When treatment is neglected pregnancy, body building, rapid weight gain and even rapid growth become a common problem that causes stretch marks.

Stretch marks are generated by abnormal hormone activity. You don't have to be a pregnant woman or have weight problems to get them. As a matter of fact, it is a very usual skin condition, but most people who have them are embarrassed and try to hide them.

Stretch Mark Associated Causes:

* Pregnancy

* Normal growth for adolescent boys and girls

* Sudden weight fluctuations

* Long term deficiency of specific nutrients

* Sudden change in physical or environmental conditions

* Some medication can also generate stretch marks, especially steroids related medications.

The real problem is that the body generates the wrong information regarding skin development. This leads skin to synthesize insufficient amounts of collagen and elastin, which form the skin's connective tissue. When connective tissues are not strong enough to endure over-stretching they break apart and stretch marks are formed.

Although in many cases they seem to simply appear overnight this isn't entirely true. They are born from deep skin layers and slowly progress to the skin's surface.

Stretch marks affect men and women, young and old, fat and thin. In most cases they don't cause harm or irritate the skin so a lot of people don't even notice them until it's too late to do anything about it.

In the beginning stage of development they are a pinkish or pale red color. The pinkish coloring is caused by micro blood vessels breaking open and bleeding. These scars generally change to a pale silvery white which is the final step of their developement.

Most people believe that stretch marks are not treatable because they are so difficult to erase. As a matter of fact, most specialists will even say: just live with them, they are not curable. But why would they say something like that if there is a way to treat them? Maybe they just don't bother enough or maybe in a doctor's point of view stretch marks are not a serious problem because they don't really cause any real physical discomfort

Stretch marks are partial thickness 'tears' within the skin, meaning that they are essentially subdural scars. The best stretch mark cream isn't one rich in elastin and collagen, but one that triggers the generation of collagen, elastin and the water holding ability of healthy skin. Collagen is the building block of skin, and elastin is the protein which confers skin its elasticity. By elevating the levels of these proteins in your skin, from the inside out , you can strenghten the epidermal layer.

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