STRETCH MARKS? NO THANKS !
Stretch marks as a pregnancy gift, no point! Especially since today, we can easily prevent their appearance and even make them almost invisible if they have managed to become embedded.
A POSSIBILITY BUT NOT AN FATALITY
Stretch marks result from both weight gain and hormonal changes. This means that pregnancy is a favorable period for their installation! Stomach, hips, thighs and chest are obviously on the front line. Our skin may have a certain degree of elasticity, but when subjected to rapid distension, its elastic and collagen fibers can end up cracking. All the more easily since, during these nine months, certain hormones (cortisol and estrogens) reduce the effectiveness of fibroblasts, these cells which produce elastin and collagen, essential to skin flexibility and resistance. In short, if you are not careful, you can see small streaks appear. Pink and slightly swollen at first, they end up digging white and pearly furrows. But – phew! – it’s not inevitable…
THE RIGHT FORMULA TO AVOID THEM
Precocity and regularity: these are the key words to prevent the appearance of stretch marks. Because, once installed, they are more difficult to completely eliminate. So, without making it an obsession, we already limit the baking raids which cause us to gain unnecessary weight. And every day, from the first month, we allocate a non-negotiable space-time to take care of our skin.
Hydration & exfoliation Skin elasticity needs nourishment. After the shower, there is no question of ignoring body hydration which will immediately boost skin tone. And, once a week, treat yourself to a scrub specially formulated for sensitive skin: by ridding the epidermis of its impurities, it will optimize the penetration of moisturizing active ingredients. As a bonus, you gain skin as soft as a baby's...
Massage & ad-hoc cream To counter the appearance of stretch marks, it is also necessary to stimulate the regenerative capacities of the skin thanks to creams specifically designed to support pregnancy: full of 100% natural active ingredients, they will directly act on the production of supporting fibers. Even more so if instead of spreading them quickly, we take the opportunity to treat ourselves to a real massage in circular movements.
PROCEDURES TO FADE THEM
After pregnancy, stretch marks may have set in. Like all scars, they will fade over time. But we might as well do everything we can to make them discreet as quickly as possible...
Ultra-targeted treatments: by combining natural active ingredients, vitamins and trace elements, they have everything you need to reduce the size and reduce the color of established stretch marks. By applying them twice a day and preferably using a palpation-rolling massage, the result is stunning.
The big game if necessary: if the stretch marks are really very annoying, you will then have to move up a gear: micro-dermabrasion (renew the layers of the epidermis) or laser (reduce scars). The result is very good results but rarely total disappearance.