Stretch marks and Laser treatment...

Laser surgery...

can be used to treat stretch marks when they are very new and still red. The laser seals the blood vessels to speed up the contraction of the vessel and get rid of the colour of the mark, but there will still be an indentation in the skin.

Laser treatment might help restore some of the skins elasticity by stimulating the production of collagen.

During periods such as pregnancy and puberty where the body is subjected to rapid growth the skin is forced to stretch more quickly than it usually does. The lower layers of the skin are made up of proteins called collagen and elastin, which give the skin its strength and stretchiness. When the skin stretches too much or too quickly, vertically, horizontally or both, these layers stretch and break in places. It is this process that results in stretch marks. Laser treatment might help restore some of the skin’s elasticity by stimulating the production of collagen.