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2002 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Promising clinical research using the excimer laser is underway for the repigmentation of aged, white, disfiguring stretch marks.
The study, conducted by David J. Goldberg, MD, director of laser research in the Department of Dermatology at New York City's Mount Sinai School of Medicine, may solve one of the most common cosmetic problems among women. This is the first-ever treatment able to improve the look of old stretch marks. The procedure can also improve white scars resulting from face lifts. Mount Sinai is the only medical center in the world involved in this study.
The study was released at the annual meeting of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery held in Atlanta.
The research follows the progress of 10 subjects treated for stretch marks at weekly intervals over 5 weeks. The results show the treatments ...