So then, the perfectly smooth body finds itself facing a new reality. Despite the joy of having children—a privilege unique to women, being able to conceive and feel—marks are also left exclusively for the future mom. It is very common for stretch marks to appear during pregnancy, since the whole body is going through changes.
So many hormones, so many new sensations, and now one more change. But how do you avoid stretch marks during pregnancy? What can you use to prevent stretch marks? After childbirth is it possible to treat the stretch marks that have appeared? Let’s look at these questions.
What Are Stretch Marks?
The skin is basically made up of fibers, and a stretch mark is the stretching with rupture of the fibers that make up the skin, whether it’s on the belly, breasts, thighs or any other part of the body. During pregnancy, the uterus grows as the pregnancy progresses and as a result the abdominal skin is stretched and when it goes beyond its capacity, stretch marks during pregnancy appear.
Explanatory Video
How to Prevent Stretch Marks During Pregnancy?
Hydration! That’s the keyword on this topic. It’s very simple—just moisturize your skin and your body a lot; one of the secrets to smooth skin is drinking plenty of water. Creams help to moisturize on the outside, but the biggest secret a pregnant woman can have to prevent stretch marks during pregnancy is, above all, to hydrate the body from the inside out.
Which Cream to Use?
There are many types of creams on the market; of course, there’s always one that is more effective, which ends up becoming the favorite of pregnant women, and stretch marks in pregnancy are perfectly preventable with prevention and use of these creams.
Author’s Experience
When I was pregnant for the first time, I went to a dermatologist who prescribed me a formula with components like grape oil and some other ingredients, but for me personally it didn’t help much, they appeared in large quantity on my abdomen. Even though I used almond oil after bathing, they still appeared, so that didn’t work either.
Now in my second pregnancy I used a product that really played an important role for me—it was rosehip oil, it’s very fragrant and really good, I didn’t get stretch marks this pregnancy. We recommend Famivita’s Rosehip Oil
In the third pregnancy I received a cream as a gift from a friend, she bought it for about $5.00 in the USA and I fell in love with it, it’s called Cocoa Butter for pregnant women, it’s a tube that lasted the whole pregnancy because I alternated it with rosehip oil—the two combined were perfect!
It has a wonderful coconut scent and I was surprised by the price and quality. Here in Brazil you can find it for around R$100.00. That’s a big price difference, so if you’re traveling abroad or know someone who is, it really makes a difference to bring it from there.
Stretch marks… I already had them, so is there a solution now? Well, these days there are very advanced treatments when it comes to stretch marks; soon I’ll talk about them in more depth.
See you next time!
Also read: Cellulite During Pregnancy – How to Fight It?
Photo: Veronica Foale
