What are these stretch marks? By consulting Oxford dictionaries we see that stretch marks look like stripes or streaks on our skin. These are especially present on abdomen that are because of skin distension from obesity or even because of pregnancy. The version of NHS is that stretch marks are the lines or narrow streaks occurring on skin surface. That is how experts define these stretch marks. Here are some details for its prevention:
These marks may occur for various reasons, like due to body building, during pregnancy and thus its prevention may be done differently in each case.
Pregnancy
Stretch marks are not the side effect of being a mother. If you take proper steps during pregnancy period, these may be avoided as the baby is developing. You need to take some actions to avoid these soon after you know about your pregnancy.
You should well hydrate yourself by taking lot of water for helping and maintaining skin elasticity. This helps the baby to be hydrated too. During the pregnancy period babies share all what you eat or drink and that is why expected mothers need to consume little extra. Consider drinking water, please note that the amniotic sac is all water filled, so the sac consumes your normal drinking.
Some exceptional moisturizers are available on shelves but during pregnancy you should choose the one specially designed for the stretch marks caused by maternity. This is the period when hormones keep fluctuating and that impacts skins ph balance, collagen production and elastin etc. during the pregnancy. Compared to specially designed moisturizers, regular moisturizers will not address such changes. Daily use of this cream meant for maternity stretch marks or equivalent lotion keeps the skin flexible and nourished. This way, one needs to be conscious and start using this to avoid stretch marks.
During pregnancy period one needs to consume lot of vegetables and fruit. You need such food as well as the nourishing child also benefits from these nutrients. You need vitamins, antioxidants and minerals to help skin cells to remain strong as well as intact as the belly grows due to pregnancy. Start using prenatal vitamins soon after you know your pregnancy has started and reduce the use of sugar, soda drinks that are not good for baby and cause dehydration of skin too.
Body Builders:
Body builders often get surprises when they put on weight and they note these stretch marks. Men usually do not opt to see skin specialists for skin marks as ladies do. They can of course, avoid these stretch marks during their workouts and body building training.
Men need to cool down under a shower. Lot of perspiration doing a workout would keep the body cool preventing overheating. This trend of having s shower after workout session is all a natural desire. On the other hand hot showers and hot tubs reduce skin moisture and rob protective oils. Hot showers also accelerate stretch marks to appear.
It is better to have a cooler shower instead of a steaming one. It need not be chilling but warm water is fine with that situation of body. In case you feel aches, you can use hot water bottles or hot towels or even muscle creams for easing the problem but in all cases do have warm shower. Better use a wash for moisturizing body, better to use the one which is designed for avoiding stretch marks. This will help the skin to keep moisture and the skin will be more stretchy and pliable.
Such lotions would stimulate production of collagen that is good for skin elasticity. This allows the skin to stretch easily around the muscles when they are flexed, and they shrink back to original form as muscles are again relaxed. Men may also use maternity creams but better to use the ones designed for body builders and athletes.
Dieters:
Some people gain weight and get these skin marks but those marks may occur as someone would lose weight suddenly. This can be avoided as we maintain elasticity of our skin. This means we see skin’s shrinking ability without scarring. In such a situation we need to avoid fruit juices that are more acidic but use just water for our thirst needs. We need to keep our body fully hydrated so skin cells maintain their reproduction.
Skin regeneration badly needs minerals and vitamins. For that we need to take multi vitamin dose daily to maintain skin’s nutritional needs as you would be taking low calories due to your dieting pursuit.
You better use stretch mark cream all over the body twice daily. These stretch marks may appear due to weight loss and these can appear anywhere. In case you reduce weight in one part, these marks may appear in some other adjoining area showing stress. This way it is better to use this cream all over your body for skin nourishment and avoiding these marks to appear.
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