[timarie]

Sorry, ladies, for hijacking this thread. I know Tinamarie was inquiring about scars, but do you know of any effective treatment for those stubborn stretchmarks? I'm asking since you work in the industry and might be able to give some insights. I've tried Fraxel laser treatment, but I'm not sure if it helped although I only had like two treatments or was it one. Anyhow, it made my skin darker and now my stretchmarks stand out more. Do you think the device you're using will help with stretchmarks, too? Thanks.

Hi nsas,

Stretch marks ARE a type of scar. There are different kinds of scars and all heal in slightly different ways but with the same main principle. (see here http://dermaroller.com/all-about-scars ). Stretch marks are trickiest though because they are so deep, as tinytots said. Which is why, when it comes to Dermarollers or the Dermapen, they recommend you using longer needle lengths to encourage healing in the deeper levels of the dermis. With the Time Master, of which I really do not know a whole lot about, this may be different though. The Time Master does not encourage immediate healing through trauma. It just encourages the production of natural collagen, so the process can be longer. If it takes longer, it may not be as effective with stretch marks (from the information I have gathered on the differences between other kinds of scars and stretch marks), and I am imagining that our only hope with stretch marks is to encourage it to heal at the deeper level of the dermis (if we want it to heal and not just temporarily make it APPEAR better with topicals). Well, that is just my understanding. When I say I want to heal my scars, stretch marks (butt and thighs) are included in that. I also have a boat-load of scars from my job I need a new job!