What can be done about stretch marks?
It depends on where the marks are, how big they are, and what the color of the skin is. The various techniques include excision (cutting them out, as you might doing a tummy tuck), laser, to shrink and fade them, sometimes using a chemical peel. Often there is nothing other than surgery that can be done. Stretch marks are a kind of skin scar, caused when the deep layers of the dermis break apart, as with weight gain, pregnancy, etc.
Well, first of all, they are very difficult to get rid of. In some cases, stretch marks never completely disappear although they may fade considerably. There are many commercial products such as creams and lotions on the market that are thought to help reduce the appearance of stretch marks. Cocoa butter has long been considered beneficial in treating stretch marks. Women have used it down throughout the years with varying results. Another treatment that many have sworn by is the use of Vitamin E oil. It has been used to treat a variety of skin problems including scars such as stretch marks. Aloe Vera gel, which is well known for its healing and therapeutic properties, may prove valuable to lessen the appearance of stretch marks. Even the use of olive oil may produce positive results. It remains uncertain as to whether it is actually the use of these creams, oils and lotions that bring about beneficial results or rather the action of massage while using these products that stimulate bl
Many approaches were taken to prevent stretch marks by applying skin-oil or by massaging a similar half-solid form into the skin. What can really be expected from this is commonly known. Recently, a group of independent experts in the area of evidence-based medicine has attended to this issue, due to its urgency. This group is the so-called „Cochrane-Collaboration”. After extensive research, this group discovered only one product that can be taken into consideration for relief. This product is a cream containing 0,25% Centella-Asiatica extract, a preparation from a plant called Gotu-Kola, growing in the Asian-Pacific-Area. In Germany the product is now known as CREASTRIAN PLUS. The administration of this preparation on a regular basis from the 13th week of pregnancy onwards avoids stretch marks in most cases according to a randomized controlled study. Even to a considerable extent, if there have been Striae before.
