Women of all ages, regardless of height, weight, or parental status, are susceptible to stretch marks. This is a simple fact.

Another fact, which will hopefully make you feel a bit better, is that supermodels (yes, the bikini models you see in Sports Illustrated and Victoria’s Secret advertisements) also have stretch marks.

If you’re like the 95% of women out there, you prefer them gone. 

Dr. Kirk Brandow, founder and director of the Brandow Clinic for Cosmetic Surgery who has appeared on national programs such as Good Morning America and 20/20, offers insights on cosmetic surgery and shares the real deal on stretch mark solutions with several facts on popular procedures and topical options to prevent and remove stretch marks. 

Here’s what he has to say...

The name of the game today in cosmetic surgery is fast and non-invasive. 

The reasons are obvious. Nobody wants to be bedridden out of work and off the social grid as they recover. Fast results of a thinner, tighter, younger look within an hour is very alluring. 

How many of these seemingly miracle procedures actually do what they claim to? 

Board certified Philadelphia plastic surgeon, Dr. Kirk Brandow, breaks down cosmetic surgery hype; which procedures are zeros not heroes.