Friday, November 19, 2010

Radio frequency technology for stretch mark treatment

This is an article from last year, but maybe you haven't heard about this other stretch mark treatment, based upon radio frequency technology. Here is an interesting excerpt :

Results showed that at one week after the final (sixth) treatment, 38.2% and 11.8% of the patients were assessed to have 25-50% and 51-75% improvement in the appearance of their stretch marks, respectively.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The right skin bleaching cream

The world of cosmetics is full of competing products, such as for a skin bleaching cream. This very good article will help you choose the right one :

Most skin lightening treatments or creams aim to reduce the amount or minimise Melanin production. However not all of them are safe to use. 

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Additional stretch marks treatments

In case you are pregnant, or else you were, or were concerned with weight gain not long ago, then you will seek for stretch mark treatment as well. I liked this article that details some cool options :

Paying attention to your bodyweight and massaging the skin routinely may help avert and additionally enhance the visual appearance of stretch marks.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Facebook and skin lightening

Do you think only women are interested in skin bleaching cream ? Men do, in particular those interested in making their skin less dark. So a new facebook application appeared this last summer :

Skincare group Vaseline has introduced a skin-lightening application for Facebook in India, enabling users to make their faces whiter in their profile pictures.

There is more to it than a mere picture editing software. Here : Vaseline Is Trying To Make Facebook-ers In India Look Like Sammy Sosa

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Fractional laser for stretch mark treatment

Another efficient appliance has been approved early this year for stretch mark treatment, as related in the serious medical news today website :

[...] non-ablative laser handpiece has received the first clearance by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of striae (stretch marks) using a fractional laser. This new clearance will allow aesthetic practitioners to treat the millions of women worldwide who have unwanted stretch marks.

You may not have read about this yet, so here it is : First Fractional Laser FDA Cleared For Striae.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

A radio frequency device to treat stretch marks

Since stretch marks is a skin condition that affects many people, science has devoted many efforts to come up with proper stretch mark treatment. In particular this not quite new but little known radio frequency appliance :

Stretch marks are a skin condition that has been traditionally very challenging to treat. The study confirms that collagen remodeling induced by RF heating is an effective mechanism for improving the surface appearance of stretch marks.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Onions for stretch marks

This week we talked about stretch mark treatment on the blog. I liked this complementary article based upon medical adivce :

As judged by the women themselves, the treated stretch mark looked better, was less red, and was softer and smoother than the untreated stretch mark.