hello my name is dr. Joni Jefferson and I'm a cosmetic physician here at reflections I want
to talk to you a little bit about stretch marks you might be asking what are stretch
marks well stretch marks are what we call striae and stretch marks form when the skin is stretched
too thin from rapid growth some of the causes of rapid growth could be during pregnancy or just
excessive weight gain or weight loss at a rapid pace studies show about 90% of pregnant women
will develop stretch marks about 70% of adolescent young females and about 40% of adolescent males
so as you can see stretch marks is very common so stretch marks can come in different types of
pattern some can have a purple to reddish hue some can even have a white pattern or some can
present as just like a texture change oftentimes they can be kind of bothersome to people and they
want to know what are some of the ways that you can kind of get rid of so it depends on
what your concern may be if it's a texture issue that's bothering you or if it's a color issue
that that's bothering you most commonly people are bothered by the color issue whether it's a purple
or reddish and hue because it's very visible so some of the technologies that we offer are
laser treatments called our pulse dye laser or B beam laser what that does is it helps to take
the dilation out of the blood vessels that gives the stretch marks that red to purplish hue also
if you have some concerns about the texture issue because stretch marks are caused by the breakdown
or disruption of the collagen underneath the skin we have technologies that kind of help to build
up that collagen some of those treatments could be radiofrequency micro needling and what that
is is this radio frequent energy that's delivered deep beneath the skin surface to generate collagen
synthesis which then leaves the foundation to kind of smooth out the stretch marks we also have laser
called our Fraxel laser which uses vaporization to general regenerate the skin build collagen as well
and also kind of help to smooth out skin surface the Fraxel laser also helps a little bit with the
pre pigment in the skin to kind of get rid of that dark the dark features that you might see
with stretch marks some of the technologies that can improve the appearance of stretch marks such
as radiofrequency micro needling Fraxel lasers or post eye lasers the good thing about those
those are safe on all skin color so it doesn't matter whether you are have a dark brown hue all
the way to a very pale color it's appropriate and effective on all treatment of skin these
treatments are not a one and done unfortunately so you may have to do these treatments at least
three to four times and we tend to separate each treatment about a month apart and interval also
it may take during the procedure it may take about anywhere from ten to thirty minutes with minimal
downtime so depending upon what you're looking for the one the treatment that might provide a little
bit less downtime which means less swelling less redness less complications of bruising you might
want to consider a pulsed dye laser if your if if you want a little bit more intensity in terms of
improvement of the overall skin quality our Fraxel laser may take it you may need about three to four
sessions interval about four weeks apart and it may take about a couple of days of downtime
meaning that you might be a little bit red and a little bit swollen radiofrequency micro needling
as well you may need about at least three to four sessions interval about four weeks apart and the
downtime may be a couple of days of little redness and a little swelling overall it takes about 12
weeks for you your body to build collagen so in terms of seeing any appreciable results
it still may take about three months twelve weeks for you to see any appreciable change
because what all the technologies are doing is stimulating your body to build collagen and it
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