TCA peel for stretch marks?

[first2grace]

Has anyone every tried a TCA peel for their stretch marks? I saw somewhere that this is what docs used before laser treatment, but they wanted to make more money so they put it on the back burner.

Have you ever tried it?

Did it work?

If so, what strength did you use?

How long did it take to see results?

Where did you use it?

Did it hurt? If so, how bad?

Any scarring?

Out of pure laziness, here is a link to a website that explains it better than I can. It has before and after pics too!

http://www.novapeels.com/stretch.html

P.S. I am in not any way advertising that site, I just like that it has pics and somewhat explains the process. (I :love: MUAC!)

[Nonie]

The best stretch mark progress pics I have seen are on Skin Biology. I even bought the products but I'm so inconsistent and so undriven (I've come to accept my stretch marks as if they are part and parcel of me that honestly they don't really bother me; hence my lackadaisical attitude towards getting rid of them). Anyway, J was one of the people whose results I found impressive. They use the idea of exfoliating (which is what a peel would do) and then rebuilding the skin tissue using copper peptides.

Check out these before pics (http://healthyskin.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1480045352/m/8060069394) and these pics 5 months later (http://healthyskin.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1480045352/m/3930074715).

[first2grace]

I wish I could accept mine, but I refuse. I'm 24 and I look like I've got a roadmap on most parts of my body, especially my stomach (I keep telling myself that babies are a blessing). I'm wondering if I could get some copper peptide to put on during the healing process of the peel. These bad boys got to go ASAP!

[Nonie]

I wish I could accept mine, but I refuse. I'm 24 and I look like I've got a roadmap on most parts of my body, especially my stomach (I keep telling myself that babies are a blessing). I'm wondering if I could get some copper peptide to put on during the healing process of the peel. These bad boys got to go ASAP!

LOL...I guess I have accepted mine because they are not in areas I am keen to expose. Actually, I have some on my calves, but who's looking? Plus a pair of pantyhose hides those nicely. Hubby-mine has no problem with them and will plant kisses on them so... *shrug* I imagine baby-induced stretch marks would get even more loving kissies. :love:

[cocoberry10]

I could believe this would work. However, I would advise you to have a doctor (dermatologist) do this for you, b/c I would assume you would need a higher concentration (i.e. 40% or something close) to really see the effects. I know I wouldn't use a high concentration of this stuff at home. I heard this stuff can really burn. I've never used it before! Good luck.