A recent study in the journal Dermatologic Surgery showed laser treatment gave “good and very good” subjective improvement in stretch marks in 33 of 37 patients. Immediately after a course of 6-weekly treatments, nearly 40% of all patients enjoyed an improvement in the appearance of their stretch marks of between 25-50%. The long term effect (6 weeks later) showed that over 26% of all patients’ stretch marks improved by 51-75% and nearly 6% of all patients’ stretch marks improved by over 75%. None of the patients were assessed as having no improvement in the appearance of stretch marks. Patient satisfaction was also measured and 65% of patients reported they were very satisfied with the treatment, 23% were satisfied and 12% were slightly satisfied.
