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O stretch marks, O enemy zebras! These streaks, you may know them or you will certainly know them one day: almost no one escapes them. Conventional cosmetics knows our obsession with them and competes with miracle products whose price and effectiveness are puzzling. It must be said that they are tough, those damn stretch marks on skin. Getting rid of it is almost impossible. But with some good habits, you will be able to limit the damage (and this is already a lot).
Stretch Marks: What, How, Why?
Do you know what stretch marks are? Scar. The trace of stretches too sudden and intense for the capabilities of our elastic cutaneous fibers that suddenly tear. Belly, chest, thighs or hips, buttocks, arms, back: purple streaks appear, of varying width and length. They then lighten to form pearly white depressions. Almost indelible: it is the fibers of the deep dermis, between epidermis and hypodermis, that are affected.
Meager consolation, stretch marks are one of the most shared things in the world. Rapid weight gain or loss promotes their onset, but puberty, menopause, pregnancy or treatment with corticosteroids are critical periods for all morphologies. What do they have in common? A combo physical changes + significant hormonal changes. Often brutal, they block fibroblasts, collagen-producing cells. This same collagen that gives strength and elasticity to our epidermis.
Women are more prone to stretch marks. Additional genetic Injustice, their less thick skin contains less fiber: it resists less well.
So, lost in advance, the fight against stretch marks? Maybe... but we can win some battles.
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Our 5 Tips Against Stretch Marks
Strengthen your epidermis: moisturize, moisturize, moisturize!
Getting rid of stretch marks is impossible? Do everything to avoid them! If most of the factors that promote them escape us, there is an important preventive axis: strengthening our skin, its elasticity, tone, resistance.
This goes through a rigorous routine: hydrate your body daily, even outside of any critical period for stretch marks. Strengthened over the long term, your skin will cope better afterwards. Pregnant, do not wait to gain weight to adopt this good habit.
Choose a body moisturizer suitable for your epidermis. In our range, you have the choice between 3 treatments formulated without essential oil and guaranteed without endocrine disruptors: perfect for pregnant and lactating women, adolescents. The light vegetable oils and floral waters of our Magic Milk Moisturizing Body Milk tone and soften normal to dry skin. In the summer or for skins with less intense needs, our oil La La, synergy of vegetable oils brings flexibility and strength thanks to Apricot, Jojoba or Argan. More fragile or dry skin, need a rich body cream.
Finally, avoid anything that can weaken and dry your skin, including sulfated shower gels. Give preference to a good soap oncold saponified bones. Our nourishing Soap Rise is available in a fragrance-free version for pregnancy.
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Boost Your Collagen in The Plate and Bathroom
To resist stretching, your skin needs its collagen to be on top. Anything that stimulates fibroblasts removes the risk of stretch marks.
Look for treatments rich in active boosters of cell renewal, collagen and elastin: Centella Asiatica, Horsetail, rosehip, BlackBerry... combine them with the good fatty acids of anti-oxidant vegetable oils (pomegranate, avocado, Baobab…) to protect your collagen from free radicals.
On the kitchen side, foods rich in vitamin A and C, copper and sulfur boost collagen production. Citrus fruits, kiwis, cabbage, legumes, spinach, eggplant, strawberries, turnips, leeks, garlic, onions, chives: eat them fresh and organic without moderation. Depending on your diet, pick in meat, seafood, egg yolks, seeds and oil seeds, whole grains. Algae and fungi are good sources of copper. Above all, eat balanced without neglecting the intakes of good vegetable lipids, essential for the elasticity of the epidermis and the circulation of these nutrients in the body: food oils (olive), fatty fish… Zappez sugars and white cereals, harmful for the flexibility and renewal of our skin fibers. Finally, drink plenty of water to preserve your elastin.
Adopt Good Habits for Elastic and Toned Skin
Beware of two producers of free radicals, responsible for the loosening of tissues and their lack of elasticity: the sun with UV-destructive for collagen and tobacco.
Watch out for prolonged hot baths that accelerate skin sagging and dry the skin. Scrubs? They are said to reduce stretch marks... they especially weaken your epidermis, so they are practiced in moderation.
Also avoid repeat diets and their associated yoyo effect.
Finally, regular sports practice is an excellent prevention: muscles improve skin support and it is a great help to avoid weight changes. Attention, it's all about dosage: too intense practice on the contrary promotes stretch marks by doping our level of cortisol, inhibitor of fibroblasts.
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In Critical Period: A Targeted Anti-Stretch Mark Routine
Is your skin likely to be altered by pregnancy, menopause, diet? Switch to a preventive routine focused on at-risk areas with very nourishing and softening care. He also attentive boys, puberty: rarely thought about, but their impressive growth spills expose them to stretch marks.
Pregnant, pay special attention to the products that you apply, especially on the stomach or chest. Do not settle for a mention pregnancy, but peel off the compositions and choose them without synthetic additives, 100% natural and without essential oils. The top? Quality vegetable oils, of course: sweet almond, avocado, Inca Inchi, Macadamia, rosehip, Shea… you can, outside pregnancy or breastfeeding, boost them with essential oils: real lavender, Rosewood, Geranium Rosat...
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Even more effective: use them in synergies in a balanced care. Whatever your skin type, this time it's time to switch to Body Guard. Rich in very nourishing plant assets– vegetable butters (shea, cocoa) and particularly protective and restructuring oils (avocado, Baobab, coconut, Desert date tree…), it is the treatment to be used by all in the Prevention of stretch marks. A morning and evening application with a long gentle massage for better penetration, activation of your blood circulation and stimulation of fibroblasts.
Finally, avoid wearing clothes too close to the body during these risky periods: their friction promotes the appearance of stretch marks.
Are the Stretch Marks There? Act Fast!
Still small purplish streaks appear? No time to waste! Immediate action is essential: it is still possible to mitigate and limit them. Recent stretch marks can still extend considerably on this already weakened fabric… on the contrary, once well installed and well White, changing their appearance is almost impossible.
On these nascent stretch marks, it will be necessary to mobilize assets capable of strengthening your tissues and stimulating your support fibers but also to repair and mitigate the marks. The top? Rosehip oil, powerfully restorative and collagen booster, Daisy macerate, toning able to tighten skin tissues. All 2 are outstanding healers. You can use them alone on your stretch marks, but they will be more effective combined with other oils. Calophyll with healing restorative assets (calaustraline and inophyllolide), nourishing sweet almond, restructuring Argan with its 75% fatty acids, Macadamia rich in palmitoleic acid top to regenerate cells, shea butter. The enveloping and ultra-rich texture of our Loving Balm, rich in all these treasures, is ideal for a massage that will effectively purple stretch marks. You can also, depending on your preferences and the season, opt for a massage of your stretch marks with our synergy of healing and regenerating vegetable oils, also ideal to boost your moisturizer in prevention.
Intensify your massages to promote healing: 2 to 3 minutes, pressed, morning and evening. For the belly, if you are pregnant, ask your midwife for her green light. Finally, also strengthen your UV protection: they can make stretch marks more visible.
Did your stretch marks turn white?
Do not stand still: these natural assets are effective in mitigating them provided you are (very) patient and tenacious!
We could have added a 6th tip: patience and reasonable expectations... erasing a stretch mark is impossible. Unless you resort to surgery, even prescription creams or laser will only mitigate them and will not give you any protection against the appearance of new stretch marks. Worse, some side effects may be even more noticeable on some epidermis. Consider only if they are a source of suffering for you. After all, stretch marks are usually only an aesthetic problem, common or even inevitable.