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When prevention is neglected pregnancy, body building, fast weight gain and even fast growth become a common problem that generates stretch marks. Stretch marks are generated by abnormal hormone activity. You don't have to be a pregnant woman or be overweight to get them. As a matter of fact, it is a very usual skin affection, but most people who have them are embarrassed and try to hide them. Stretch Mark Associated Causes: * Pregnancy * Sudden growth spurts * Quick weight variations * Long term nutrient deficiency * Unexpected change in physical or environmental conditions * Some medication may also cause stretch marks, especially steroids analogous medications. The real problem is that the body generates the wrong information about skin development. This causes skin to synthesize insufficient quantities of collagen and elastin, which conform the skin's connective tissue. When connective tissues are not strong enough to withstand over-stretching they break apart and stretch marks are formed. Although in several cases they seem to simply emerge overnight this isn't necessarily true. They are born from deep skin tissues and gradually progress to the skin's surface. Stretch marks affect men and women, fat and thin, young and old. In many cases they don't cause harm or irritate the skin so a lot of people don't even notice them until it's too late to do anything about it. In the first stage of development they are a pinkish or pale red color. The pinkish coloring is because the micro blood vessels break open and bleed. These scars usually change to a pale silvery white which is the final step of their developement. Most people believe that stretch marks are not treatable because they are so difficult to erase. As a matter of fact, most doctors will even say: just live with them, they are not curable. But why would they say something like that if there is a way to treat them? Maybe they just don't care enough or maybe in a doctor's eyes stretch marks are not a real problem because they don't really cause any real physical discomfort Stretch marks are fractional thickness 'tears' within the skin, meaning that they are basically subdural scars. The best stretch mark cream isn't one rich in elastin and collagen, but one that stimulates the synthesis of collagen, elastin and the water holding capacity of healthy skin. Collagen is the building block of skin, and elastin is the protein which confers skin its elasticity. By increasing the levels of these proteins in your skin, from the inside out , you can reinforce the epidermal layer.
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