How to gain freedom from stretch marks

Stretch marks (strium gravidarum in scientific parlance) arise from damage to the elastic fibers of the skin that aids it in stretching. No matter where they appear on the body, the sight is never a pleasant. That’s why we have so many persons looking for how to remove stretch marks.

You may want to know what causes the damage to the elastic fibers of the skin. The most rampant reason is pregnancy. At least 50% of expectant women have stretch marks on different parts of their body. Ladies that have a remarked increase in body size also gain stretch marks. It’s rare, but yes men do have stretch marks too.  In fact anything that will stretch your skin elastic fiber will surely give you stretch marks.

To remove stretch marks, here a few things you can do:
·         Use creams that contain vitamin E: Some persons have reported improvements with these creams although they don’t suddenly clear the stretch marks. It’s a very slow process and you have to adhere to using the cream for quite some time. Also, it works best on newly formed stretch marks.

·         Use Cocoa butter: This is another cosmetic method you can employ but like the first, it requires lots of patience. It also doesn’t work on all skin types.

·         Use of prescription retinoids: These sorts of creams have Vitamin A derivatives that have been known to work well against stretch marks. However, it’s advised that it should be used immediately after pregnancy for optimum results. However, this method is not advised for breastfeeding women. Reason being that the effects of absorbed retinoids on infants being breastfed is not yet fully known.

·         Use of dermabrasion:  This involves smoothing out the stretch marks with a special type of sand paper. This method works for non chronic cases only. Due to the after effects, the use of this method in chronic cases will only make the skin look worse than how it was in the first instance

·         Use of surgery:  This is in fact the surest way to deal with stretch marks. Some surgery types help in improving the color of dark stretch marks while some other types of surgery will help in stimulating the growth of collagen to help restore the skins elasticity.

All the methods outlined above help in dealing with stretch marks so you just need to chose one that appeals most to you. For the first three methods, you can talk with persons at your local drug store but you will have to talk to a dermatologist for the latter two methods. However, you must know that stretch marks don’t just disappear 100%. Even the use of surgery, which is primed as the most efficient, will still leave traces of the stretch marks.

Now you know how to remove stretch marks, chose the method that appeals most to you.

References:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2052796_get-rid-stretch-marks.html
http://prohealthnigeria.com/viewtopic.php?t=290

http://www.stretch-marks-removal.com/get_rid_stretch_marks.htm

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