Why Stretch Marks Appear

2007-10-28 Word Count: 416 Category: Parental Care

Stretch marks (also called striae) affect all of us. Many people assume they're caused by pregnancy, which in essence means that only women going through pregnancy or mothers need to worry about them. This simply isn't true.

Body builders usually suffer from striae, and most of these body builders are men. People who gain or lose a great deal of weight are also susceptible to stretch marks. Teens are usually afflicted with striae during "growth spurts". In short, anytime skin is stretched rapidly or dramatically, striae are apt to appear.

Not only can striae affect both men and women, but they can affect children, teens, and adults. They affect people of every race and ethnicity, as well. What are striae, and why do they occur?

Skin is an extraordinary organ. Not only is the largest organ of our body, but also one of the most complex. Skin protects our internal organs, collaborates in the wastes elimination, and processes external elements, such as sunshine, for our benefit. One of skin's most extraordinary characteristics is its ability to stretch.

Stretch Marks - A Sign of Poor Collagen and Elastin Production

Elastin and collagen are two of the building blocks of skin. Collagen and elastin are both proteins, in the form of elastic fibers. Collagen is a binding element in skin. It's the building block of connective tissue. Elastin provides skin with, you guessed it, its elasticity.

And the skin is extraordinarily elastic. However, sometimes skin is over-stressed, stretched beyond its ability to resist. At these times, the skin actually tears. These little lesions can heal, but they leave scar tissue. The scar tissue that accompanies these small rips in the skin is called stretch mark.

But stretch marks are not forever anymore. There are biological ingredients that trigger the replacement of damaged skin cells and that synthesize new healthy collagen and elastin and skin cells from within your body. These products utilize biological activators, similar to your own regenerative processes, to avoid and eliminate stretch marks, they trigger and regulate an orderly production of collagen, elastin and the replacement of damaged skin with new skin cells.

Using products that contain natural ingredients like snail serum and Rose Hip Oil (at least 2 times a day depending on the characteristics of the blemishes) you can "digest" damaged tissues, minimizing and even eliminating all signs of stretch marks. These natural ingredients also create an environment that trigger the regeneration of normal collagen, increasing skin firmness.

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