Women usually worry much about their appearance. People do sometimes exaggerate, but the good look is not easily achieved. Conditions such as stretch marks, varicose veins and cellulite are mainly suffered by females and unfortunately are not easy to remove and to treat but we can assure that there are solutions to improve these conditions. Believe it or not stripes are experienced by almost 90% of pregnant women, but pregnancy is not the sole cause, and some men also suffer the problem.
Stretch marks are the result of the rupture of the fibers of the skin when the skin is stretched, with less elastic fibers are broken. At first they have a pink, then red and finally become white, they are basically a reflection of the separation of the skin. When our skin is stretched it does not hurt, sometimes we feel a slight burning or throbbing. Stretch marks usually appear in the abdomen but also tend to be present in unwanted areas such as thighs, hips, breasts, buttocks and arms.
There are many causes for the emergence of stretch marks. The skin stretches for different reasons, usually because of increased body size, although our skin is very elastic and able to withstand the stretch. It has a limit, when it reaches the deep layers break the skin. These breaks may destroy in the outer layers of the skin, such ruptures are stretch marks.
Other common causes of their appearance are the lack of collagen and elastic, sudden weight change is causing 70% of the striations of the body. If we gain weight rapidly, the skin is forced to accommodate, and thus causing stretch breaks already mentioned, the hormonal changes often cause this disease, common cases usually occur during puberty when breasts begin to grow.
Many experts say that stretch marks can be inherited, genetic disposition is essential for its appearance, but these are considered a serious problem not enough only to inheritance, that must be combined with other causes. The health of the skin also affects the generation of stretch marks: dry skin combined with a poor diet makes it more favorable to allergies.
Finally, one of the factors that usually cause immediate stretch marks is rapid development of the muscles, the most obvious example is the bodybuilders in these cases the skin is broken more frequently.
