How to reduce stretchmarks

How to reduce the appearance of stretch marks.

How to reduce the look of stretchmarks.

Stretchmarks are a fairly common occurrence, mostly in women, they happen when the skin tissues stretch too rapidly for the skin to be able to compensate.

A new stretch mark is normally red and/or a purple/blue colour, but they eventually fade to about two shades lighter than your normal skin tone.

The faded stretch mark is a scar, and whilst they cannot always be removed completely, they can be significantly reduced.

Stretch marks are most commonly associated with pregnancy, but they can occur after weight gain or loss, muscle growth, puberty and even injury.

Below are some ways to help you reduce and prevent stretch marks.

Prevention.

Moisturise.

Cocoa butter is the best product for the prevention of stretchmarks, now this means the solid butter, not the lotion. The lotions work well, but not nearly as well as the butter. If you are pregnant or losing weight, apply this over your whole body at least once a day. It helps to prevent them and reduce them.

Keep your weight in check.

Rapid weight gain is a major culprit for producing stretchmarks, try to keep your weight constant and avoid major fluctuations.

Keep your skin hydrated.

With water as well as moisturiser, skin becomes dry and prone to scarring when it is dry. Drink plenty of water and make sure your diet contains enough vitamin e and oily fish.

Reduction.

Moisturise.

Again, I recommend Cocoa butter as this not only helps to prevent stretchmarks, it also helps to reduce them.

Scar serums:

Scar serums are normally quite pricey, but they do work.

When choosing a scar reduction serum, look for high concentrations of vitamin E and if possible shark liver oil, I know it sounds gross, but I have used them and they work really well.

The best scar reduction serum I have ever used is palmers cocoa butter scar reduction serum, not the cream, the serum. It smells a bit funny and it’s quite gloopy, but it removed my chemical burn scar and a great deal of my stretch marks.

Fake tan.

A fake tan will hide a multitude of sins on your skin, apply two or more coats of fake bronze tan, (these turn out brown instead of nasty orange!)

The first coat will not look like it has done much, but the second coat and any other coats after that will make an obvious difference.



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