Stomach stretch marks can make you feel too ashamed to wear a bikini on the beach, to change clothes in front of other people at the gym, or even to undress in front of your husband. Stomach stretch marks appear as a result of great weight gain and loss, usually due to pregnancy. Pregnancy stretch marks can leave ugly, reddish purple marks covering your hips and breasts, but are particularly inclined to mark your belly.

How Stretch Marks can be Prevented

Stretch marks are caused when the skin is pushed beyond its ability to stretch, resulting in small tears. When these tears heal, they are replaced with scar tissue. These rippled and pale scars are what we know as striae, or stretch marks. This scar tissue contains less pigment than surrounding skin, so when you go sunbathing, those patches will remain paler than tanned skin. Striae often begin as red, angry ripples, which slowly change into silvery white ripples as the years go by.

The skin is a wonderful organ. It's not only the largest organ in the body, but also one of the most complex. Collagen and elastin, special proteins that give skin its binding nature and elasticity, allow the skin to stretch to extremes. Stomach stretch marks occur when our bodies lack the required amounts of collagen and elastin. In order to prevent stretch marks, it is helpful to apply a high quality cream that contains elastin and collagen regenerative triggers. By rubbing these triggers into your skin, twice a day you can help your skin's recovery. This is not done with a cream that contains bovin collagen or elastin, those will do no more than temporarily attract moist to your skin. This is done by applying a cream that contains elements similar to those found in our own bodies. You can also use a cream that stimulates the replacement of flawed skin cells and the production of new collagen and elastin to repair striae that have already appeared.

There are some creams that utilize natural activators like those of your body's own reconstructive processes to prevent and erase stretch marks. These creams stimulate and regulate an orderly production of collagen, elastin and GAGs and the replacement of flawed skin with new skin cells.

With regular use (twice a day for a period of time depending on how old and deep the blemishes are) these types of cream 'digests' flawed cells, gently fades skin lesions, shrinks and even erases all signs of stretch marks. It also kills pathogens and stimulates the regeneration of normal collagen, improving elasticity.