An summary of stretch mark problems, and how to prevent and manage them
Stretch marks are tears in a skin matrix affected by atrophy, a affection differentiated by weakness, thinning, roughness, stiffness decrease in the size of tissues, diminished cellular proliferation, and decreased function, also called atrophia. What you can see on the exterior are marks left behind by the production of scar tissues deep within the skin. Those tears can not be avoided with simple moisturizers. And, the marks will not disperse with collagen boosters or by just irritating or resurfacing the superficial layer of the skin; only by the activity of enzymes that 'digest' or dissolve scars and non-functional tissues and also rebuild healthy tissues.
What cures stretch marks?
Stretch marks can be avoided by renewing skin's density, strength, flexibility, and elasticity. This can be realized with the assistance of biological compounds formed by glycans (complex sugar chains) and peptides, proteins and enzymes that contribute to the coordinated and orderly proliferation of all the fundamental elements of healthy skin: collagen, elastin, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans. Meanwhile treatment needs enzymes and messenger molecules to bridge communication between cells and allows them to discriminate scar tissues from functional healthy tissues and reduce them into their amino-acid components to then reconstruct healthy tissues.
What would help your body prevent or get rid of stretch marks?
The stretch mark treatment and prevention alternatives you find today are aimed at replenishing skin matrix by stimulating the synthesis of collagen or elastin (e.g. those containing ingredients such as ascorbic acid, copper peptides, palmitoyl pentapeptide or oligopeptides).
Unfortunately, this method fails or falls short in almost all people affected by atrophic skin, whereby skin is very thin and not strong enough to support stretching beyond what it has been habituated too, presumably due to the particular composition of skin affected by such condition and an disability to react to matrix synthesis boosters.
This failure is apparently due to something important missing in those treatments; an element that would help your body remove scar tissues and that would help prevent stretch marks by strengthening your skin and helping it becomes more resilient.
What Needs to be Present to Treat Stretch Marks?
Two things acting in concert. First, your body needs to be able to differentiate or identify scar tissue from the surrounding functional tissues in the skin matrix. Second, it must be able to degrade the proteins that those scar tissues are made off and separate their component amino-acids and use them to create new skin matrix elements.
This can only be achieving by the concerted action of two types of ingredients.
One is messenger molecules that are able to bridge communication between cells and allow them to differentiate scar tissues from functional healthy skin tissues. The other main ingredient are enzymes that both dissolve or 'digest' non functional cells, worn out or damaged skin cells AND trigger proliferation of new collagen and elastin fibers from within the skin matrix.
A Surprise from Nature's Wisdom
Fortunately, there is a complete & balanced solution for stretch mark prevention and treatment. One full of antioxidants, collagen, elastin boosters, enzymes and cell communicating ingredients that assist in orchestrate the intricate balance between the degradation of cells that are dying periodically and/or cells that have become damaged by overstretching and the use of their constitutive amino-acids for the reproduction of new cells and all the required structural elements of healthy skin.
It is not a chemical, man made drug, clever concoction of isolates, pharmaceuticals, herbs, moisturizing botanical oils, or extracts produced in a cosmetic industry. No. It is a natural compound of biologically active molecules that is already the most complete and balanced solution created by a living creature to protect and fully repair its skin when damaged. Moreover, although this creature is in an evolutionary stage different from humans, nevertheless its skin is made of the same fundamental elements we find in human skin: collagen, elastin, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans.
Glycosaminoglycans are the water holding molecules in the skin responsible for providing binding, hydration, and swelling pressure to tissues enabling them to withstand compression and stretching forces, which thus prevent tearing and scarring of the deep layers of the skin.
The stretch mark treatment and prevention cream made with this natural, biological solution is natural, not some isolate derived or extracted from it. In addition, it is not only effective for preventing stretch marks but is also safe since it is totally compatible with living structures.
Treatment with the solution works through a removal process called hydrolysation. By persistent application on damaged tissues messenger molecules recognize damaged proteins and act in concert with enzymes that gently strip the skin to remove the build-up of scar tissues. These enzymes go to work like biological catalysts on each individual cell. They clean out the debris, open clogged pores, consume the dead material, and open up the vascular system to bring new oxygen into the cells. Moreover, they generate and speed proliferation of fibroblasts and all the structural components of healthy skin including the water holding molecules (proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans), collagen and elastin skin fibers, which finally are assembled in an orchestrated or orderly way, thus minimizing scars and marks.
The solution comes in two versions. One plain to prevent stretch marks, which is best to treat newly formed stretch marks. The second version is a home microdermabrasion cream which is embedded with micro-crystals to peel stretch marks that are older or rough on the surface as they help to break down or exfoliate damaged skin physically while massaging the crystals, and thereby facilitate the penetration of the cream deeper within the skin.
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Published June 8th, 2007