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CO2 Resurfacing for Stretch Marks

I went and had CO2 laser resurfacing done on my stomach yesterday to try and smooth out some of my stretch marks. I spent an hour with topical anesthetic on my stomach to help ease the pain.  It was an extra $35.  I wasn't sure if it would really do a lot of good.  When it was finally time to start, I started to get nervous.  It didn't tickle but it didn't hurt substantially. Not yet anyway.  She had me turn some and all of a sudden it was horrifically painful.  The assistance commented that the Doc was going outside the lines of the topical anesthetic.  The doctor is a bit of a perfectionist.  Her comment, "well, you have stretch marks here too, I'm almost done."  My legs were shaking from the pain.

The procedure overall didn't take but maybe 20-30 minutes.   The doctor told me to keep cold packs on the area to help with the swelling.  I was also advised to continue to wear the garment to prevent any friction against the area.

I think wearing the garment helped with the pain.  However, because the skin has literally just been burned, there is some oozing.  Well, my skin stuck to the garment and I had to literally peel it off, which was NOT pleasant.

For now, the pain is minimal, but my skin is very rough - like sand paper.  It does hurt to bend over though.  I'll keep you posted .. but for now .. here are some pics

I tried to get a good picture of the stretch marks, but because my skin is so pale it wasn't easy. 



This one is a little better


Here is what it looks like, less than 24 hours after the procedure was done.


This is what the garment looked like once I had peeled it away from my skin.  That was not a pleasant experience.

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  1. james cameoJuly 24, 2012 at 5:29 AM

    Being frustrated from stretch mark issues I have been applying many remedies and techniques to get a proper solution from these problems, but not even a single time I feel the pain and embarrassing part of having these stretch marks, but here we can found a very positive approach of CO2 laser resurfacing which proves one of the best ever part for removing stretch marks.

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