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Stretch Marks basically look like crackles in skin (more or less as the picture to the right), caused by the breaking down of skin's connective tissue in deep skin layer (dermis) due to the loss of collagen and Elastin. Although many start with red or purple raised lines (caused by micro blood vessels breaking up and bleeding) later fade to silver shiny streaks, some start with tiny silver lines then extend and spread to longer, deeper and wider streaks. Some go as wide as half inch or even wider. Many people described them as appearing out of no where just overnight. That is because stretch marks start from the dermis the underlying skin area (See illustration) and gradually develop to the skin surface, so even if they seem to appear overnight, there really is a process. They are very visible especially on darker skin. And because of the depth and width, they are impossible to cover up with make up. Who gets them and WHY Stretch mark is still a mystery to most of us. I am not a doctor. I know stretch marks from personal experience and I learned more from 10s of thousands of correspondences with stretch marks victim in the past 10 years. Stretch marks happen to men and women, fat and thin, young and old. I have heard a 8 years old who developed stretch marks as she started to grow bigger and taller. In most cases they don't hurt or irritate physically at all. Stretch marks usually don't just fade on their own, instead, they tend to worsen and expand over time. If they expand, they can literally cover your whole body and 2 people told me that they got them on the face. - can you imagine that? Stretch
marks are commonly caused by things that are
out of our control. However there are and things we use or take that cause
stretch marks. And if we pay attention to small things we can greatly reduce
our chances of getting them.
The hormonal imbalance inhibits the proper production of collagen and Elastin- which forms the connective tissue of skin; when the connective tissue breaks apart, you got stretch marks. How we hate our stretch marks! Having stretch marks is a very annoying "little problem". It is little because in most cases there are no physical discomfort. It is annoying because they are always however well you hide them and seemingly impossible to get rid of (unless you know the right thing to do, which I will talk about later). The most damage it does is psychological. They make you feel unclean; imperfect like damaged goods. If you are in a relationship they could really give you some trouble. They are not attractive to look at, even less attractive to the touch. Stretch marks can be especially tough on teenagers. I am still amazed at how many emails I receive daily from teenage boys and girls. If you are a parent of a teen please be very sensitive. If your child has them he/she might not tell you, or anyone for that matter. They will hide it however they could, it is that embarrassing for them. Pay attention if your child avoid wearing short shirt/pants or a bathing suit. Please get the home remedy for them if they need it. The good news is when they are young and stretch marks are fresh they heal better and faster. If you are a teenager you are welcome to write me or have your parents write me. Take care of them now so you won't have to deal with that trouble later. The stretch marks removal home remedy by Jean The Stretch Marks Removal Home Remedy by Jean is on its 10th year now, after many updates it works better than ever. The newest update was just done 12/2008. Old customers are encouraged to get the newest update. If you are a new visitor to the site please don't miss what we have to tell you. You can read the real life stories of my customers. They are personal, touching and even more encouraging. I am so thankful they let me use them here. Please continue to the next page to find out more details. |
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