels but i have low expectations

G

[dontel]

Would I be available to workout while I do the TCA peels? If not how long would I wait to workout?

I currently workout everyday for 2 hours min. I also sweat a lot especially during cardio.

Thanks Guys

[Nova Peels]

I'm not sure about NovaPeels but Platinum Skincare has quality skin peels. They are having a sale this month too, I believe.

americangirl

Thank you! I'm just weighing it up, I would much prefer to buy from novapeels than platnium skincare as I'm from australia and with our current exchange rate it means I'd be paying a considerate amount more. I'm just questioning the quality though. G, have you considered that novapeels might not be as strong or as good a quality as platnium skincare and that could be the reason why it's not peeling for you.

Thanks again.