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When dealing with stretch marks?

Stretch marks should be treated as soon as possible, when it is still pink or purple, that is to say when it is still in the inflammatory phase.

Treatments have less impact once it is installed and white. However, there is sometimes spontaneous reductions with a gradual decrease.

In additional cases, the Stretch Mark is an immense injury, one or two centimeters in a very big way, and sometimes to a dozen centimeters.

Typical treatment for stretch marks?

"They are used as a treatment cream that can be useful, as can be seen in the market. They penetrate deeply into the skin and they are the most effective concentration of active ingredient than" Judge Cohen-Letessier Anny.  "However, we can not say today that there is a standard treatment that makes consensus for all dermatologists," she says. "Several methods are available to them. '

Care techniques used by dermatologists

Some resort to microabrasion followed by peeling, others with pulsed dye laser. Some doctors combine the laser treatment with a radiofrequency treatment to firm skin tissue and subcutaneous.

The infrared lasers in turn stimulates the synthesis of collagen to restore the elasticity of the skin and reduce defects that characterize the scar reliefs.

Whatever the method used, it is clear that the stretch mark is resisting. Patients should nevertheless prove combative, and especially not delay to consult a dermatologist to give them every opportunity to mitigate these scars, failing to make them disappear.

Definition

So called because of the lashes they evoke, stretch marks are actually scars in the dermis, the deeper part of the skin.

Contrary to popular belief, stretch marks are not only the result of upward pressure on the skin. "We must stop thinking that stretch marks are a break in the skin. Being fat is not going to break the dermis, "says dermatologist Anny Cohen-Letessier.

Several circumstances concur in (contribute to the appearance of stretch marks), and everyone is not exposed in the same way.

Origins of Stretch Marks

These unsightly streaks appear when fibroblasts (dermal cells) are heckled and can not ensure the production of collagen: an elastic fiber that gives skin its flexibility and strength.

The collagen fibers destructure and break and are not replaced, resulting in skin surface ridges first pink. Once the inflammatory phase has passed, the stretch marks become white.

Often found stretch marks on the breasts, abdomen, hips, inner thighs, buttocks, but all growth areas, such as members or shoulders among sportsmen.

This causes disruption of fibroblast

Cortisol secretion important
When the body produces too much cortisol, especially during puberty or pregnancy. Fibroblast proliferation is then blocked and collagen production falls in proportion.

Hormonal diseases
"Some hormonal diseases such as Cushing's syndrome (overproduction of cortisol) may be the cause of stretch marks," says Dr. Anny Cohen-Letessier.

Topical
"The topical (applied topically) containing corticosteroids (cortisone and its derivatives) also damaged the skin, especially when used on sensitive areas like the armpits.

Skin whitening creams
The inappropriate use, prolonged and inappropriate creams for skin whitening is also often responsible for significant stretch marks, "she says.

Stretch fast and brutal
The phenomenon also occurs when the skin is subjected to a brutal stretch fast and at a rapid weight gain and important example. However, weight gain does not always stretch marks, there is an inequality of individuals with regard to stretch marks.