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A C-section scar often mixes tethered sunken parts, raised parts and discolored parts along the surgical line, so it is read section by section. Stretch marks that came with it are read by stage, early red marks apart from older white ones.
When a C-section scar still bothers you long after birth, it is usually because sinking, raising and color are mixed along one line. So the scar is not treated with one method end to end; it is recorded section by section.
When tissue under the skin sticks together as the incision heals, the surface is pulled inward. The fold where the skin above the line drapes over the scar when you sit or bend is related to this pull.
When a lot of fibrous tissue forms while the wound heals, the scar rises above the surrounding skin. Itching or a pulling feeling often comes with it. Raised scars follow a different approach, so the response to stimulation and whether the edge is spreading are checked first.
Redness is a vascular response still under the scar, and brown is pigment left behind. The two are read differently.
Unlike a scar, a stretch mark is a split left as the inner skin stretched, so there is no tethering pulling from below. Early red marks and older white marks are read separately.
A C-section scar is read by section and stretch marks by stage. Unlike a scar, a stretch mark is a split left as the inner skin stretched, so there is no tethering pulling from below.
A section where tissue under the skin has stuck together and pulls the surface inward. It is read together with the fold above the line when sitting or bending.
Surgical line · tethering under the skin
A section raised by excess fibrous tissue. Itching or pulling, and whether the edge is spreading, are checked first.
Fibrous tissue · edge
Redness is a vascular response and brown is leftover pigment. The two colors are recorded separately and read differently.
Vascular response · pigment
Stretch marks that formed recently and still hold redness. The width and color of the split are recorded together.
Inner skin stretched
Stretch marks that have lost their color and changed texture over time. The texture and color of the split are treated with needle RF and fractional laser.
Texture · color
These groups decide where a consultation looks first. The card labels are not diagnoses; each person's condition and care plan are decided by examination.
RECOVER Clinic Gangnam captures the scar under one standard with a capture rig it built for scars, and the director reads sinking, raising and color section by section before choosing which of Saesalchim, needle RF and laser are needed and in what order. Length and condition differ from person to person, so the method and number of visits are set after the examination.
These papers cover how stretch marks are staged and approaches such as needle RF.
A review of how early red and older white stretch marks are distinguished and the evidence for treating them.
A review that pools and appraises studies of microneedling, including needle RF, for stretch marks.
These sources support the stretch-mark explanation on this page. Each person's condition and care plan are decided separately, by consultation and examination.
Yes. Both Saesalchim and needle RF are available while you are breastfeeding. When to start is decided by how the incision has healed.
There is no fixed date; it depends on how the incision has healed. The director looks at the scar directly and advises when to start and in what order.
Yes. An older scar is also read section by section for sinking, raising and color. We do not promise a number of visits in advance; the method and number are set after the read.
Yes. Stretch marks that came with the scar can be assessed and planned on the same day. Unlike a scar they have no tethering pulling from below, so early red and older white marks are treated separately with needle RF and fractional laser.
It depends on the scar length, the state of each section and the stretch-mark area, so it is explained together with the care plan after the read.
Once you have seen that a scar differs section by section, the next step is recording your own scar sections under one standard.