PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - If you are one of the many people who have tried all kinds of creams to get rid of stretch marks with no luck, there's finally some help. The FDA has approved the first treatment ...

Stretch marks (straie) are lines of discoloration that develop on areas of the skin that have been subjected to stretching. The lines are typically pink, red or purple, and are sometimes indented.

Stretch marks are totally harmless, can develop at any age, and appear when the skin stretches or shrinks suddenly, and collagen and elastin fibers are broken. The marks are extremely common and can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not all hope is lost though. To get rid of stretch marks, you either have to see a dermatologist for professional and/or ...

For many women, they’re the red, white or sometimes brown badges of bearing children. But while pregnant women are the group with whom we most frequently associate stretch marks, a larger percentage ...

Both pulsed dye laser and intense pulsed light demonstrated efficacy in improving the appearance of stretch marks, according to researchers. Twenty patients were treated on one side of their bodies ...

There is a new treatment for stretch marks that channels the body's natural healing powers: a laser. Kristen Shaughnessy checks it out in the latest Healthy Living report. Dermatologist Arash Akhavan ...

It's not necessary to get rid of stretch marks, as they are an extremely common and harmless skin response to rapid growth during times like pregnancy or puberty. You also can't get rid of stretch ...

Stretch marks are not uncommon. They happen to both men and women. You get them in a number of ways pregnancy, growth spurts, body building, even gaining or losing weight. If you've tried over the ...

BOSTON (CBS) - If you are one of the many people who have tried all kinds of creams to get rid of stretch marks with no luck, there's finally some help. The FDA has approved the first treatment shown ...