Stretch Marks And Skin Changes In Pregnancy

There are innumerable physical changes to your skin, both pleasant and painful characteristic to your pregnancy only.

The ordinary skin change that most pregnant woman experience is the stretch marks. Stretch marks are partitions of the outer layers of skin caused by the overstretching of original layers.

Beside pregnant women, stretch marks are found on children who are overweight, young people who have a sudden growth spurt during teenage years and sportsperson and body builders who do constant exercises. The most generally affected parts by stretch marks are hips, abdomen, breasts, thighs and buttocks. Stretch marks are tickly reddish marks.

In pregnancy, genetics plays a vital role in formative that will have and will not have stretch marks. If your mother has had them, probability is that you will get them too, unless you were born with stretchy skin. There is no sure shot therapy for stretch marks as mostly they become lighter after delivery. The only one way to keep away from stretch marks is to stop them. We suggest the following –

 Massage vitamin E or olive oil on the abdomen parts from the start of your pregnancy. Massage it freely over the marks after taking a bath. Incase if you skip a shower, clean the area with a wet cloth and then use the oil.

- Regular exercise helps to active your muscles and maintains your skin firm.

- Maintain healthy diet and drink abundance of water. Abundance of proteins and vitamin C & E foods should be included in your diet. Increase your ingestion of minerals just like that zinc and silica to keep healthy skin.

- One ounce of sweet almond or jojoba oil with 7-8 drops of lavender and chamomile oils is a good home-produced recipe.

- Avoid excessive weight gain in a short time period.

- Cocoa butter decreases stretch marks and helps to keep the skin soft.

- Wear a glove and massage your skin to increase the blood circulation.

- At the same time massaging your body with body oil, add coconut and almond oil. Daily massage with Olive oil, flaxseed oil, cod liver oil or vitamin E oil after shower or earlier than sleeping is an superb home remedy for either preventing or treating stretch marks.

- To keep away from stretch marks around breasts, wear a supportive maternity bra.

- To make stretch mark cream, mix half cup cocoa butter, 1 teaspoon wheat germ oil, 1 teaspoon apricot kernel oil, vitamin E oil and 2 teaspoon grated beeswax. Heat the mixture until cocoa butter and beeswax melt, mix well and store in air tight conditioner.