Obviously pregnancy stretches your belly's skin. But there's more to stretch marks than that. Stretch marks are a form of scarring on the skin; the result of the rapid stretching of the skin associated with rapid growth or rapid weight changes. Tearing of the dermis leads onto the appearance of the stretch marks. Hormonal changes associated with puberty, pregnancy, bodybuilding, and hormone replacement therapy also influence the appearance of stretch marks. Genetic factors may also play a role. If your Mom has it, chances are you will have them too. Other factors like younger age at pregnancy, high body mass index, and weight gain over 15 kg (33 pounds) during pregnancy and higher baby birth weight were independently associated with the occurrence of stretch marks. Teenagers are at highest risk of developing severe stretch marks.

Symptoms  And  Signs

They first appear as reddish or purple lines, but tend to gradually fade to a lighter range. The affected areas appear empty and are soft to the touch. Stretch marks occur in the dermis, the resilient middle layer that helps the skin retain its shape. No stretch marks will form as long as there is support within the dermis. Stretching plays more of a role in where the marks occur and in what direction they run. Stretching alone is not the cause.

Stretch marks can appear anywhere on the body, but are most likely to appear in places where larger amounts of fat are stored. Most common places are the abdomen (especially near the navel), breasts, upper arms, underarms, back, thighs (both inner and outer), hips, and buttocks.

Enidlas 1550nm  removal  Stretch Marks

To be effective, treatment generally needs to be applied to the stretch marks when they are red. Once stretch marks pass to the later stages, where they become white or silver -- often with deep indentations -- they are much more challenging to treat. However, new treatments like Enidlas 1550 nm laser available for improving white stretch marks. Lasers promote synthesis of healthy, new collagen, which has been damaged when stretch marks appear.

Benefits of Laser treatment include

• Improvement in the appearance
• Little to no downtime
• Smoother, better-looking skin
• Improved tone and texture of the stretch mark

Laser Technical Specification: