You probably already know the fact that stretch marks are not so easy to get rid of. An important feature in this case is an integrated approach.
First of all pay attention to your daily diet and make sure that your body gets enough of the necessary substances. Particularly important is the availability of products that contain a lot of potassium. This list includes dried apricots, bananas, raisins, pears. Also, do not forget about products that are polyunsaturated with fatty acids. These are vegetable oils, nuts, seeds, fish belonging to the family of sturgeon.
The complex of measures to combat stretch marks includes exercises for muscles to keep tissues in tone. Minimum for this reason should be allocated for sports at least half an hour a day. You have the choice between fitness, swimming, performing your favorite exercises, and maybe your choice will fall on an ordinary jog in the park.
After you follow these basic rules, you can already use and cosmetic products to deal with stretch marks on the skin. There are a lot of procedures in the salons. However, bear in mind that many tricks can be done at home. The most important advantage of therapy at home is not only saving your money, but also the regularity and duration of the course.
Methods of treating stretch marks on the skin at home
We have already found out that the means of combating stretch marks are available at home. Recipes are quite simple. And to enhance the effect of procedures, you can combine them with a visit to beauty salons.
Special gel or cream from stretch marks. The cream or gel should: perform the function of increasing the elasticity of the skin, as well as stimulate the production of collagen; accelerate the regeneration of cells so that young stretches of pinkish color disappear faster; perform a drainage function that prevents swelling; soften and moisturize the skin.
And to perform these functions, the content of the gel or cream should be as follows:
- collagen;
- active moisturizers (for example, aloe vera, chitosan or hyaluronic acid);
- vitamins;
- amino acids;
- minerals.
Quite often is the content in creams or gels of a similar kind of essential and vegetable oils. The effectiveness of the first positions of cocoa butter, avocado, wheat germ oil, mint, grape seeds.
Recommended essential oils from stretch marks. You have a great opportunity to choose natural oils for use in treating stretchings on the skin at home. For the base oil, you can take wheat germ oil or jojoba oil. It is not excluded olive oil. It makes no sense to take sea buckthorn oil, so it is peculiar to dry the skin. Add 4-5 drops of your essential oil to the base oil (2 tablespoons). You can get the desired result with oils of lavender, mint, rosemary. Rub the resulting mixture into the skin regularly 2 times a day. Lotion, which you have prepared in advance, is stored in the refrigerator for no longer than ten days.
Wraps will help in the fight against stretch marks. The essence of this method is to spread the stretch zones with a special composition, and then wrap it with a polyethylene film. The film in this case serves to create the necessary temperature for the effective assimilation of this active composition.
As a wrap, you can use dead sea mud, clay or chocolate cosmetics. A good effect will be from wrapping algae. In brown seaweed contains a very large amount of essential trace elements, as well as alginic acid. It provides an opportunity to restore the elasticity and elasticity of the skin.
Also for the wrapping process is very suitable micronized algae, or algae kelp.
Baths for getting rid of stretch marks. Warm baths are useful because they relax and relieve stress. And also when adding nutritional and moisturizing ingredients to the prepared water, the bath acquires a property that helps to increase the elasticity of the skin. It is recommended to take a bath for about 20 minutes, enough a week 2-3 times.
Essential oils in the bath. Add to the water 2 drops of geranium oil, 5 drops of orange, 6 drops of neroli, 2 drops of Muscat, 3 drops of incense.
Bath with algae. To do this you will need dried laminaria. Fill it with hot water and leave it for half an hour. You have obtained soaked leaves, which are used for wrapping, and an infusion to be added to the bath.
Update and activate cells
Cold and hot shower. To prevent stretch marks, we recommend taking a contrast shower in the morning - an alternation of warm and cold water. It will be good if you start taking a shower with a comfortable temperature for you. Then you can make the water hotter. And after a minute, make the water as cold as possible. Wait for 20-30 seconds and then stand under the hot water. It is recommended to repeat the change of water temperature 3-5 times. Be sure to end the shower with cold water.
To start, make a contrast shower with water at room temperature and gradually go to the cold.
Skin cleansing. In order to conduct mechanical peeling of the skin from stretching, it is recommended 1-2 times a week after bathing a little scrub on the skin and rub it with massage movements. To massage the abdomen, use circular motions clockwise, thighs should be massaged vertically upwards from the knee, and the buttocks need horizontal movements.
If you use a scrub, your pores will be cleansed, the dead cells will be removed, and it also stimulates the creation of new cells.
Use of chemical peeling. Chemical peeling has a more aggressive effect, in contrast to the use of scrub. The composition of such a peeling includes components that do not exfoliate the dead skin cells, but dissolve them. This makes it possible to synthesize collagen and renew the skin layer.
In order to get rid of the strains that have recently appeared, you can use glycogen surface peeling, as well as the same procedure with a base of fruit acids. This procedure is mild and almost painless.
Such peeling can be carried out not only in the salon, but also at home.
Specialists in beauty salons use a medial and deep peel based on trichloroacetic and phenolic acid to fight long stretches.
Massage. It is very useful to massage every day when rubbing a cream, gel, or a cocktail with natural oils. Easily and lovingly pinch and lift the skin with the tips of the index, large and middle fingers.
In this case, massage acts as a catalyst for the development of the so-called "youth proteins" - elastin and collagen, and also makes the problem areas more elastic.
Remember that it is very important to start fighting with stretch marks after their appearance as quickly as possible. The best result you will have in the event that stretch marks have not yet managed to whiten. So do not delay with treatment.