Stretch Marks And Pregnancy

By Mary Basiadima, 10 December 2019

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How To Get Rid Of Stretch Marks After Pregnancy.

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Words haven’t yet been invented to describe how you feel.

You have just gone through months of carrying around a huge weight, constantly feeling tired, sick and having to rush to the toilet every five minutes. Not mentioning the sleepless nights and your body stretching until you thought you might go ‘pop’!.

After the euphoria dies down and your friends and relatives fade away into the background – eventually your thoughts turn to getting back into shape.

You look at yourself in the mirror to see how much you have changed and what needs to be done to get back into shape. You then notice stretch marks that seemed to have appeared like a squatters in an empty building overnight and you are sure they weren’t there before or that bad and your thoughts turn to evicting them!. So what can be done?.

What Are Stretch Marks?

Stretch marks or striae are small tears in your skin. They occur due to your body changing size in a short space of time due to the rapid expansion of your uterus alongside the sudden weight gain during pregnancy.

Don’t worry about 90% of women are affected by stretch marks during pregnancy.

They can usually be found around the

If you have stretch marks after your pregnancy don’t be too upset as the majority will fade over time.

Stretch Marks During Pregnancy

If you got through to your second trimester and were stretch mark free and were beginning to feel optimistic you could avoid them altogether and were regularly massaging oils and lotions into your skin, it is surprising to learn that stretch marks during pregnancy usually form during the last trimester and usually on the belly. These types of pregnancy stretch marks are known as striae gravidarum.

Stretch marks occur in the dermis, this is the tough middle tissue layer that lets the skin keep its shape.

Immediately after pregnancy you may not like the look of your stretch marks, especially if you have never had them before, they may be quite visible and quite red or very dark depending on your skin tone or ethnicity.

Within the next year they will look vastly different and their colour will become more consistent with the rest of your skin tone.  If you are looking for a cosmetic solution to reduce their appearance there are several options available on the market.

Do Creams Work For Stretch Marks?