After your child is born, stretch marks will not disappear instantaneously. They may stay for a very long time, and you won't get rid of them before at least 6 months after you have your baby.

Normally, stretch marks will disappear with time, and if you followed the tips on how you can avoid stretch marks you may actually be fine with the results of the natural process. There are several scar solutions that will, if used faithfully within the first months after pregnancy, help your scars cure even more.

Not everyone is satisfied with natural curing as a stretch mark remedy, and many women seek more permanent stretch mark removal options.

Luckily there are several options available for sufferers who are wondering how to get rid of stretch marks, although results vary as do the costs associated with them. Stretch marks pose absolutely no health risks and don't interfere with your organism's ability to function and therefore stretch mark removal is considered a cosmetic intervention. In all but extreme weight loss cases, most insurance companies won't cover the cost of cosmetic interventions.

If you couldn't prevent stretch marks from appearing, before going through any medical intervention, please research the risks and outcomes carefully. Surgeries, by their very nature, are an invasive intervention. Always go to a specialist and review their references. There have been many women who have visited 'discount' surgeons, or visited other countries to have surgeries done at a lower cost than they could at a certified specialist, with terrible results. There are a number of reports of misaligned belly buttons, a minor complaint compared to massive scarring, infections, and even death that others have suffered.

Surgical Stretch Mark Removal

Stretch mark surgery (usually referred to as 'plastic surgery') is the best alternative to make stretch marks go away.

Abdominoplasty, usually called 'tummy tuck', will eliminate skin under the belly button (which happens to be where the majority of stretch marks appear during pregnancy), and, as a result, removes the stretch marks completely. Plastic surgery can be done any where there is excess skin (thighs, upper arms, etc.) As with any surgery, a tummy tuck will produce scarring of its own, which will disappear the first year after surgery. The surgical cuts are usually done low in the abdomen so that they can be dissimulated by bikini bottoms or other clothing.

Most insurance companies do not cover the cost linked with a plastic surgeon performing a surgery to eliminate a stretch mark. Prevent them from appearing if you can, because the cost of the surgery varies on where you have the surgery done (some specialists and hospitals charge more than others), but a good estimate of cost would be somewhere from $4000 to $7500.

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