Stretch Marks Be Gone

The causes of stretch marks

Ladies fear not stretch marks need not become a problem there is a simple solution.  Stretch marks are not your skin “stretching” but it comes from hormonal influences the fact that when you gain weight or lose weight the hormones in your body are affected.  The hormones in your skin affected as well leaving some of us with those nasty looking stretch marks.  When we become pregnant, our weight gains changes the way our hormones affect our body. The hormonal change causes our stretch marks not the weight gain but can be resolved with good body care procedures. The stretch marks are not that of our skin expanding during the time of pregnancy but our hormones are out of sink with the way our body metabolizes. Understanding what causes stretch marks opens the door of knowledge that will help prevent stretch marks. The term stretch marks started as women associated gaining weight while pregnant with stretch marks.  Methods were developed that help hide stretch marks like diets, cover-ups, and surgeries but did not help prevention of the problem.

What are stretch marks?

In order to understand stretch marks we need to know more about our skin. Normal skin consists of 80% collagen and a 4% elastin fiber mesh network that is maintained by our hormones. Elastin is the protein in our skin that allows our skin to become flexible enough to stretch and recoil back to its original position. Stretch marks are a scarring that occurs when the elastin fibers become damaged. The scarring, which is visible to the naked eye, is not visible under the microscope.  Under the microscope, you see a normal, healthy skin there is no difference in appearance. The skin feels empty, almost like there is no skin there but in reality very, little loss actually occurs in the skin.  Lotions containing collagen can repair stretch marks caused by damaged elastin.  Knowing what stretch marks are and what causes them is the key to understanding how to prevent stretch marks.

The knowledge behind preventing stretch marks

Now that we know the causes and effects of our skin bundling into the appearance of stretch marks it is time we took a look at some of the ways to prevent this from happening or cure the problem.  Several things are necessary for us to understand in order to be able to protect ourselves and maintain healthy skin. Collagen makes up over 80% of our skin and bundles together to form healthy tissues. Collagen a fibrous structural protein that forms tissue over our skin needs protection in order to prevent stretch marks.  The protein in our body a needed factor in preventing stretch marks protected by our hormones maybe damaged by an imbalance.  The skins other important structural protein is the elastin.  When fibers form a mesh-like network within our skin then our skin has the ability to stretch and recoil that is the elastin. Elastin makes up about 4% of our skin, which is vital because this is where you find the appearance of stretch marks. In order to protect our skin from stretch marks we need to use corticosteroids.  A steroid hormone produced in the adrenal cortex that prevents damage to your tissues. There are many types of crèmes and lotions on the market today recommended in the prevention of stretch marks. You should select the type of lotion that provides your skin with the highest potency elastin to help reinforce elasticity. The combination of collagen and soy are remarkable to improve skin tone and prevent stretch marks.

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