Stretch Marks
Stretch marks appear when the skin is stretched too strongly, too quickly. They often occur on the tummy in pregnancy, on the back during a growth spurt or after intense muscle-building training. You might have noticed that stretch marks initially look red, but later spontaneously change to flesh colour or slightly lighter. Stretch marks are essentially little tears or scars in the skin tissue and are a very stubborn condition to treat. As with any scar, it's likely that they won't disappear completely with treatment. However, in more than 80% of patients we can reduce the stretch mark width and make them significantly less obvious.
We treat stretch marks with a combination of carboxytherapy and medical needling. For carboxytherapy, we superficially inject tiny amounts of carbon dioxide gas (CO2) directly into the stretch mark with a tiny needle. The CO2 gas dilates blood vessels, improves delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the skin and results in tissue remodeling with improved elasticity. Carboxytherapy is not a one-off treatment, but needs to be performed six to nine times, each two to three weeks apart.
For even better efficacy, carboxytherapy can be combined with medical needling. When rolled over the skin, the dermaroller's ultra-fine needles create microscopic punctures. These intentional, standardised injuries induce thousands of tiny, controlled wound-healing responses, which lead to increased collagen production and tissue remodeling. This is performed after the application of a numbing cream. Medical needling is performed in six to eight week intervals and usually three to six sessions are done in total.
Costs:
Carboxytherapy with Dermatologist (per session) - £200
Medical needling with Dermatologist (per session) - £450
Medical needling with Med. Cosmetician (per session) - £325
