Stretch Marks
Although there are many people who want to know about stretch marks and how to treat them, unfortunately there is very little information available. There are thousands of products out there that claim that they can treat stretch marks, but in fact, unless you really want to spend all of the money to try all of these creams, unctions, and ointments, hoping against hope for a cure, you are really all out of luck. There have yet to be any comprehensive studies about stretch marks, and so there is not all that much know about how to cure this unattractive and inconvenient condition. Unless you want to spend all of the money required for laser treatment of stretch marks, you are really probably going to be forced to live with them on your body for the rest of your life, whether you like it or not.
This is not the grimmest of fates. Although there are many people who worry about stretch marks, the fact is that they are really in most cases not all that noticeable. They occur, generally, on areas of the torso, and are faint, kind of wavy lines that are hard to see, except from closeup. They will rarely, if ever, show up on the face, or parts of the body that are subject to frequent display, so unless you spend your days at the beech, there is no reason to worry about stretch marks at all.
Honestly, I did not even know about stretch marks until I had my first child. Childbirth is a frequent cause of stretch marks among women, although it is surely not the only one. Certain stresses to the skin, such as weight gain, child birth, the onset of puberty, or other stresses, can overcome the ability that the skin has to stretch under pressure, causing the scar tissue that is known as stretch marks. There is not much you can do about stretch marks – they will fade with time if you lose weight, or have given birth, or whatever, but will never really go all the way away. Nonetheless, it has been 6 years since I had my kid, and I will tell you that, despite the fact that I have never really cared enough about stretch marks to buy any of those creams, they have faded almost all of the way away. Unless you are looking, you can't tell they are there.