Stretch Marks Prevention and Treatment

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As your unborn baby grows, your body's skin tissue expands or stretches in the dermis (the elastic-like middle layer of your skin). This layer is composed of collagen-the tissue that supports your skin and helps it stretch-and it actually tears apart when stretched too quickly, hence you get pregnancy stretch marks.

This explanation for stretch marks is well accepted, but the medical community still does not understand why some pregnant women experience those dreaded purple-red stretch marks while others do not get them at all.

What we do know about stretch marks:

• During a later stage of pregnancy, lines can appear on your body, either dark or light in color. Most often, these lines-or stretch marks-show up as slight indents around the abdomen, but they can also appear on the hips, thighs, and breasts.
  
  
• Heredity has been linked to stretch marks, so if your mother had stretch marks, you may too. You're not alone-50 to 75 percent of women will develop stretch marks during pregnancy.
  
  
• Surprisingly, weight gain while you're pregnant doesn't necessarily mean you'll get stretch marks.

Although there has yet to be a proven, foolproof way to prevent stretch marks, there are a number of things you can do to guard against them. Your diligence in following these tips can make a huge difference for you.

First, be sure to drink plenty of water! Hydrating your body with lots and lots of fluids during pregnancy may help.

Many doctors, nutritionists, and even pediatricians also recommend that you consume vitamin-rich foods.

Applying body lotion or special creams daily during pregnancy may help prevent stretch marks. Belli Skincare's Elasticity Belly Oil is one very effective and safe product you can use to avoid getting pregnancy stretch marks.

Massage your stomach with Belli Skincare's Elasticity Belly Oil, and it may help reduce your chances of developing stretch marks. The circular motion of massaging not only helps ease the tension that is being placed on your belly's collagen layer, but it increases blood flow to this area and helps maintain the elasticity of your skin and diminishes the possibility of over-stretching.

Elasticity Belly Oil is ideal for any moms-to-be who want to prevent stretch marks on their butt, belly, hips, and breasts. This stretch mark cream combines vitamin E, Gotu Kola extract, cocao butter, and Collagen Hydrolysates to decrease your chance of getting stretch marks while building collagen and keeping your skin well moisturized.

The best thing about Belli Skincare's Elasticity Belly Oil is that it won't harm your baby at all! It not only works, it's completely safe to use during and after your pregnancy. Belli is the only skincare company that actually searches through international medical journals and research articles to eliminate ingredients that have links to pregnancy-related complications and birth defects. All their products contain no artificial dyes or parabens, and they've been allergy tested. Belli Skin Care actually screens each ingredient in their products to ensure they contain no harmful chemicals.

Don't stress if you end up developing pregnancy stretch marks. These dark red or purplish stretch marks will fade to a lighter color and get less obvious within six months to one year after you've given birth to your baby. So in time, these unsightly reminders of your pregnancy should fade away.

To reduce the appearance of your pregnancy stretch marks, try Belli Skincare's Stretchmark Minimizing Cream. This revolutionary stretch mark cream works wonders on new stretch marks as well as older ones. Not only will it revitalize your skin with Mandarin orange peel oil, this Stretchmark Minimizing Cream uses Shea butter to soften your skin and Ginseng extract to improve blood flow to your skin.

After using Belli's Stretchmark Minimizing Cream, you should see a reduction in the visibility of those ugly stretch marks. It's even safe for breastfeeding mothers.

If you have the luxury and money, you can also go through a stretch mark surgical procedure that will remove stretch marks. If you decide to go through this route, you should discuss the following with your doctor:

• All available stretch mark treatment methods, including prescriptive creams and lotions, Cosmetics, laser surgery, Blue-Line procedures, Retin A, or plastic surgery.
  
  
• If you choose a surgical option, check your insurance. Most companies consider stretch mark removal a cosmetic procedure, and may not cover the cost of the surgery.

  Surgical procedures are expensive, so you may want to consider one of Belli Skincare's stretch mark creams first.

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