Stretch marks or striae are formed mainly during pregnancy on the abdomen and chest, on the hips and buttocks. Unfortunately, it's impossible to get rid of them completely, but fresh stretches can be made almost imperceptible. Stretches are formed due to stretching of the skin. As a result of hormonal changes, the skin loses its elasticity, there are tears. This phenomenon can be inherited. Fresh stretches have a reddish or purple color. It is at this stage that you can still and need to fight for the beauty of your skin, because at this point in the tears still occur important exchange processes. It is easier to prevent the stretching of the skin fibers than to try to get rid of them. All that is necessary for prophylaxis is to maintain firmness and elasticity of the skin, try to maintain your weight, do not gain excess during pregnancy and swim more often. Even in an interesting position, especially after childbirth, it is useful to swim in the pool. There are many techniques for getting rid of stretch marks on the abdomen after childbirth. They will have the necessary effect on the elasticity of your skin where it is most susceptible to ruptures.
Treatment.
Have enough patience, treatment of stretch marks will take at least 2 months. In difficult cases, time can increase. Even during pregnancy and after the birth, you should pay attention to your diet. Many products that contain fatty acids are able to form cell walls. Lie on boiled fish, vegetables and fruits. Take a solution of Retinol palmitate in oil - vitamin A. It can be easily purchased at a pharmacy. It is good in that it stimulates the production of a new elastin and collagen, helping to strengthen the connective tissue. To get rid of stretch marks, drink enough water or any other liquid. It is known that the loss of moisture affects the elasticity of our skin. Every day, the damaged skin should be moistened. For this purpose, special creams from stretch marks, which necessarily contain natural ingredients - vitamins A and E, algae, olive oil, cocoa, jojoba, are suitable. Apply the cream after the bath, carefully scraping the skin. Alternate the cream from stretch marks with warm olive oil.
There are many recipes that reduce the appearance of striae. They are divided into compresses and wraps, lotions and oils, as well as healing baths.
Compresses and wraps.
Before applying a compress, in the stretch zone do a massage that will increase the flow of blood. A huge effect of massage is given with stretch marks on the abdomen. After massage, make a compress or wrap with the use of a film. Cover yourself with something warm and lie down for a specified amount of time.
Wrap with chamomile: 200 grams of flowers boil in a glass of milk. Impregnated with the resulting mixture of tissue wrap the damaged areas and cover with a coverlet. After 10-15 minutes rinse with contrasting water and apply a special cream from stretch marks.
Compress of oils: mix 4 drops of rose oil, 2 drops of neroli oil, 1 drop of lime with 1 tbsp. spoon of kefir. Wet the cloth in the resulting mixture and apply a compress to the problem area for 7-8 hours. This procedure is carried out 3-4 times a week for three months, in a month and a half or two months you will be able to assess the first clearly visible results.
Lotions and oils.
Lotions and oils should be applied to the skin after compresses or wraps. They soften and moisturize the skin, enhancing the effect of the previous procedure.
Rosemary Lotion. 8 drops of quality rosemary oil and a few drops of olive oil, mix and apply to the skin, struck by stretch marks after the shower. The result will not be long in coming. After 2 - 3 weeks of application stretch marks will become light and less noticeable.
Lotion of dill and lime. To prepare the lotion, you will need one tablespoon of ground dill and linden flowers. Pour the mixture with two cups of boiling water and press for two hours. Prior to use strain.
Lotion of horsetail. You need 50 grams of horsetail, lemon juice, a half liter of alcohol or vodka. Mix everything and insist in a dark place for a month. In a month, add another half liter of boiled water and wipe the resulting mixture with stria.
Baths.
Salt bath. You need 1kg salt of sea salt without dyes for one bath. The temperature should be about 37 degrees. Time of adoption: 15 minutes.
Starch bath: 350-500 g of starch stir in 5 liters of water, pour into a prepared bath. The temperature should not exceed 37 degrees. Time of reception: 20 minutes.
Will give elasticity to the skin of the bath of 2 drops of camomile oil and 3 drops of lavender oil. Add a tablespoon of table salt to the mixture of oils and dissolve the resulting mass in a bath.
Services of beauty salons.
From deep, old stretch marks get rid of heavier. At this stage, to fight them at home is meaningless. Here you can resort only to the means that beauty salons offer. As a rule, this laser therapy is an effective method of skin polishing, as a result of which it is updated, it becomes smooth and gentle. Also an excellent positive effect is provided by mesotherapy - injections of special active substances under the skin. The method is rather painful, so many prefer to replace it with no-injective mesotherapy. The composition of the substances used is the same, but it is injected into the skin with the help of oxygen pressure. It should be noted that you can resort to the mesotherapy course not earlier than six months after childbirth and only after the end of breastfeeding.
Our appearance after delivery is far from ideal, but it is in our hands, because you now know how to get rid of stretch marks on the abdomen after childbirth. Only we can correct deficiencies every day and restore ourselves to a good mood.