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Regarding treatment, there are various treatment strategies currently available for stretch marks, including topical preparations such as tretinoin and glycolic acid, and also laser. The goal of this work is to discover the main treatments available for striae management. For that, a search was performed based on the definition of specific scientific keywords, by exploring PubMed, ScienceDirect and Biblioteca Virtual em Sa\u00fade (BVS). MeSH thesaurus (Medical Subject Headings) descriptors were used. The results indicate that, to date, no treatment is fully effective. More clinical trials are needed to validate the efficacy of these therapies and their long-term use in this type of skin lesion.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/healthcare10122565","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,19]],"date-time":"2022-12-19T06:58:29Z","timestamp":1671433109000},"page":"2565","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["A Narrative Review of Current Striae Treatments"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Nuno","family":"Mendes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ICBAS\u2014School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Porto University, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"CNM\u2014Cl\u00ednica Nuno Mendes do Grupo Sa\u00fade Nuno Mendes, 4560-164 Penafiel, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6348-3316","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paulo Jorge","family":"Alves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro Regional do Porto, ICS\u2014Instituto de Ci\u00eancias da Sa\u00fade da Universidade Cat\u00f3lica Portuguesa, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Mafalda","family":"Barros","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CBSin\u2014Center of BioSciences in Integrative Health, 4250-105 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5892-1855","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jorge Magalh\u00e3es","family":"Rodrigues","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ICBAS\u2014School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Porto University, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"CBSin\u2014Center of BioSciences in Integrative Health, 4250-105 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4570-5445","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jorge","family":"Machado","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ICBAS\u2014School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Porto University, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"CBSin\u2014Center of BioSciences in Integrative Health, 4250-105 Porto, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"66","article-title":"Interventions for the treatment of stretch marks: A systematic review","volume":"94","author":"Liu","year":"2014","journal-title":"Cutis"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"Oakley, A.M., Patel, B.C., Oakley, A.M., and Patel, B.C. 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