Anti-stretch marks treatments

Anti-stretch marks treatments

There are many life events that test the body of a woman: puberty, repeated diet regimens and pregnancy are periods in which the skin is particularly sensitive, and this sensitivity can occur with the appearance of small skin stretches, first purple and then white, called stretch marks.

Stretch marks are lesions produced by breaking the elastic fibers present in the epidermis, following excessive stretching of the skin or hormonal changes: they mainly appear on the abdomen, breasts, hips, thighs and buttocks. Often multiple, they are grouped into bundles of parallel lines often arranging themselves symmetrically. At the beginning they are slightly raised and red, or rather purplish, while they later assume an atrophic appearance.

Can stretch marks be prevented?

Unfortunately no, because often there is a natural predisposition. Although the effectiveness of so-called preventive creams has never been proven with certainty, you can still try to prevent the appearance of stretch marks by constantly nourishing the skin through massages and applications of creams.Moistened and relaxed, the skin becomes softer and more elastic: being less tense, it runs less risk of loosening.

The solutions to make them less obvious

Once appeared, the marks of stretch marks can be attenuated, for example with the following techniques:

• Acid retinoic acid or vitamin A treatments used to cure stretch marks are effective;
• IPL Intense pulse light is a technique that visibly attenuates striae and in most cases can make disappear permanently.
• The tattoo performed by the dermatologist can color them permanently;
• Totally risk-free self-tanners mask them well.

In any case, to defeat the stretch marks to your dermatologist, who will know how to help you.