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Why Stretch Marks From Pregnancy Are Not The End Of The World
by Gregg Hall Pregnancy leads to a beautiful ending: a tiny, cuddly, soft bundle whose wails sound like music upon entry into the world. A woman is never the same once she has a baby, literally. Her life will change, and her body will never regain its pre pregnancy form in every realm. Many women agonize over this reality, especially the silver streaks that cross their abdomens and forever label them as moms: thanks, stretch marks.
Though the majority of women never regret having a child, they regret what carrying that child has done to their bodies: permanently marring them with reddish streaks in what may have once been attractive places. Though we can't wave a magic wand and wish our marks away, we can minimize their appearance.
Stretch marks are not indicative of pregnancy. They indicate pulled or stretched skin. Just about anyone can get stretch marks, depending on their circumstances. Overweight individuals and pregnant mothers alike experience these lovely lines. Even teens experiencing growth spurts will find themselves with stretch marks. Depending on the severity of the stretching, on how far the skin was pulled, more than one layer of skin can sustain damage. Thus the final appearance of the reformed skin depends on the initial damage. Many post pregnant women aim to fade these marks into oblivion once their skin has returned to its normal size and the marks have become more noticeable.
Women approach the battle against stretch marks from a couple of different fronts. Some will purchase creams and lotions claiming to combat these unsightly effects. Most of these products claim that through regular use, their moisture filled products will fade the marks and make them nearly unnoticeable.
Upon developing, stretch marks have a pinkish to reddish hue. People first spot them at this point. Women with these marks should take note that they will fade over time, even without the use of cream, and thus one should consider the cost of treatment over the effects it will actually produce.
Inexpensive treatments exist as well, with cocoa butter topping the list. Many have found success with this department store find. Applying the cream twice a day will help the marks fade. The cocoa butter's added moisture helps the skin heal itself. Pregnant women will also want to consider this cheap and safe product, as moisturizing their skin during pregnancy will help reduce the number of stretch marks. Preventative measures like cocoa butter will ease the effects of the marks later on.
Overall, though they might find them unsightly, stretch marks often mark the glory of a woman: the fact that she can and did carry a baby. And in the striving to get rid of them, women might want to glance over that bottle of lotion at the beautiful creature that caused them in the first place, thus determining that they're not such a bad thing after all. Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. Find more about this as well as Stretch Mark Cream at http://www.removestretchmarksplus.com
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How To Find The Best Solutions To Your Stretch Mark Problems
by Gregg Hall You just got to love the way our bodies go to pot once we cross that magic and flexible line at the top of our virtual hill. You know the one, when people say, "He's over the hill", think about it, if your hair doesn't turn gray it starts to fall out, gravity takes over in other parts of the body as well, and muscles shrivel and bones turn brittle. Wrinkles and those strange liver-colored spots begin to peculiarly appear in predictable places.
We look in the mirror and instead of seeing ourselves, we see our parents or even worse, our grandparents. We can certainly slow the process down by taking care of ourselves, but we can't stop nature from taking its course. Some people avoid Mother Nature at great cost, namely through plastic surgery. I'm not knocking this idea, but personally I don't plan on going under the knife before considering the simpler alternatives. For example, look at stretch marks. Or maybe you don't want to look at them. That's the problem. A person could attempt to have them surgically removed along with part of your pension fund in the process, or she could purchase some affordable cream for them. Doesn't that sound just a little less scary?
What's your expertise on cream for stretch marks? If you're a guy, you most likely know nothing. However, if you're of the child-bearing breed and you have had children, you most likely have been glaring at those silver lines for years. You may even have looked into cream for stretch marks. Ways must exist to reduce their obviousness or simply defeat them altogether.
I can recall a shopping trip with my wife a couple of years ago, and she indeed was looking for such a cream to reduce these marks. Who carries this stuff, you might ask? Heck if I know. Walgreen's ended up carrying the serum she tried, but after a few applications the ointment irritated her so much she quit using it. She checked out a couple of other products, but nothing suited her fancy, and so she decided, like most of the world, to just live with what she had. That was then.
Now she's back on the rampage, wanting to get rid of those marks altogether. Thankfully, better treatments and remedies exist these days. An ideal cream for stretch marks most likely exists. You just have to find it. Thanks to the newer inventions these days, like the internet, finding it really is possible. The Internet not only has tons of products but reviews on those products so a person doesn't have to feel that "irritation" like my wife did. Amazingly enough, you might even find out that the high-end products don't always receive the highest ratings. So click on your Mac or PC. The perfect cream for stretch marks is only a click away. Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. Find more about this as well as Stretch Mark Remedies at http://www.removestretchmarksplus.com
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