Stretch-mark correction
Stretch marks and scars are treated here by the plasma method, on the body and on the face. The treatment works on the texture of the mark and on its height, and the response depends on its age and depth — an older mark responds differently from a fresh one, and you're told that in advance rather than afterwards.
What the treatment actually does
Fractional plasma works on skin texture at depth, and that is the work a stretch mark and a scar require: not lightening the colour alone but changing the texture and the height of the tissue.
The clinic treats stretch marks, scars on the body and scars on the face this way, including acne scars. The area, the depth and the type of mark decide the intensity and the number of stages.
What affects the response
The age of the mark and its depth are the significant factors. A fresh mark responds differently from an old one, and a flat mark differently from one with height or a depression.
I say this at the analysis, including when the answer isn't comfortable: there are marks that can be improved a great deal, and marks where the improvement will be partial. The expectation is set before the process, not at the end of it.
How it works in practice
It's a series. Between sessions the skin has work of its own to do, so the gaps between them are part of the treatment rather than a delay in it.
After fractional plasma there may be redness, mild swelling, or a thin crust that sheds on its own. You'll have the exact instructions before and after, so you can plan your week and your sun exposure.
Who it suits
- There are stretch marks after pregnancy, a change in weight, or growth
- A scar remains — on the body or the face — whose texture or height bothers you
- You'd rather hear in advance what's realistic for your specific mark
- You're ready for a gradual process and aren't looking for a one-session fix
When we talk first, and when I refer you to a doctor
- A tendency to scarring or hyperpigmentation changes suitability and pace, and sometimes rules a treatment out. Checked at the analysis.
- A scar still healing, or an area with an active infection, waits for another date.
- A scar originating in surgery or an injury that hasn't been examined is examined by a doctor first.
This page is a general explanation of the treatment, not personal advice. Suitability is established at the skin analysis and the conversation around it — and if this treatment isn't what your skin needs, you'll hear that from me.
Further reading
- Stretch marks and scars — why an old mark responds differently from a fresh one
What determines how a stretch mark or scar responds to treatment, why my first question is how old it is, and what the plasma method can achieve — and what it cannot.
- Cold, hot and fractional plasma — three technologies, not three intensities
Cold, hot and fractional plasma are not three settings of the same treatment. Each works differently and answers a different goal — here is how the skin analysis decides which one is yours.
Let's start with an analysis
Tell me what's bothering you and we'll book a skin analysis and a conversation. By the end of it you'll know what's reasonable to expect, over what period, and whether this is the right method for you at all.