Easy Ways To Avoid Pregnancy Stretch Marks
Pregnancy stretch marks are very common. It appears at different places all over the body, even up to your arms. The stretch marks often appears in these places since your skin becomes less elastic. Stretch marks can as well be seen in the arms and buttocks during pregnancy.
What Are Stretch Marks?
During pregnancy, the skin of your stomach stretches beyond it’s limits. This causes red-purple lines (stretch marks) to appear. Your skin stretches when the baby starts to grow bigger. This results in skin cracking, which eventually leads to ugly stretch marks.
It’s hard to completely prevent stretch marks from appearing since every woman has different types of skin, elasticity and texture. However, there are certain steps that can be taken for reducing these stretch marks and preventing the same from appearing.
Here are some easy tips to help you prevent stretch marks during pregnancy:
Don’t Overeat
Although pregnant women are supposed to eat for two, it is not that they are eating for two adults. Hence, it is very important to eat in moderate portions and avoid overeating. Overeating can increase the body weight, which will eventually lead to fat accumulation and stretch marks. You should not take more than 300 extra calories a day on top of your regular daily caloric intake.
Drink Lots of Water
Water is extremely important part of any diet. Drink plenty of water when you’re thirsty and avoid juices or sugary drinks. Artificial fruit juices are packed with sugars and additives that can make you fat, whilst water helps in maintaining a slim body. Drinking loads of water also helps your skin to be more elastic and youthful, preventing stretch marks from occurring.
Watch What You Eat
It’s vital to have a healthy diet during pregnancy. A healthy diet containing all the essential nutrients makes the skin healthier too. Have lots of fresh vegetables and fruits, proteins and whole grains and some fiber to maintain a functional system during pregnancy. Your diet should also include dairy based products such as milk.
Olive Oil Massage
Our grandparents suggested the use of olive oil massageduring pregnancy and how it helped in preventing stretch marks from appearing. Well, it seems so foolish then, but it’s true. You can massage olive oil on the belly, buttocks and thighs as these are the most common areas for stretch marks to appear. Olive oil has excellent moisturizing properties that help in making the skin elastic.
Use Creams and Ointments to Remove Stretch Marks
If the stretch marks are already appearing on the stomach, start applying anti stretch marks cream immediately. The creams helps to reduce the effects of the stretching and ultimately remove them. If you didn’t apply the creams immediately when the stretch marks begin to surface, it may time a longer time to completely remove it with the creams and ointments.
It’s quite hard to complete avoid pregnancy stretch marks. However, there have been many who managed to completely avoid them. If you are not one of them you’ll need help.
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