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About Stretch Marks and Various Treatments
By Balaji B
Stretch Marks are marks that are caused in your skin due to
excessive weight loss or weight gain in a short period of time.
Stretch marks can begin to appear at the stage of puberty.
Whenever the rate of growth in a person is higher than normal,
the tissue underlying the skin is stretched to a greater extent.
This causes stretch marks on the body.
A specific treatment for stretch marks that could completely
remove the stretch marks and return the skin to its natural color
is not available till date. The various options of treatment for
stretch marks that are available in the market today only provide
some relief from the symptoms and do not aid in completely
removing them.
Plenty of topical medications are available in the market, which
are being widely used in the treatment for stretch marks. Some of
the options used in the treatment for stretch marks include
topical medications, techniques using laser, and surgical
procedures. Now let us see the pros and cons of these options
used in the treatment for stretch marks. Moisturizers and creams
are widely used in the treatment for stretch marks.
Over-the-counter moisturizing creams containing vitamin E or A,
are used as part of the treatment for stretch marks in the early
stages.
Creams containing alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) that are made with
plant extracts are also used in the treatment for stretch marks.
The use of such creams as part of the treatment for stretch marks
not only improves the look of stretch marks but also helps keep
your skin supple. Tretinoin, sold as Retin-A is one of the other
topical creams widely used in the treatment for stretch marks,
that helps reduce new, dark stretch marks.
Laser surgery is one of the methods widely used in the treatment
for stretch marks, which only aids the stretch marks to fade and
not completely remove them. As the laser as part of the treatment
for stretch marks, picks up only the darker areas of skin, this
technique is used in the early stages when stretch marks are
darker in color. The laser technique used in the treatment for
stretch marks, require multiple sessions to show some visible
results and the results also greatly depend on your skin color
and type. Abdominoplasty is a surgery performed as part of
treatment for stretch marks, which helps remove stretch marks
below the belly button. Surgical skin resection is a procedure
performed as part of treatment for stretch marks, which involves
surgically cutting out the stretch marks.
Online version of the above article is located at Treatment for
Stretch Marks webpage. For more resources realted to Stretch
Marks please visit
http://www.natural-treatment-guide.com/stretchmarks/stretchmarks-intro.html
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