Skin and Stretch Marks
Our skin is similar to a huge layer of spandex that covers our entire body. If you tug on your skin and then release it, it will snap back into place, according to your body’s features. Extend marks can occur when the skin stretches at a rate that its suppleness cannot tolerate. 
Stretch marks (sometimes called striae) are frequent throughout adolescence and pregnancy because of the fast expansion. Striae can also be caused by the growth of body features such as breasts, muscular bulking, and fast weight gain. When cortisone levels in the body are raised, the probability of developing striae increases.
Stretch Marks Diagnosis
When examined under a microscope, a stretch mark will reveal a few coiled and clustered elastic fibers in the center and an abundance of curled and clustered elastic fibers along the edges. Collagen fibers, which are the skin’s protein-building components, are separated rather than bundled.
Initially, these appear as varying lengths and widths of red and purple lines. They might be wrinkled and glossy at times. They gradually fade to the same hue or tint as the surrounding skin and remain there. Due to their hormones, women are more prone to stretch marks than males. They are most frequently found on the breasts, lower belly, buttocks, and thighs, as well as the underside of the upper arms.
Radiesse Filler for Stretch Marks
Medications such as ascorbic acid can be effectively delivered to the skin by microneedling. To maintain proper collagen formation, ascorbic acid, or vitamin C, must be present. The posttranslational processing of collagen types I and III serves as a necessary cofactor for the enzymes lysyl-hydroxylase and prolyl-hydroxylase. By promoting fibroblast proliferation, ascorbic acid induces collagen formation in the dermis. As a result, it appears that ascorbic acid may be able to reduce the appearance of atrophic scars. Genome-wide studies have revealed that ascorbic acid increases gene expression, increasing collagen syntheses and metalloproteinases I inhibitor production.
What is Radiesse?
Using Radiesse to repair moderate to severe wrinkles and creases and soft-tissue volume loss has been utilized for more than a decade to treat HIV-associated lipoatrophy and face rejuvenation. Non-facial regions, including the neck, décolletage, upper arms, buttocks, thighs, and belly, have shown success with diluted or hyper-diluted injections of this filler to address volume loss and skin laxity.
Using Radiesse with Microneedling
Radiesses induce an active, physiologic remodeling of the extracellular matrix by promoting a two-step process in which collagen type I eventually replaces type III. Radiesses-induced increases in elastin production are another sign of active remodeling. Most patients report cellulite reduction 90 days after administering diluted Radiesses (1:1 and 1:0.6 dilutions with a 2 percent lidocaine solution) to the buttocks and thighs. This procedure increased neocollagenesis and resulted in a considerable reduction in the appearance of cellulite. Despite this, multiple published studies have shown that CaHA can help to reduce the appearance of atrophic acne scars.
The improvement in Stretch mark atrophic is due to a threefold combination:
- CaHA microspheres stimulate Neocollagenesis
- Microneedling damages the skin’s barrier and results in recruiting immune cells, which release growth factors
- Ascorbic acid increases collagen production.