March 24, 2007

Home Remedies For Preventing Stretch Marks During Pregnancy

Tip! For severe stretch marks, doctors will prescribe Tretinoin, a potent topical cream that will repair the torn collagen, thus greatly reducing the appearance of severe stretch marks.

Stretch marks are mostly pregnancy-related. But having stretch marks is not a disease. It is a particular condition of the skin, due to additional burden, responsibility thrown on a particular part of the skin. There is no cut and dry method for the removal of stretch marks. Still, you can try some home remedies to annihilate them totally or partially.

The best method to treat them is to take precaution when they are about to appear. You need to treat them as soon as you feel that stretch marks are making their initial effort to appear on your skin. When they are just beginning to be visible, you will realize that the skin is failing on the elasticity front.

Tip! There are methods to helping prevent the occurrence of severe stretch marks, and using pregnancy stretch mark cream is an example of one possible solution.

Use moisturizing agents like vitamin E and cocoa butter and almond oil on the affected area regularly. You can also use lavender oil and vitamin K. These have shown encouraging results in many cases.

The main reason for pregnancy-related stretch marks is uncontrolled weight gain. So, control your weight gain by following an intelligent diet and exercising regime during the pregnancy. Walking and stretching are also highly recommended thus during pregnancy. With these precautions, weight gain will follow the normal pattern and your skin will not be subjected to abrupt stretches.

After your mind your skin is the most stressed part of your body during the pregnancy. It is on the natural expansion spree. Drink water in liberal quantity, for you need to see that the skin remains moist and supple. When elasticity of the skin is maintained, you are removing the major cause for the stretch mark. It is also advisable for the expectant mothers to take daily oil massages with vitamin E and C. The additional burden on the skin is effectively countered and the skin will remain in the original condition.

At this juncture, the diet aspect also takes priority. The diet should be well balanced. Eat the food that is skin-friendly. Never forget that excessive weight gain is the prime cause of stretch marks.

Tip! By getting on an exercise regimen before becoming pregnant and continuing this throughout pregnancy you may be able to prevent a lot of the stretch marks that you would normally see. This works because when your body is in top notch shape, you will be less likely to gain weight that is unnecessary.

All in all I can say, pregnancy is a special condition. Stretch mark is the special after effect. So, you need to make special, intelligent efforts to go to the root of the problem and solve it accordingly.

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