Stretch marks are narrow streaks or lines on the skin that often have a colored hue and can result from pregnancy, obesity and hormonal changes.
While keeping fit may not guarantee protection from these marks, light exercise can lower their likelihood by improving elasticity. Also, drinking enough water helps hydrate the body from within and avoid further skin thinning.
1. Exfoliate
Stretch marks are technically scars on your body, and their appearance depends on various factors. Redness of stretch marks can play an important role, as does age: older stretch marks tend to be deeper and less likely to fade over time. Furthermore, keeping an area moist helps lessen their appearance.
Maintain a healthy weight to avoid new stretch marks from appearing, and this includes not just losing excess pounds but also eating well and engaging in sufficient physical activity. Wearing loose clothing may also help, since tight clothing can lead to friction that causes stretching which leads to the formation of stretch marks.
If you already have stretch marks, try exfoliating with a scrub once or twice each week using ingredients such as aloe vera and glycerin for best results and to lessen their appearance. Exfoliation helps remove dead skin cells while stimulating cell renewal. Regular exfoliation also promotes healing of damaged areas.
Massage the affected area to help minimize stretch mark appearance and blend them in with the rest of your skin. Use loofahs in the shower for this, or opt for creams containing silicones and hyaluronic acid that contain these ingredients to soften their look and smooth out stretch marks.
Outside of home remedies, dermatologists or spas can also offer various cosmetic treatments that may help diminish stretch marks. While such methods can be effective at reducing their appearance, they can be costly and require multiple sessions before yielding desired results.
An additional way of treating stretch marks is combining baking soda and lemon juice for maximum effectiveness. Baking soda will help remove dead skin cells while lemon juice’s bleaching properties will lighten them over time. You should apply this combination every day for best results.
2. Massage
Stretch marks result when elastic collagen fibers of the skin stretch beyond their limit, leading to tissue tears in its lower layers and leaving scar-like markings. They often appear as light pink scar-like marks on buttocks and thighs but they may occur anywhere on the body due to significant weight gains or losses, pregnancy, growth spurts or medical conditions; though not painful these marks may lead to feelings of insecurity in some women and men alike.
Stretch marks may gradually disappear with diet, exercise and topical treatments; the best way to prevent new stretch marks from appearing is to maintain a healthy weight by avoiding sudden changes to body shape; wearing loose fitting clothing will also allow the skin to breathe while decreasing friction and stretching.
Home remedies such as cocoa butter, jojoba oil, almond oil, vitamin E and coconut oil may help soothe dry and cracked skin while simultaneously increasing blood circulation and cell regeneration. These oils also aid in healing stretch marks by stimulating their formation; additionally they may promote blood flow into areas affected by stretch marks for easier healing and reduced appearance.
Apply natural moisturizers twice daily to your skin to enhance its texture and color as well as lighten existing stretch marks. A stretch mark cream with SPF protection can further protect from UV radiation as well as environmental pollution.
Furthermore, massaging the affected area can increase elasticity and promote connective tissue recovery to make stretch marks less visible. It is best to adhere to this massage routine for several months in order to see results.
Some individuals can find relief from stretch marks with simple at-home remedies; others require more invasive cosmetic procedures to reduce their visibility. If you would like to reduce the appearance of stretch marks and improve your aesthetic, make an appointment with a board-certified plastic surgeon and have one perform a tummy tuck, breast lift or thigh lift procedure to reduce their visibility.
3. Moisturize
Stretch marks on butt are no different, with a number of home remedies for stretch mark removal available to treat them. One such remedy involves massaging the area with ordinary cooking oil while others use sugar, egg whites or potato juice to create scrubs which claim to lighten and fade their appearance. All of these treatments should help lighten and fade them over time.
Diet is also essential to keeping skin looking its best, so ensure that you’re eating a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, protein and grains as well as drinking plenty of water to hydrate from within.
Stretch marks on butt may also benefit from using a lotion specifically tailored for this condition, which contains moisturizing ingredients such as dimethicone and hyaluronic acid, to moisturize skin soft and smooth. You could also massage affected area using body oils containing natural ingredients like Australian tea tree oil, aloe vera extract or almond.
Retinoids can help diminish the appearance of stretch marks on butt. These at-home treatments promote cell turnover and collagen production, helping smooth bumpy stretch marks. Dermatologists advise applying retinoid treatments three to six times weekly until results appear.
Applying self-tanner may also help minimize the contrast between your regular skin tone and that of stretch marks, temporarily decreasing their visibility. Unfortunately, however, this solution will only reduce its appearance over time.
Although many products claim to reduce or eliminate stretch marks on butt, there is no scientific basis behind their claims. Many can be purchased from pharmacies or online; many are also expensive.
Maintain a stable weight and consume a nutritious diet to lower stretch marks. Exercise regularly to promote skin elasticity and avoid stretch marks from developing.
4. Sunscreen
Stretch marks (also referred to as striae) are indented streaks of scar tissue that form on the skin, often around hips, abdomen, thighs, and buttocks. Though painless and harmless in themselves, many individuals dislike their appearance and seek treatments that will fade them away – there are various medical and home remedies that may reduce stretch mark appearance significantly.
Stretch marks typically fade with proper treatment and time, though there may be medical procedures that can speed up this process. Consult a dermatologist as they will be able to assess your situation and recommend an approach best suited to you.
If your stretch marks have just started appearing, topical treatments may help lessen their appearance. Tretinoin cream may reduce red stretch marks while chemical peels may make new stretch marks appear smaller and thinner.
Sugar scrubs can help remove dead skin cells and reduce stretch mark appearance, while coconut oil contains antioxidants which boost collagen production and fight inflammation, massage the skin, stimulate blood circulation and massage yourself for greater comfort. Eggs also offer natural stretch mark reduction as they contain amino acids and proteins which regenerate stretched skin to fade scars over time.
Microdermabrasion sessions may help minimize stretch marks by exfoliating away dead skin cells that accumulate over them, but this method rarely works for deeper stretch marks. A more effective treatment may be pulsed dye laser, which uses painless light pulses to calm blood vessels underneath your skin that could have caused them.
Depending on how old or stubborn your stretch marks are, more invasive treatments such as laser therapy or surgical removal might be necessary to improve them. When considering any such approach, always consult a trained dermatologist beforehand.
