Homemade remedies for stretch marks
The stretch marks are scars produced by the streching of the skin, this can be caused by a pregnancy, or simply when you gain and loose weight in short lapses of time, which causes loss of elasticity in the skin.
That is why we offer you some simple homemade remedies that [...]
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Medical treatments for stretch marks
The most used treatments at the moment are the following:
Microdermabrasion: This technique is very effective in curing or improving the stretch marks. The microdermabrasion uses a special machine and very small crystals that exfoliates the skin at deep levels. The microdermabrasion helps to improve the production of collagen and the tone [...]
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Home remedies for stretch marks
Some treatments are meant to eliminate stretch marks and others improve their appearance.
In order to obtain better results it is recommended to treat them when they begin and still they are reddish.
1- Apply oils in affected areas. It is possible to be used natural oils as it trims off lower branches [...]
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What causes stretch marks
Sudden changes of weight. If we gained weight quickly the skin is forced to stretch and accommodate it. Therefore the stretch marks are very common during pregnancy.
Hormonal changes. The most common case is when the children reach puberty and the bust or breasts begins to grow.
Inheritance. This it is the most [...]
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Corrective treatment for stretch marks, eliminate and erase stretch marks:
When the stretch marks are already formed the results will be better in the vascularized phase that in the scarring.
The products you can take among others are:
Extracts of liquorice that inhibits the excessive collagen fiber synthesis.
Vitamins A, B, F, especially the kiwi that favors the regeneration [...]
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Preventive treatments for stretch marks
In order to prevent the formation of stretch marks during pregnancy, the treatments will tend to maintain and to increase the elasticity of the skin, applying cosmetic products that include elastine hidrolized components, extracts of placenta, amniotic liquid, extracts of plants like the quisetum (horse tail), seaweed, etc. by means of [...]
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Types and kinds of stretch marks
There are two types of stretch marks:
Distension stretch marks: also called albicant lines. These are observed in pregnant women, in obese people who have lost weight drastically and in pathologies like the renal syndrome and ascitis.
Dark red purple or purpuric stretch marks: normally violet colored, these are a characteristic of the Syndrome [...]
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Stretch Marks
Stretch marks are cutaneous atrophies in the form of winding lines of mostly white or blue colored that are located in the conjunctive tissue in which transparency is observed through the epidermis.
They are located mostly in the wall of the belly, abdomen or stomach, hips, rumps, buttocks, legs, thighs, arms, back and sines. In [...]
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