Today my daughter and her friend received the anti stretch mark cream, Trilastin SR, which they have been waiting for. Me, well I’ve been in my garden picking Helichrysum. You probably remember me telling you in a previous article how Helichrysum essential oil is useful to prevent stretch mark during pregnancy and to make a scar fade.

However, I am not picking my Helichrysum to extract oil from them but for my wife to make some beautiful flower arrangements with. It is a lovely day today and it is necessary to pick these flowers when they are not wet. Those of you who know me, will know that I am keen for any excuse to be in the garden away from my wife and daughters chatter about dry skin, cream, lotion and stretch mark removal. So today our lounge is the hive of activity as my wife and daughter divide the flowers into small bunches and secure with an elastic band, ready for drying. They will then be taken to the shed and be hung up side down.

Have you noticed how multi purpose our lounge is? Once a week my daughter and her friends, who are either in early pregnancy or like my daughter almost over half way through, meet here to exercise and mainly talk about their pregnancy, stretch mark treatment and how they hope they will have no stretch marks. Now we have newspaper stretched all over the floor preparing flowers for drying.

There was talk that maybe I would like to move my computer from upstairs down into the lounge and then if I came across some interesting information about stretch marks or lotions and creams to remove them or maybe a skin care product which might be effective against dry skin, then I wouldn’t have to come downstairs to tell them. Well this is not going to happen as they would then rumble that all my time is not spent looking for a treatment to stop stretch marks and that there are a good number of interesting golf and gardening sites on the Internet as well.

As I mentioned earlier my daughter received her tube of Trilastin stretch mark cream today. She has to apply it two or three times each day in a circular motion onto clean and dry skin. She has told me that it only takes half a minute for it to be totally absorbed and only had to use a small amount of cream, enough to cover a dime, to treat an area of six to eight inches. I think this anti stretch mark cream is really going to work.

My article today will be about how to get rid of stretch marks in the UK. Not that this is a great concern of mine but we are planning a holiday and that is of concern to me. We are going to Britain, well England to be more precise to the capital London to see the sights and well also, my wife’s cousin. They had a good natter on the phone a couple of weeks a go, which resulted in a letter inviting us to visit. I have never met my wife’s cousin but she was rather insistent and her later even arrived with tips for traveling and instructions on how to find her when we arrive in London.

Silly me I thought this was going to be a chance to get away from my daughters obsession with stretch mark during her pregnancy and a search for a skin care product to remove stretch marks. This is not the case as my daughter has informed me that I will be able to find out what they use in the UK, aided and abetted by my wife as well. This does not go along with my idea of a visit to London.

Me, I want to see all the sites, not be thinking about how to get rid of stretch marks or skin care. Another great interest of mine is to visit Urban Golf, not that I believe there can be any real substitute for a good game of golf out in the fresh air but the concept of a simulator or eight simulators to be exact, offering fifty two of the worlds best golf courses with no need to leave central London, this I have to experienced. My best option here is to do some investigation on the Internet now to find tips or a manual on skin care and stretch mark removal in the UK and then just maybe, my holiday can be free of such topics.

I have discovered that there is very little difference in the method of treatment for stretch marks in the UK than here in America, of course they have Harley Street, but we have some excellent surgeons and clinics of our own. Laser surgery, dermabrasion all pretty similar for skin that has become less elastic and stretched, even creams contain similar ingredients.

I have found an answer for my wife when she next says to me “we will be able to get tips on how to get rid of stretch marks in the UK” I have found a cream called Trilastin, the reviews are quite amazing, you can only buy it on the Internet but it is very popular in the UK as well. It will get rid of stretch marks on thigh, stomach, back, everywhere. On with planning the holiday, I think! Not that we gonna go any time soon but it is never to early to plan things like this.

Hello once again. This is the second article on stretch marks removal. A quick recap on the first article for those of you who might not of seen it. I began by mentioning the methods to remove, prevent, and get rid of stretch marks.

I then related a friend of mines story, which demonstrates that a man does not judge a woman by her stretch marks alone; as a matter of fact they don’t interest him at all. In the story the relationship ended and it really makes you wonder whether this had anything to do with her insecurities about her stretch marks. BUT as I’m not a psychologist and was not a fly on the wall in that particular relationship, so I will leave it there. I concluded that article by taking a look at a stretch mark cream containing Retin A, which is a great remedy for stretch marks and is available on prescription from your health practitioner or doctor and talked of how to use and avoid side effects. This now only leaves me with the content for stretch mark removal for this particular article.

Stretch mark removal can be attained with laser surgery. This encourages collagen production but this is extremely expensive and you might prefer to consider microdermabrasion as an option. Treatment by microdermabrasion removes stretch marks by partially removing the top layer of skin so that the skin below tightens and smooths. Like when you sandpaper a piece of wood, well maybe the men out there might appreciate that analogy, personally I love to see a piece of wood perfectly sanded and finished off with the finest of sandpapers. Oh dear, did I digress yet again? Microdermabrasion stretch marks removal is not painful and requires no anesthetic. A qualified beautician can perform it at a health clinic.

There are many widely available oil or cream based preparations available in drug stores, pharmacies and over the Internet for stretch marks removal. Most of these skin care products contain a form of collagen to make the skin more elastic. Other ingredients can be vitamins A and E and cocoa extracts. Using these will improve skin health, counteract dry skin, keep the skin supple and if you massage daily while applying them will encourage circulation and ease skin tension.

I know I have stressed this in many previous articles but the most important thing that you can do to achieve skin health and prevent stretch marks is to drink at least eight glasses of water a day to keep the skin hydrated. You may then find that there is no need to worry about stretch mark removal.

I will save my humor or lack of it and get straight on to the topic, which is stretch marks removal. There are a great number of methods to prevent, remove and rid of stretch marks. These include skin care products in the form of oils or a cream, plastic surgery, laser surgery and a great deal can be done with from a nutritional viewpoint. With the correct nutrition, your overall health improves, as does the health of your skin.

If you are a pregnant woman you will know that stretch marks can develop during your pregnancy because of your skin being stretch to its limits and loosing its elasticity. You will probably also be aware that six months after the birth of the baby, stretch marks will more often than not, have faded and be less visible and you will probably consider that stretch marks removal is not necessary.

However, they distress some women who believe they are severe enough to seek a way to get rid of their stretch marks. A friend of mine once told me a little story, which I believe is relevant here and in some ways makes you wonder why women feel the need for stretch marks removal. You knew I wouldn’t be able to resist didn’t you. Here is his story.

“A few years ago I had a relationship with a women in her early forties, she wasn’t fat, a bit over weight I suppose. She was attractive and I quickly fell in love with her. When I discovered that she had a lot of stretch marks, and I mean a lot, I was surprised to find it didn’t make any difference to the way I felt about her. Unfortunately the relationship ended with many tears on both sides - it was very, very complicated!! A year or two later, I had another relationship with a women about the same age. She had an amazing body with not a stretch mark to be seen anywhere. But I didn’t feel the same way about her to the way I felt about the first one mentioned.”

I hope this reassures some women that we men are not the fickle creatures they believe us to be and that if we love someone it is despite their weight, wrinkles or stretch marks. Assuming that stretch mark removal is still your main concern your doctor may be able to prescribe you a stretch mark cream with Retin A. It is able to penetrate to the dermis and help renew skin cells by boosting collagen production. This skin care product should only be used after the pregnancy and not whilst nursing your baby. When using this stretch mark cream, you should stop taking any supplements of Vitamin A, as this can produce side effects. I will talk to you more about stretch mark removal in the second article on this subject. Speak to you soon.

This is the second part of reduce stretch marks. In the first one I gave most of my attention to the stretch mark itself, how it forms, what it looks like and the number of people who suffer from stretch marks and at the very end I promised that this article would tell you about Aloe Vera and how it can reduce stretch marks.

Just a quick reminder what stretch marks are, they are the result of the skin stretching and loosing its elastic effect due to damage in the middle or dermal layer of the skin. This usually happens during pregnancy but there are other causes and a vast number of individuals of both sex are affected. This is why you should ask yourself how to prevent stretch marks because removing them is harder.

Then before proceeding further I ought to say that Aloe Vera is not the only way to reduce stretch marks. Stretch mark reducing and removal is possible by laser treatment, stretch mark cream and other skin care products. Many of these skin care products are also highly beneficial if you also suffer from dry skin.

If you are interested in nutrition as a way to healthy skin you might also be interested in the fact that there are two amino acids that are valuable to reduce stretch marks, namely Proline and Glycine. I will look at these in more depth in an article in the future.

Sometimes I am inclined to go around the houses, have you noticed that? But now I will talk about Aloe Vera to reduce stretch marks, just as I promised. Aloe Vera is more often than not called the “natural healer” or “miracle plant.” It stays hydrated in conditions that cause other plants to die and wilt, this is due to its ability to close its pores and avoid loss of moisture. The gel of the Aloe Vera can be harvested from the leaves and used as a health drink and it can be used as a skin care product. Many commercial blends made into a stretch mark cream to reduce stretch marks include Aloe Vera. It contains a large number of vitamins, minerals, enzymes and amino acids. In fact it contains over seventy-five valuable components. Aloe Vera contains plant collagen and is able to penetrate to the dermal layer and repair the damage that has caused the stretch marks.

Not only does Aloe Vera reduce stretch marks it is functional as a moisturizer for dry skin, prevents and reduces wrinkle, reducing the swelling in bruises, soothes skin irritation, sunburn and general burns and if you drink the juice, will protect your skin and general health from inside out. Consequently when you use Aloe Vera to reduce stretch marks you can also attain a healthy young looking skin.

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.

This is the second article on pregnancy stretch marks. The first one probably was not to informative as I spent my time and word quota, having a good moan about my wife and daughters obsession with stretch marks, skin care, pregnancy and past pregnancies and how all this was affecting my time on the golf course.

I intend, and intention is everything is it not, to make this article more interesting an informative, so here we go. Pregnancy stretch marks materialize as raised red or purple welts, generally on the breasts and stomach, though they may develop on the lower back and legs. Gradually many will lighten to white welts.

Usually 75% of women get stretch marks during pregnancy, (notably my wife and daughter, well I couldn’t resist having just a little dig, could I) most often in the sixth or seventh month. They come about because the stomach is very distended or the skin stretched over a period of time. Your pregnancy and the stretching of the skin, causes the skin’s support structure, elastin and collagen, to break down.

The skin is built up in three layers, the outer layer is the epidermis, the middle layer is the dermis, and the inner layer is called the subcutaneous. This is where fatty tissue is accumulated. How do I know so much about pregnancy stretch marks? Well just in case you have not been following previous articles, how to prevent stretch marks and how to get rid of stretch marks are the main topics of conversation in our house between my wife and daughter these days.

My job is to research pregnancy stretch marks for them, to give them something to talk about with their morning cup of coffee and afternoon tea and when out shopping for maternity and baby clothes. I guess you’ve got the picture by now.

The dermis is the skins support and it is kept firm by its structure, collagen. This is the layer in which stretch marks come about. Healing the damage caused by stretch marks must take place at this level. Something that will interest my wife and daughter, apparently there is a hereditary factor with pregnancy stretch marks. If your mother gained stretch marks throughout her pregnancy, you are likely to as well.

As my daughter is in her first trimester of this pregnancy, maintaining moisture with a good skin care product for stretch marks will improve the elasticity of her skin and prevent further stretch marks forming. It is good that she recognizes the need to drink adequate water to maintain water balance from inside out. Pregnancy stretch marks need not be a problem, nor should getting to the golf course tomorrow, especially after my hard work today.

The last time I talked to you I was discussing how to reduce stretch marks with the essential oil Helichrysum and promised to look into its properties that make it such effective healing oil for stretch marks.

First a tip for all you golfers out there, don’t ever play against someone who frequently employs a caddy without misgivings. Playing against a challenger of one’s own standing is one thing, playing against both him and his caddy is a different kettle of fish, as I learned the hard way. When this caddy was not mouthing unspoken curses at me, he was applying himself to his employer’s game, with what you could only think of, as nauseating affection.

With that out of the way I will return to the subject of to how to reduce stretch marks. The chemical composition of Helichrysum Italicum is the only one of its kind in aromatherapy. It has a large number of active molecular structures and contains di-ketones. These are the regenerative chemicals, which promote self-healing. This is why Helichrysum oil makes such a good skin care product to reduce stretch marks.

This essential oil is not only good, as a skin treatment to reduce stretch marks but also when used regularly will heal cuts and connective tissue wounds. If used neat on when you knock yourself it can prevent a bruise materializing. It is noted as being regenerative, anti-inflammatory and scar reducing. If you want a good blend to reduce stretch marks, new or old add 75/25/25 drops of Calophyllum, rosemary Berbenone and Helichrysum to one ounce of hazelnut oil. Apply this regularly to your stretch marks especially after pregnancy.

This bit I like, not only does this essential oil help reduce stretch marks it is also help those with nervous tension and stress-induced exhaustion. I know all about stress, my lovely wife and daughter are constantly nattering, about stretch mark treatment, how to reduce stretch marks, how to prevent stretch marks, how to get rid of stretch marks, this skin care product, that skin care product, this cream, that cream, this treatment, that treatment and should they try laser treatment or not.

My usual refuge is my garden, greenhouse and in particular my afternoons on the golf course and then I have an afternoon like to day with “super-caddy” STRESS? Yes this is stress and Helichrysum essential oil may just be the answer.

I have found a connection between my hanging baskets and how to reduce stretch marks. Helichrysum is what I use as filler in my hanging baskets. It looks especially good with purple petunias and rose-colored Pelargoniums. The long silvery gray foliage, on somewhat stiff stems, which branches in all directions, cascades down the sides of my hanging baskets. Helichrysum essential oil is aromatherapy oil which helps reduce stretch marks. It is good to see skin care products leading back to the garden, so much better than a concoction of chemicals, don’t you think.

Aromatherapy uses essential oils to promote healing in this case to prevent, reduce and remove stretch marks. There are more than five hundred types of Helichrysum. The Italicum species produce the most dramatic effects when trying to reduce stretch marks. It has small golden flowers from which the essential oil is extracted. The oil may also be known as Everlasting or Immortelle. I would advise, buying from a reliable source and checking the Latin name when buying this oil, just to make sure it is the Italicum variety, names are so difficult these days, aren’t they? Ask the supplier if in doubt, after all you want the most effective product to reduce your stretch marks, don’t you?

My wife and daughter will be very interested in this information. For those of you who have not visited any of my previous pages I will recap a little. My wife and daughter are on a mission, well that’s the only way I can describe it, to find methods or a skin care product which will tend their skin and prevent, reduce or get rid of stretch marks. Maybe obsession might by a better word than mission. However my job (unpaid), that’s not strictly true, as I live for my wife’s wonderful cooking, which is priceless. Did I digress again?? I am the researcher.

Maybe a new paragraph may hold my attention. We are discussing a skin care product to reduce stretch marks. Helichrysum essential oil is not only excellent for getting rid of and reducing stretch marks it also speeds healing when applied to larger scrapes, cuts and small wounds. If you want a more powerful anti-microbial effect, you can achieve this by adding a couple of drops of tea tree oil.

In my article later today, I will give more consideration to what makes this essential oil such a powerful skin product in the reduction of stretch marks. Must dash I really don’t want to keep my meal waiting, do I? More on how to reduce stretch marks later. See you then.

I’ve just spent an afternoon on the golf course away from all the incessant chatter about stretch marks, stretch mark removal and the likes that my daughter and wife seem obsessed with. When I mention my afternoon, my wife retorts that it’s only a game and that she has something serious to talk to me about after our evening meal.

This is worrying because the kitchen table is still covered with pamphlets about this and that regarding various stretch mark products, which she and my daughter have spent a good part of the perusing. I really did think the table might be laid for my dinner by now.

As I’m fairly house trained, I begin to clear the table, a pamphlet falls on the floor exclaiming how stretch marks are unattractive, and embarrassing and can destroy your confidence. That they affect a woman’s choice in clothes and the way they show their bodies. It such a great thing to be a man isn’t it. Embarrassing for me well that’s a “topping”, for those with no knowledge of this term, that’s when you strike your golf ball on the head, instead of in the middle and sending it scuffling ignominiously just a few yards ahead.

This pamphlet claims a cure is possible for stretch marks and that you can regain your self-confidence. This product guarantees visible results in a matter of few short weeks. Wow, pondering, but what will they find to talk about when they’ll find out how to get rid of stretch marks. My wife still absorbed in removing an eye from a potato appears not to notice my interest and so I continue reading.

Apparently this skin treatment directly changes the look of the tone and texture and contains a proprietary compound for firming the skin. The skin becomes more elastic and hydrates. It has proven to be ninety three percent effective in clinical trials.

Oh boy, I am beginning to visualise a peaceful life, can this be possible, after so many years of being haunted by my wife and her stretch marks and now my daughter. Oh and then there’s the latest pregnancy and the “what if I get more stretch marks?”

Well low and behold the next pamphlet contains information on how to prevent stretch marks. This product is used twice a day. I firmly believe its time these two stopped all the talking about these products and start trying them out. “Is the table ready yet dear” comes the voice from the kitchen. Startled out of my reverie, I hurriedly pack everything away and shout “yes dear”. My wife enters the room carrying two plates of food. Oh yes, the way to a mans heart is through his stomach, no doubt about this.