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Stretch marks

Stretch marks

Stretch marks are trademarks of the skin occurs due to disruption of elastic fibers in the skin. When skin stretches with less damaged elastic fibers to create a brand.

More than 60% of pregnant women who have developed stretch marks, this is a problem that affects men and women, as the main reason appears on the skin caused by skin stretching.

They occur more frequently in the stomach, but also appear on the thighs, hips, chest and arms. At first they were pink, then red and finally white, or tone a little lighter on the skin of everyone.

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Treatment of Stretch Marks

Palliation

When stretch marks are formed and the results will be better in the vascular phase in the scar.

The products used will include:

  • Excerpts from licorice that inhibits excessive synthesis of collagen fibers.
  • Vitamins A, B, F, especially the kiwi that promotes tissue regeneration and therefore healing properly.
  • Magnesium essential for the synthesis of collagen. The action of these active ingredients will be enhanced by iontophoresis or indirect massage, passive exercise, and so on. Currently, good results are obtained in laser therapy.

With this care are intended to permit resorption of fibrous tissue by increasing the blood supply to the area, reviving the formation of normal skin tissue at the edges of the grooves reducing the unsightly effect. To achieve effective results and a complete elimination of stretch marks is to resort to cosmetic surgery.

Stretch Marks are Skin Atrophy

Stretch marks are skin atrophy in the form of sinuous lines of white or purple that localized in tissue is seen by transparency through the epidermis.

They are located mainly in the wall of the stomach, hips, buttocks, legs, thighs, arms, back and breasts. In reality, a pathological state of tissue of the dermis, characterized by excessive fibrosis in the form of localized strings in response to the breakdown and poor quality of pre-existing fibers. We can say that they are scars from this tissue.

to form the stripe, color is purple, the dermis still has blood supply. Following is pink, also has irrigation. When there is no blood supply are pearly color. May disappear with skin treatments.

How to Avoid Stretch Marks?

stretch marksStretch marks are one of the aesthetic problems, more characteristic of the female world, but men also suffer from them, we are talking about those unsightly lines, which are simply lesions in the deep layers of the skin and is manifested by his break at the surface affected.

It is usually located in the belly and breasts, but can extend to the body for various reasons, such as;

  • Weight changes
  • Pregnancy
  • Hormonal dysfunctions
  • Medical treatment (corticosteroids)
  • Cellulite (orange peel)
  • Nutritional deficiencies

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