What Are The Best Stretch Mark Treatments Available?

What to you imagine when you hear someone mention stretch marks? What is it about stretch marks that is important or essential? What about them could you care less about? You have to be the one to decide these questions.

There are many people who are okay with their stretch marks as soon as they fade away to near invisibility. There is makeup that can cover up stretch marks as well if you look for it. You can also go with laser therapy, if you want a more permanent solution to your problem. Your surgeon will need to know what color your stretch marks are, so he or she can pick the right laser. There are lasers that will stimulate your pigment production cells, and some that make your marks less colorful.

Yet another type of laser therapy promotes the production of collagen which will increase the elasticity in the stretch marks, helping them to decrease in size. Stretch marks are caused when the skins elasticity is stretched beyond its limits. This usually happens when a person grows to rapidly, like during puberty. Other times which people grow to fast is during rapid weight gains, like during pregnancy. It is the dermis, the skin’s middle layer, that sustains the damage during these rapid growth periods. (You actually have three layers of skin: the epidermis, which is the outer most layer; the dermis, which is the middle layer; and the subcutaneous layer, which is the innermost layer.)

Another treatment for stretch marks is blue light therapy, something that can be helpful in treating acne too. It is a combination of gel and light, used to remove stretch marks.

An older, low-tech treatment is to use creams to help moisturize skin, repair collagen and elastin growth. They commonly contain combinations of cocoa butter, wheat germ oil, lanolin and vitamin E. But actually, these creams are most effective if used while your skin is being stretched to help keep it soft, supple, smooth and elastic. So prevention is a good idea for those most susceptible to them. If you haven’t applied creams while the skin was being stretched, the sooner you begin afterwards, the better.

While there is no treatment that will be 100 percent effective in treating or getting rid of stretch marks, but when you use a combination of some of the techniques and therapies listed in this article, you should be able to greatly reduce how much your stretch marks stand out or completely get rid of them. It is important to understand that stretch marks in no way affect your health. They are simply and imperfection to your appearance.

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