What is mesotherapy, is it effective for stretch marks? Indications and contraindications for the procedure. How are sessions for the removal of cosmetic defects carried out? Reviews of an innovative technique, the best combinations with cosmetic procedures. Before the procedure, a consultation with a cosmetologist is required. The possibility of eliminating stretch marks with the help of mesotherapy is discussed, the condition of the skin is assessed, it is established what types of drugs are required, how many procedures will be done and what intervals are needed between them. Everything is established on an individual basis, based on the clinical picture and anamnesis (concomitant diseases) of the patient. If he is taking any medications, the beautician should be informed. 3-12 sessions can be prescribed with an interval of 6-10 days.
The procedures can be performed with or without anesthesia. The patient's pain threshold, depth and area of influence are assessed. Based on these parameters, anesthetics are chosen - creams or injections.
Mesotherapy sessions with injections or with the use of an apparatus are carried out on an outpatient basis - in a beauty parlor. The effect of the initial exposure lasts for 6-8 months, in the future it is necessary to carry out preventive sessions. The doctor announces recommendations for rehabilitation at the consultation stage.
There is also a home technique for introducing stimulating substances into the uppermost layers of the skin. It is suitable for removing small fresh pink stretch marks. After home sessions, it is also required to adhere to the recommended restrictions.
Indications for mesotherapy for stretch marks
Stretch marks can appear on all parts of the body - on the face, on the lower back, on the chest, on the thighs and on the abdomen. In women, the impetus for the development of a cosmetic defect is more often pregnancy and weight gain.
Indications for the mesotherapy procedure:
- Cellulite - gynoid lipodystrophy, a malnutrition of the fatty layer located under the upper layer of the skin;
- Weight gain, the formation of a fat layer - the acceleration of metabolic processes contributes to its transformation into water and glycerin and natural excretion from the body;
- Loss of skin elasticity due to decreased muscle tone;
- Stretch marks or stretch marks - shallow scars on the upper layer of the dermis, which are skin defects; the reasons for their appearance: hormonal changes, including age-related, weight "swing" - weight gain is replaced by weight loss and vice versa, genetic factors;
- Hyperpigmentation - the appearance of dark areas on the skin, darkening of stretch marks;
- Couperosis is a pronounced expansion of peripheral blood vessels;
- Disruption of metabolic processes in the upper layers of the dermis, due to which the skin becomes too dry and flaky.
The most popular procedures are mesotherapy for stretch marks on the abdomen, hips and buttocks. Unfortunately, the method is not available to everyone.
Contraindications to mesotherapy against stretch marks
Absolute contraindications are blood clotting disorders, hemophilia (blood incoagulability), cancer, regardless of localization. You can not do mesotherapy during pregnancy and lactation.
Relative contraindications are:
- Allergic reactions - the choice of drugs is extensive, and you can choose the right one for yourself;
- Renal and hepatic impairment - the beautician may decide to do the procedure if the area of influence is limited;
- Low pain threshold - in this case, you can choose stronger anesthetics. In expensive salons, the procedure is performed even under anesthesia, under the supervision of an anesthesiologist.
- Infectious and inflammatory processes, regardless of the area of localization.
- Dermatological diseases of non-infectious etiology - if skin lesions do not spread to the site of the procedure, the cosmetologist can make a positive decision.
After operations or debilitating diseases, you must first recover and only then deal with the elimination of cosmetic defects.
You should not eliminate stretch marks with injections if you have a tendency to develop keloids after damage to the skin. In this case, dense papules may form at the injection sites.
How is stretch marks removal with mesotherapy?
It is necessary to prepare in advance for sessions to remove stretch marks from the abdomen and other areas. It is advisable for women to have a pregnancy test. Mandatory measures include: blood tests - expanded and coagulogram, for coagulability, electrocardiogram, ultrasound of the abdominal cavity, allergy tests for drugs and anesthetics that will be used for administration. You should stop drinking alcohol 2 days before the procedure.
The amount of exposure and drugs are selected in advance, at the stage of consultation and preparation for the sessions. For tightening and rejuvenation, vitamins with hyaluronic acid or collagen are introduced into the cocktail, for strengthening blood vessels and eliminating puffiness - drugs that accelerate local metabolism and lymphatic drainage agents. Fibrous tissue is dissolved by enzyme substances.
Algorithm of the procedure:
- The injection sites and surrounding areas are treated with antiseptics approximately 1.5-2 cm.
- If required, anesthetic is applied to these areas or injected with pain relievers.
- With the manual technique, the medicine is injected with special short needles at small intervals (they depend on the identified problems), the needles are set so that the holes are turned outward during mesopuncture and downward during mesoinjections (the medicine is injected deeper).
- With the hardware technique, the transport function is performed by ultrasound.
- Anesthetic is applied to the treated area, then a sedative.
Improvement should not be expected immediately after the procedure. The skin may turn red, hurt when touched, seals, swelling, local hemorrhages appear on it. Most likely, this is an individual reaction to the invasive method, and, following all the recommendations for rehabilitation, it is possible to get rid of discomfort in 1-2 days.
There may also be unpredictable complications associated with an atypical reaction of the patient to drugs, in violation of the procedure technology or sanitary and hygienic rules. If, 2-3 days after the session, redness and soreness do not disappear, you need to contact a beautician. The sequence of a home procedure using a needle roller:
- The roller is treated with an antiseptic.
- The skin is cleansed, rubbed with Miramistin, Chlorhexidine or hydrogen peroxide. Alcohol antiseptics can be used, but they can irritate delicate skin, and in the future, the side effects will be more pronounced.
- Anesthetic, lidocaine cream, or spray is applied. You should not generously lubricate the body with anesthetic from ampoules: if the sensitivity is stopped completely, the skin surface can be injured, and there is a high likelihood of secondary infection.
- When the anesthetic begins to act, the problem area is treated with a ready-made cocktail or serum.
- The mesoscooter is rolled: 5 rolls in one direction, and then the same amount in the other. They do not rent diagonally.
- Further, the skin is processed, as in a beauty salon.
Home sessions can be repeated in 2-3 days, the number of procedures is 10-15 sessions. After that, you need to rest for a month.
It is impossible to abuse mesotherapy, despite the availability of funds and accessories. Otherwise, the skin will stop producing its collagen and the stretch marks area will increase.
The result of mesotherapy for stretch marks
An effective result can be seen after 2 sessions of mesotherapy, if you follow the recommendations of the rehabilitation period.
After the procedure, within 10 days, you should:
- Avoid ultraviolet rays - do not sunbathe, do not wear things in which the treatment site is fleetingly exposed;
- Wear loose-fitting clothing, preferably made from natural fabrics;
- Do not visit the sauna or bathhouse - climatic influences are not allowed;
- To refuse mechanical influences on the problem area - you cannot do massage, use the muscles of this area during training.
After pregnancy or sharp weight loss, it is impossible to get rid of stretch marks and restore skin tone only with mesotherapy, you need to combine cosmetological effects with training. But doing exercises directly on the abdomen - pumping up the muscles - is possible only when the seals at the injection sites completely disappear, otherwise bruising will appear. 2-3 days between workouts - the break is not so critical as to lose "shape". Redness should disappear within 30 minutes after the procedure, seals after injections with mesoinjections - within a week.
Reviews about mesotherapy for stretch marks on the abdomen and other areas are very different. From positive, for example, "The skin not only returned to its original state, but became more elastic, dense", to negative, for example, "Nothing helped, unnecessary torment and loss of money." Much depends on the individual perception of medicines by the body and the qualifications of the cosmetologist.
Large stretch marks cannot be eliminated with cosmetic procedures. To get rid of them, surgery is required. Clients note that the following combinations help to achieve the greatest effect on elimination of stretch marks on the abdomen and hips:
- Mesotherapy and wrapping of problem areas - the intervals between sessions are lengthened, and wrapping procedures with professional means are carried out in a salon;
- Mesotherapy and lymphatic drainage massage - massage accelerates lymph exchange in the problem area, the skin at the site of stretch marks softens and becomes more elastic;
- Mesotherapy and chemical peeling - peeling is carried out 10-15 days before mesotherapy.
Hot and cold wraps for stretch marks removal in combination with mesotherapy are ineffective: they stimulate the destruction of the fat layer, but do not affect the elimination of stretch marks.
Real reviews of the mesotherapy procedure for stretch marks
Mesotherapy is quite effective in combating stretch marks. However, there are many reviews on the Internet, both positive and negative.
Valentina, 35 years old
I've already forgotten exactly when I declared war on the damned stretch marks. It seems that I got them after the end of the transitional age, at the age of 18, and since then I have been very complex about this. I was looking for different ways to get rid of them and decided to do mesotherapy in the salon. The master promised me just a magical transformation: striae should have decreased both in width and depth, and generally completely disappear in just a few sessions of mesotherapy. The procedure is quite painful, although they were pricked with a thin needle from an insulin syringe. Fortunately, although there are many injections, they are done quickly and subcutaneously. After the session, hematomas and tumors remained on the buttocks. We went for about a week. Then I did another procedure two weeks later. And so five sessions every 14 days. The subsequent manipulations were not so painful, perhaps I just got used to this pain. Beauty requires sacrifice - yes, but I haven't achieved any beauty! During the course of mesotherapy, my bottom really became more elastic, flabbiness went away. But the stretch marks remained. And when I finished the course, the elasticity disappeared. Everything returned to its place. And this is for a lot of money!
Nadezhda, 28 years old
A couple of months ago I decided on a mesotherapy procedure. Stretch marks tortured me, and the excess weight was present. Of course, I fought with him as best I could. But striae will not go anywhere either from proper nutrition or from sports. My stomach area was especially problematic. I was prescribed 7 sessions. The first couple of procedures were very painful, even with anesthesia. In general, I am very afraid of both pain and injections. And then somehow it became easier. And the most important thing is that I see the result! Stretch marks after two procedures became lighter and more invisible. And it also took me about five kilograms of weight in the first two months. True, I still add vacuum massage at home, go in for sports and drink flaxseed oil. But I did all this before, but there was no such result. Now he is, and I am very pleased. I plan to add 2-3 more procedures for my stomach. And there, maybe I'll get to the thighs, they also require attention.
Nina, 38 years old
At the moment I am undergoing a course of mesotherapy for stretch marks and excess weight. In total, I have been assigned five procedures for different parts of the body. I have already made three of them and I think that I can speak about certain results. The volumes are really reduced, cellulite becomes less noticeable, stretch marks fade. Also, the skin on my thighs has become better, not as dry as usual, more dense and elastic. One feels that she is in good shape. But there is one drawback to this procedure. And that's not even a relatively high cost. It hurts terribly! Every time during the procedure, I am ready to cry and howl in pain, even though I am being anesthetized. At the same time, I am undergoing a course of anti-cellulite massage, which enhances the effect of mesotherapy. Now I only hope that the result after my course will persist for a long time, and will not go away as soon as I finish the procedure. But in any case, the effect is already there, and it pleases!
Photos before and after mesotherapy for stretch marks
How mesotherapy is done against stretch marks - watch the video:
Do not expect a miracle: fresh small pink stretch marks can be removed from the abdomen after 2-3 courses, but old striae, white or purple, with a pattern of fibrous tissue, mesotherapy will not help remove. The skin will become firmer, smoother, but defects will remain. The cost of the procedures ranges from 1,000 to 5,000 rubles per session.
