Scar treatment

What are Stretch Marks?

A stretch mark is defined as a type of scar that develops when our skin stretches or shrinks quickly. This abrupt change causes the collagen and elastin to rupture and they actually support our skin. Even though the skin heals, they leave behind stretch marks.

These are usually found in pregnant women or patients who gained and lost weight considerably quickly.

Stretch marks due to pregnancy are usually seen on the legs, abdomen, hips, and other body parts of the mother who was affected by the weight gain during pregnancy.

Some of the other causes of stretch marks are:

Pregnancy

During pregnancy, the skin has to expand or stretch substantially creating tiny tears in the supporting

layers of the skin which later turn out to be stretch marks after pregnancy.

Genetics

Weight fluctuations

Accelerated growth throughout adolescence

Scars 

Scars are bumps or hollows in our skin after injury or infection. Severe acne also can lead to bumps(hypertrophic scars or keloids) or depressions in the skin giving an uneven and undesirable appearance. 

Treatment for Stretch marks and scars.

Stretch marks and scars require multiple modalities of treatment to get the best results. We at Dr Sculpt give a combination of the following to give you the best scar improvement possible.

• Fractional Nonablative Laser: CO2 Lasers are the gold standard for stretch marks and scar treatment - we at dr Sculpt have a US FDA approved laser. 
• Microdermabrasion: It is specifically designed to remove dead skin cells and generate a new epidermis.
• Laser Skin Tightening: This will help bring back the skin’s firmness and make it lose its earlier loose and saggy feature.
• PRP
• Microneedling
• MNRF: micro needling radio frequency treatment  is a fabulous treatment for acne scars and deep post surgical scars - it tightens, lifts and improves collagenisation. We at Dr Sculpt have an US FDA approved MNRF machine - Fraxis Duo - which is safe and gives great scar improvement

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