Stomach stretch marks can make you feel too ashamed to wear a bikini, to change clothes in front of other women at the gym, or even to undress in front of your husband. Stomach stretch marks appear as a result of extreme weight gain and loss, often due to pregnancy. Pregnancy stretch marks can leave unattractive, reddish purple marks covering your hips and breasts, but are particularly inclined to mark your belly.

Unattractive Stretch Marks & Their Causes

Stretch marks appear when the skin is pulled beyond its ability to stretch, resulting in small tears. When these tears heal, they are replaced with scar tissue. These rippled and discolored scars are what we call striae, or stretch marks. Because scar tissue contains less pigment than normal skin, they stay paler than the rest of your skin when you tan. Striae often begin as red, angry ripples, which slowly turn into silvery white ripples as the years go by.

The skin is a remarkable organ. It's one of the largest organs, evidencing a high level of complexity. Collagen and elastin, special proteins that give skin its binding nature and elasticity, allow the skin to stretch to extremes. When our skin doesn't have the necessary amounts of collagen and elastin, stomach stretch marks can appear. In order to avoid stretch marks, it is helpful to apply a high quality cream that contains elastin and collagen regenerative stimulators. By applying these triggers to your skin, two times a day you can help your skin's recovery. This is not done with a cream that contains bovin collagen or elastin, ingredients that only achieve a temporarily moist attraction to your skin. This is done by using a cream that contains elements similar to those found in our own bodies. You can also use a cream that triggers the replacement of damaged skin cells and the production of new collagen and elastin to repair striae that have already appeared.

There are some creams that utilize natural activators like those of your body's own regenerative processes to avoid and erase stretch marks. These creams trigger and regulate an orderly production of collagen, elastin and GAGs and the replacement of damaged skin with new skin cells.

With regular use (two times a day for a period of time depending on how old and deep the blemishes are) these types of cream dissolves damaged cells, gently dissolves skin lesions, reduces and even erases all signs of stretch marks. It also destroys pathogens and triggers the synthesis of normal collagen, improving elasticity.