Show patients their result before they treat.
Streak-like lines from rapid skin stretching that fade from red or purple to silvery white over time.
Sarah Jenkins
Plan #4252 • Overall
Recommended Protocol
RF Microneedling
Sculptra • For Stretch Marks
Retinol body creams
At-home maintenance
Stretch marks are streak-like scars from rapid skin stretching that fade from red/purple to silvery white. They're improved — not fully erased — by stimulating collagen and resurfacing with RF microneedling like Morpheus8, microneedling, and fractional lasers, plus biostimulators. Red, newer marks respond best; results build over a series.
Stretch marks are narrow, streak-like lines that form when skin stretches faster than it can adapt — from growth, pregnancy, weight changes, or muscle gain — damaging collagen and elastin. They start red or purple and fade to white or silvery over time.
For a practice, stretch-mark treatment supports body and post-pregnancy packages. The clinical goal is to improve texture and color and blend the marks with the surrounding skin through resurfacing and collagen stimulation, usually over a series. Helping the patient visualize smoother, faded marks supports a multi-session plan.
Stretch Marks
Where it appears
Abdomen, Thighs, Arms, Breast
Facial area
Overall
Treatment paths
13
From in-clinic procedures to at-home regimens, Afters maps the full range of options — so patients can see what each one would do for them, on their own photo, before they commit.
Professional procedures performed by a provider to target the concern directly.
Energy-based and resurfacing devices used to treat the concern in clinic.
Branded injectables and medical products providers use for this concern.
Medical-grade products patients use between visits to maintain results.
The named injectables, products, and devices patients search for — each lets them preview the result before they commit.
The most-searched RF microneedling device — combines microneedling with deep radiofrequency to tighten and remodel skin.
View brandA versatile RF microneedling system that runs both monopolar and bipolar energy in one device.
View brandA comfort-focused RF microneedling device with robotic precision and built-in LED therapy.
View brandLutronic's RF microneedling system with real-time energy feedback for precise, consistent delivery.
View brandBTL's newer platform combining fractional RF microneedling with targeted ultrasound and serum delivery.
View brandA deeper RF microneedling system that delivers temperature-controlled energy for dramatic, often single-session tightening.
View brandPatients rarely come in for just one thing. Browse other concerns Afters can visualize.
Common questions patients ask about stretch marks — and what practices should be ready to answer.
Rapid stretching from growth, pregnancy, weight changes, or muscle gain damages collagen and elastin in the deeper skin, creating streak-like lines.
Complete removal is rarely possible, but treatments can significantly fade, flatten, and blend them so they're much less noticeable.
RF microneedling, microneedling, and fractional lasers stimulate collagen and resurface the skin, while vascular lasers target the redness of newer marks.
Newer red or purple marks generally respond best, but older white marks still improve in texture and blending with treatment.
Most patients need a series of 3–6 sessions, with collagen remodeling continuing for months afterward.
Afters simulates the outcome on a patient's own photo and builds a visual 12-month plan — so consults convert and average ticket climbs.