Basically, stretch marks are scars that come from skin stretching or shrinking quickly, such as with a pregnancy or extreme weight loss. When your skin is pushed to its limits or shrunk too fast, the ...

A case series found that skin-stretching external fixation devices coupled with negative pressure wound therapy was effective in treating large skin defects, suggesting that this method may be a ...

Pregnant women’s skin undergoes substantial changes and stretching throughout gestation, often resulting in stretch marks appearing around the abdomen, hips and thighs. With proper awareness and ...

Those silvery streaks that appear during pregnancy, growth spurts, or weight fluctuations affect nearly 80 percent of people at some point in their lives. While completely natural and medically ...

Researchers show that stretching the skin stimulates immune cells and increases the skin’s ability to absorb large molecules, including those present in vaccines. Publishing September 17 in the Cell ...

October 11, 2022 – A new, creative and innovative, minimally invasive skin-stretching device provides a promising alternative for surgical treatment of large scalp defects, reports a paper in The ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." And while the truth is that stretch mark lotions, potions, and creams won't magically erase your scars ...

As we age, our bodies go through changes that can often result in stretch marks. They are natural, and beautiful; often a sign that we’re changing or even just had a baby. But, if, for whatever reason ...

Researchers led by a team at INSERM and King’s College London have shown how stretching the skin stimulates immune cells and increases the skin’s ability to absorb large molecules, including those ...