Why people get stretches?

Many studies concluded that people can get striae (stretch marks) any time their skin is stretching or growing quickly. The result is atrophy of the deeper dermal layers of the skin and a grossly visible stretch mark.

Women are prone to get them during pregnancy when they can appear on the abdomen, breasts or hips.Many women get stretch marks during pregnancy, many do not. Whether you get them or not is truly a matter of genes.

Taking them as a natural part of pregnancy, women are interested to prevent them. The bad news is, there isn't anything that effectively to prevents stretch marks. Although stretch marks are often noticeable during the pregnancy, the good news is that, they usually slowly change their redness to pink and then silvery and pale as time passes.

People have had some success with pure cocoa butter or with creams containing this ingredient. Avoiding excessive weight gain may help a bit, but is natural for a women to gain weight when she grow a baby. Although vitamin E have been proposed to prevent striae, it has not been shown to be effective yet. So don't spend your energy and money using ineffective or unsafe treatments and wait. If they do not disappear, laser therapy, dermabrasion and topical medications could be effective in diminishing them.

Valerian D is a freelance writer interested in issues affecting such as stretch marks and pregnancy