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Study aim
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Comparison of the efficacy of microneedling versus fractional leaser in treatment of striae
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Design
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The study will be performed a single-blind clinical trial on 40 patients with striae. In each patient, similar striae in shape and size and almost symmetrically at a surface of 5 x 5 cm2 will be selected, and one side of the patient will be treated randomly by CO2 fractional laser method and the other side will be treated by microneedling method.
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Settings and conduct
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Shahid Dr. Faghihi Hospital, Each side will be randomly assigned to the treatment method using the "coin flip” method. Evaluators are blind. The study is one-way blind
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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In this study will be selected patients older than 15 and less than 50 years with striae including striae alba and striae rubra on abdomen, buttock, and flank lesions who had not received previous treatment for SD in the last two months; Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, patients taking immunosuppressive drugs, patients who are prone to forming keloid, patients who have received previous treatment for SD in the past 2 months, patients with Cushing's Syndrome or connective tissue diseases, patients who have vitamin derivatives A used up to 2 months prior to the study, patients who had a history of systemic or topical steroid use, filler injection, abdominal dermabrasion, or laser skin resurfacing in the SD area for the past 6–12 months, patients who had striae on their chest or arm, and patients with defective blood supply or diabetes mellitus or wound healing disorders.
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Intervention groups
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Each patient will be hypothetically divided into the right and left halves. One side of the patient will be treated with microneedling method and the other side will be treated with fractional CO2 laser method.
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Main outcome variables
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visual-analogue scale
Patients satisfaction score
Dermatologist assessed improvement
Lesions size