Stretchmarks - A Growing Nuisance.
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Huge amounts of individuals across the world suffer from stretchmarks. Both men and women will find them showing after periods of significant growth such as puberty. Women, as is often the case, suffer with them after pregnancy.
They occur as our skin attempts to maintain its expansion with the rate of growth in the bones, muscles or, in the instance of pregnancy, child. Invariably however, it fails to do so and tears form in the middle layer of skin, referred to as the Dermis. These tears appear as red streaks at first and change over time to a silvery colour.
The stretch marks are actually areas of skin with lower levels of collagen. As the dermis is ripped in two during the growth phase, it fails to heal itself so that it appears like its former state. Of course, it is only a cosmetic concern as there is practically no medical disadvantage to having stretch marks, the cosmetic concerns, however, are great. They make you feel self concious in front of people and don’t look very nice.
Stretch mark treatment involves boosting the levels of collagen within the Dermis layer of skin. This is best done by increasing your own physical natural ability to produce collagen rather than introducing it from external sources. The most common way of doing this is medical needling using a dermaroller, which is a type of collagen induction therapy.
The other additional advantage of this type of treatment, is the way in which it increases the effectiveness of creams and oils, such as the very popular bio oil. It gives these lotions the opportunity to penetrate the upper levels of skin far more effectively providing a much enhanced result.
As with anything health or medical related, it is important to do your research and go and see your doctor before beginning or using any product or treatment.
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