The abatement or shrinking of scars, lesions, and stretch mark removal depends on a process called "skin remodeling". The skin is structured to heal wounds promptly to prevent blood loss and infection. Scars are created from a quickly formed "collagen glue" that the body accumulates into an injured area for protection and strength. In ideal skin repair, wounded skin is quickly closed, then the healed area is slowly regenerated to eliminate the residual collagen scars and blend the skin area into nearby skin.
Scar collagen is removed and replaced with a mixture of skin cells and imperceptible collagen fibers. This remodeling may continue in the skin area for about 10 years. In children, the remodeling rate is high and scars are usually quickly erased from damaged skin areas. But as we reach adulthood, this rate diminishes and tiny scars may remain for years. One way to accelerate remodeling is to induce a small amount of controlled skin damage with a needle, laser, acid, or by exfoliating or abrading the skin as in a massage routine, and then letting the body's healing mechanisms rebuild the skin area by itself.
Another method is to help the body with the use of skin repairing activators that boost the body's natural healing mechanisms and ensure an even better final result. This can be done by using products that incorporate natural bioactive ingredients that accelerate the process of skin remodeling. These ingredients also help activate your skin's metalloproteinases and eliminate damaged proteins such as deep scars created by overstretching or sun-damaged collagen and elastin fibers. At the same time they help activate the processes that shields your body against excessive breakdown of protein.
Injury Healing and Removal of Stretch Marks
Once an injury has appeared on the skin, both skin cells and connective tissue cells (fibroblasts) begin multiplying to repair the damage. The fibroblasts form a matrix upon which the skin cells can migrate to and fill. It is the balance between the rate of multiplication of fibroblasts versus skin cells that is important here. If the fibroblasts grow too quickly, they can form a dense network that is not as easily penetrated by the skin cells and that results in a noticeable scar. If the skin cells keep up with the fibroblasts, then little scar tissue is created and the skin has a more normal look after the injury has healed. Thus it is IMPERATIVE that skin healing is controlled and advances at a quick pace.
This is where natural ingredients play an important part. A facial massage method is planned to "remove" the dead skin layer by layer, at a speed your body can act upon while rebuilding itself with its own capabilities and applying the help of natural skin rejuvenation activators found in some products.
One of these ingredientes are the bioactive elements discovered in the snail's secretion that boost the skin's regenerative mechanisms
In addition to speeding up removal of damaged protein in the skin, natural ingredients improve the skin's natural regenerative responses by stimulating new capillary formation and thus carrying more oxygen through the blood to zones were it has stimulated an intensification of the biosynthesis of proteoglycans, collagen, elastin and the water holding glycosaminoglycans that supply your skin with enhanced pressure withstanding and stretching capacity.
Natural ingredients restore damaged cells and eliminate toxins, hair follicles are depurated of debris, germs are destroyed, new collagen, elasting and water holding cells are created. The Final Result: YOUR SKIN CLEAR OF STRETCH MARKS
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Stretch Marks - Prevention And Treatment During Pregnancy
Understanding pregnancy stretch marks is your first step towards effective treatment. Pregnancy stretch marks are the scar like lines you find running across your thighs, belly, breasts or upper arms after sudden weight gain. Stretch marks occur when expanding skin is stretched to its limit and tiny tears appear in the supporting layers of skin. Common in pregnancy, stretch marks affect 50-90% of pregnant women. Eat a healthy, diverse and balanced diet that keeps your weight gain within the recommended range of 25 to 35 pounds. Stretch mark prevention will save you the trouble of getting rid of stretch marks once they've occurred. Stretch marks occur because the collagen and elastin that bind your skin are stressed during weight gain, resulting in tears in your skin's elastic fibers.
Symptoms and signs
They first appear as reddish or purple lines, but tend to gradually fade to a lighter color. The affected areas appear empty and soft to the touch.
Human skin has three different layers: the epidermis (outer layer), the dermis (middle layer), and the subcutaneous stratum (innermost layer). 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.
What Causes Stretch Marks?
Stretch marks form when your skin is stretched rapidly as happens during pregnancy. Most women develop stretch marks during the later trimesters of pregnancy though some women start to develop them as soon as their bellies start growing.
Stretch marks are actually small tears that form in the tissue that supports the skin and helps it stretch. Stretch marks represent the tearing or separation of collagen from the skin when tearing occurs. Stretch marks are not harmful or painful and usually fade over time.
Eat a healthy, diverse and balanced diet that keeps your weight gain within the recommended range of 25 to 35 pounds. A good way to get rid of stretch marks is to help repair the collagen and elastin growth in your skin. Specially formulated stretch mark creams aim to rebuild the structure and promote the rejuvenation of your skin's layers. Drink plenty of water. Hydration is important for your overall health. Laser therapy, topical medications and dermabrasion, alone or in combination have all been shown to be effective in diminishing the appearance of stretch marks. Using a laser or intense light, stretch marks are treated by flashes or beams of laser light that pass through the skin into the collagen within the second layer of skin. Postpartum laser treatments may be beneficial and are rapidly gaining in popularity.
How to Get Rid of Stretch Marks
Most of the topical treatments available should be used shortly after delivery, before they start to fade. Some women also regard a certain way plastic surgery after they are done having children. Most of the topical treatments available should be used shortly after delivery, before they start to fade. Most women believe that they can prevent stretch marks by using creams and lotions. There are many formulations on the market today that claim to help prevent stretch marks. Some of these may help moisturize your skin and reduce itching. Gaining much more than this can cause you to develop more stretch marks. Massage makes the affected area more supple, reducing stretch marks by stimulating new tissue to grow. Laser therapy is an effective way to treat pregnancy stretch marks.
Removing Stretch Marks
1. Using lasers to remove stretch marks works because it repairs the skin's natural synthesis of collagen.
2. Collagen is a protein rich compound occurring in the body that repairs and rejuvenates skin tissue.
3. Cosmetic laser treatment for stretch marks works to stimulate renewed growth of depleted collagen.
4. Choose a lotion for pregnancy stretch marks that will replenish the lost moisture and keep the skin healthy.b
Permanent Stretch Mark Removal
While this type of treatment may not be for everyone, women who are looking for a quick and efficient way to clear up unsightly stretch marks may want to consider laser treatments. Cosmetic laser treatments, such as Coolbeam and blue light therapy, are an effective way of permanently getting rid of stretch marks. Both types of treatment require little to no recovery period and can be done on an out-patient basis.
Symptoms and signs
They first appear as reddish or purple lines, but tend to gradually fade to a lighter color. The affected areas appear empty and soft to the touch.
Human skin has three different layers: the epidermis (outer layer), the dermis (middle layer), and the subcutaneous stratum (innermost layer). 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.
What Causes Stretch Marks?
Stretch marks form when your skin is stretched rapidly as happens during pregnancy. Most women develop stretch marks during the later trimesters of pregnancy though some women start to develop them as soon as their bellies start growing.
Stretch marks are actually small tears that form in the tissue that supports the skin and helps it stretch. Stretch marks represent the tearing or separation of collagen from the skin when tearing occurs. Stretch marks are not harmful or painful and usually fade over time.
Eat a healthy, diverse and balanced diet that keeps your weight gain within the recommended range of 25 to 35 pounds. A good way to get rid of stretch marks is to help repair the collagen and elastin growth in your skin. Specially formulated stretch mark creams aim to rebuild the structure and promote the rejuvenation of your skin's layers. Drink plenty of water. Hydration is important for your overall health. Laser therapy, topical medications and dermabrasion, alone or in combination have all been shown to be effective in diminishing the appearance of stretch marks. Using a laser or intense light, stretch marks are treated by flashes or beams of laser light that pass through the skin into the collagen within the second layer of skin. Postpartum laser treatments may be beneficial and are rapidly gaining in popularity.
How to Get Rid of Stretch Marks
Most of the topical treatments available should be used shortly after delivery, before they start to fade. Some women also regard a certain way plastic surgery after they are done having children. Most of the topical treatments available should be used shortly after delivery, before they start to fade. Most women believe that they can prevent stretch marks by using creams and lotions. There are many formulations on the market today that claim to help prevent stretch marks. Some of these may help moisturize your skin and reduce itching. Gaining much more than this can cause you to develop more stretch marks. Massage makes the affected area more supple, reducing stretch marks by stimulating new tissue to grow. Laser therapy is an effective way to treat pregnancy stretch marks.
Removing Stretch Marks
1. Using lasers to remove stretch marks works because it repairs the skin's natural synthesis of collagen.
2. Collagen is a protein rich compound occurring in the body that repairs and rejuvenates skin tissue.
3. Cosmetic laser treatment for stretch marks works to stimulate renewed growth of depleted collagen.
4. Choose a lotion for pregnancy stretch marks that will replenish the lost moisture and keep the skin healthy.b
Permanent Stretch Mark Removal
While this type of treatment may not be for everyone, women who are looking for a quick and efficient way to clear up unsightly stretch marks may want to consider laser treatments. Cosmetic laser treatments, such as Coolbeam and blue light therapy, are an effective way of permanently getting rid of stretch marks. Both types of treatment require little to no recovery period and can be done on an out-patient basis.
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