How To Reduce Stretch Marks

Hello and welcome to this article on how to reduce stretch marks. Before I begin I must tell you that I have just been cleaning and sorting my golf balls, which in a way has inspired me for the content of this article. That has you confused doesn’t it. Well I looked at one golf ball and it reminded me of the orange peel look of cellulite.

Now cellulite and stretch marks have many similarities and are both caused by damage to the dermis. It’s just that stretch marks are a more acute version to specific areas of the body, which has been stretched as in pregnancy. The dermis is the middle layer of the skin that makes it elastic. If you use the analogy of an elastic band, when this is stretched over time it looses its elasticity and becomes fragile. This is why you are probably now reading this article on how to reduce stretch marks, your skin has stretched over time, possibly because of pregnancy and parts of your connective tissue has become brittle and damaged and lacking its elastic properties. These areas then become ridged in texture and visible as stretch marks.

The resulting tenderness may then cause injury to the melanocytes. These are the cells in your skin responsible for pigmentation and giving it its color. According to what the natural color of your skin is the raised areas of stretch marks show up either pink or reddish to dark brown and may turn purple later. This is what really sends you crazy to find a way to reduce stretch marks. It’s possible that this color is linked to blood vessels being damaged with the stretching of the skin. Over time the stretch marks will become lighter and even out. Mature stretch marks eventually, due to lack of pigment turn white or translucent. I know that some women with mature stretch marks find them more acceptable as they are less noticeable that they discontinue to look for a skin care product to reduce stretch mark but many just can’t live with them at all.

Did you know that 75 percent of adolescent females, forty percent of young males and ninety percent of pregnant women in the sixth and seventh months of pregnancy are affected by stretch marks? That is potentially a lot of people looking for a way to reduce stretch marks.

My next article on how to reduce stretch marks will look at Aloe Vera and how it is beneficial and available in much excellent skin care products to help reduce stretch marks. Speak to you soon.