For some, stretch marks aren’t visible enough to merit much consideration. For others, those ugly lines can negatively impact their body image and their self confidence. If you are one of those who have difficulties dealing with your stretch marks, you might wish to consider laser surgery.
Since lasers have become a popular choice for other types of cosmetic surgery, it makes sense that they would eventually be used to get rid of stretch marks as well.
How does Laser Surgery Work?
Unlike other types of cosmetic procedures, laser surgery stretch mark removal doesn’t just focus on reducing the appearance of stretch marks on the surface of your skin. Instead, lasers dig beneath the surface to repair the skin from the bottom up. They do this by stimulating your body to manufacture more collagen, a substance that helps restore and renew your skin tissue. When the body creates extra collagen, the result is skin that’s smoother, healthier, and looks younger.
Laser surgery to get rid of stretch marks is often more useful than creams or oils since most of those treatments only affect the skin’s surface. Lasers are able to penetrate the skin’s outer layer and heal the lower layers, which lessens the visibility of stretch marks on the surface.
Laser surgery is only minimally invasive and almost painless. It can easily be performed in your doctor’s treatment room, and recovery time is short.
It often takes several sessions of laser surgery stretch mark removal before you achieve the results you’re looking for, which makes the process time consuming and expensive. However, unless you resort to more invasive forms of plastic surgery, it’s probably the most effective option available to get rid of stretch marks.
There is some disagreement as to how effective this procedure actually is at getting rid of stretch marks. This is because lasers are believed to only be effective at breaking down tissue, and can’t do much to actually repair it. However, even those who dispute the effectiveness of this procedure will usually agree that it is effective at fading stretch marks, even if it can’t entirely eliminate them.
Some experts believe that laser removal of stretch marks is only effective when used on dark skin. Others feel that getting rid of stretch marks with laser surgery only works when the marks are red or brownish in color. Once the stretch marks fade to white, laser treatment becomes ineffective and pointless.
Before you decide to give laser treatment a try, you’d be well advised to consider the cost, since it can end up being quite expensive. But if you’re convinced that laser surgery is the answer for you, talk to your doctor about the available choices that will help you to get rid of stretch marks.