Stretch marks occur in pregnancy as the weight gain of women
make the skin expanded, causing small tears that look like stretch marks.
According to the woman’s health organization, stretch marks can be red, pink or
brown, and they normally appear at the second half of pregnancy.
Cocoa butter
Cocoa butter is a remedy well-known for treating stretch
marks. That’s a cheap and safe home remedy which pregnant women can try. A bar
of butter may be around $0.99, while a jar is available at around $6.
Cocoa butter should be applied daily on the target areas of
the body. It’s best to do this before the stretch marks start to appear as
cocoa butter can help increasing the elasticity of the skin. However, it can be
used on skin areas with clear stretch marks, but the result is not guaranteed.
While some women has announced that they have used this
method successfully, there’s something to notice that according to a research
on 175 women performed by a medical university, the result of this remedy is
not so promising.
Cocoa butter is a
remedy well-known for treating stretch marks.
Vitamin E
Vitamin E is another home remedy to heal stretch marks. It‘s
available many kinds, even in foods such as almond, in the vitamin pills and in
lotion.
An international organization recommends that we should use 30
IU each day for this type of vitamin. Pregnant women may want to buy lotion
that contains vitamin E or apply vitamin E oil on their skin every day.
Vitamin E is
another home remedy to heal stretch marks.
Drink water
Generally, everyone should drink at least 8 glasses of water
each day. This is particularly true if you want to prevent stretch marks, and
in fact, drinking more water than the amount mentioned before may be
beneficial.
This method can be effective because when the body is
properly hydrated, the skin will be hydrated, making it have less chance to be
stretched.
This method can be
effective because when the body is properly hydrated, the skin will be
hydrated, making it have less chance to be stretched.
An international women health office considers drinking
enough water is an essential part of maintaining a healthy skin.
Retin-A method
Retin-A is a cream that’s only available by prescription and
effective on the new stretch marks. Women should contact their doctors to
discuss the alternatives as this treatment isn’t considered as safe to pregnant
women, but it can be used after delivery as long as you don’t breastfeeding
your child. To be effective, it should be used no longer than 3 months after
the baby is born.
In an interview with a women magazine, a doctor said that
this treatment could help to reduce the redness, hence turn the red marks in to
white ones. However, there’s no kind of cream or cosmetic that can completely
eliminate these stretch marks.
