Successful Routes to Rid Yourself of Stretch Marks

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Successful Routes to Rid Yourself of Stretch Marks

by Sara Kitch

Stretch marks are well known to everyone concerned with keeping their skin clear and smooth. They show up resembling zebra like scars that vary in length and depth. They are found in various parts of the body such as the abdomen, breasts, buttocks, legs, and upper arms. Stretch marks come from a stretching of the skin caused usually by rapid growth or weight gain. The skin has a middle layer named the dermis, and after being stretched to a certain point, its elasticity breaks down which causes the stretch mark to appear.

This being the case, what can be done?

Luckily, there are options for their treatment and here listed are a few of them.

Stretch Mark Treatment Options

The least economical route to take is surgery. The stomach is where stretch marks can be removed surgically in what's called abdominoplasy surgery, or the 'tummy tuck.' By tightening and molding the stomach walls excess fat and skin are removed which lessen the appearance of the stretch marks. The negatives to this procedure are that it is expensive and painful with a long recovery time.

An additional surgical option is laser treatment. The objective of this treatment is to produce new collagen in the skin by shooting cosmetic lasers into the dermal layer. The skin plumps by the collagen thickening, which then fills in the stretch mark from below. The downside to laser treatment is that it is only mainly effective on immature stretch marks that are still red in color.

At best a 20 to 50% improvement using these surgical procedures is the most likely result from what would be successive trips to the doctor's office on top of shelling out a few thousand dollars.

Turning to non-surgical procedures, microdermabrasion is an attractive option due to its pain-free aftermath and cost efficient price tag. It is performed in beauty spas but as well has an at home solution in the form of a microdermabrasion cream. It works by eliminating the top layer of the skin by using abrading microcrytals to wear it down. This in turn creates a newer and healthier skin to replace the old and damaged one. It also makes your skin more resilient by triggering collagen and elastin production.

BIOSKINEXFOL is an especially effective microdermabrasion skin care cream to improve and eliminate the appearance of stretch marks. The dermabrasion cream produces the effect of the regeneration of skin cells which then resurfaces the skin. The natural serum in this particular cream is the product of a little creature's innate immune system that supports the protective strategies of the innate immune system of human skin. That creature is none other than the humble garden snail. Its serum mixed with all natural ingredients produce truly effective results for stretch mark removal.

Published July 1st, 2010

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BIOCUTIS skin care products:

Moisturize and stimulate the renewal of dead and dyeing cells. Restore the capacity of the skin to hold in water from within.

Replenish the lipid barrier of our skin thereby impeding the penetration of allergens and toxins.

Induce the reproduction of antimicrobial peptides on the surface of the skin and within the skin follicles contributing to control microbes.

Digest keratin plugs and debris and unblocks clogged pores allowing for the outflow of sebum to the surface where it lubricates and protects the skin instead of causing injuries to the cells lining the follicles and an inflammatory reaction of the body to repair the lesions.

Signal the immune system it is being taken care of and does not need to fire its immune responses and overly react to minor injuries thus avoiding the loss of tissues that characterizes deep acne scarring.

Prevent scarring and remove scars from accidental injuries and post surgery; stria marks; abnormal hypertrophic and keloid scars; keratosis pilaris; actinic keratosis scales by the breakdown abnormal, dysfunctional and damaged tissues into their amino acid components while stimulating their replacement with new healthy skin structures.

Vanish redness and dryness, relieves eczema and dermatitis, reduce psoriasis scales and most types of skin blemishes.

Repair skin damaged by glycolic peeling and other chemical peels, dermabrasion or laser resurfacing.

By strengthening the skin they relieve the dreaded side effects caused by retinoic drugs, Isotretinoin (Accutane), that make the skin thinner while taken in to halt severe nodular cystic acne.

Reduce and heals skin fragility and is an antioxidant that helps to reduce the damaging effects on the dermis of sunburns and excess exposure to solar radiation.

Help to heal blisters, bruises, wounds, and the consequences on the skin of ionizing radiotherapy or radiodermatitis.