How Stretch Marks Occur

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Stretch marks can affect all of us. Many people assume the cause of stretch marks (also known as striae) is pregnancy, and so only pregnant women and mothers are affected. This simply isn't true.

Body builders often suffer from stretch marks, and the majority of these body builders are men. People who gain a great deal of weight are also susceptible to stretch marks. Teens are often afflicted with striae during the "growth spurts" of puberty. In short, anytime skin is stretched quickly or dramatically, striae are apt to appear.

Not only can stretch marks affect both men and women, but they can affect children, teens, and adults. They affect people of every race and ethnicity, as well. What are stretch marks, and why do they occur?

Skin is a remarkable organ. It's the largest organ in the entire body, and one of the most complex. Skin protects our internal organs, keeps dangerous microorganisms at bay, helps us eliminate wastes, and processes external elements, such as sunshine, for our benefit. One of skin's most remarkable abilities is its ability to stretch.

Elastin and collagen are two of the building blocks of skin. Collagen and elastin are both proteins, in the form of elastic fibers. Collagen is a binding agent in skin. It's the building block of connective tissue. Elastin provides skin with, you guessed it, its elasticity.

And the skin is phenomenally elastic. However, at certain times, skin is over-stressed, stretched beyond its ability to give. At these times, the skin actually tears. These little tears and tiny rips heal, resulting in scar tissue and show up on the outside as stretch marks.

How Stretch Marks Can Be Prevented or Repaired

A popular home remedy for stretch marks has been cocoa butter. There's a grand tradition of husbands rubbing their pregnant wives' bellies with cocoa butter, every night before bed. Certainly its moisturizing capacity helps to improve the skin's elasticity, and the ritual of the nightly cocoa butter rub is purportedly very pleasant. However, it's effectiveness in preventing stretch marks is rather limited.

People who are intent on preventing stretch marks should look for a product that helps the body create the very elements that are being taxed: collagen and elastin. Pregnant women, body builders, or growing teenagers can prevent skin tearing by stimulating their body to trigger and speed the regeneration of collagen, elastin and the water holding proteins that help prevent tearing, and subsequent scarring.

Fortunately, such stimulation can be achieved with topical products (those you place on the skin) that contain molecules that act as biological activators of skin renewal, the same ingredients also aid in the repair of stretch marks.

Biological activators are:

(1) enzymes that catalyze, or speed up biochemical reactions within skin cells by a factor of many thousands,

(2) proteins which enable cells to communicate and effectively coordinate activities between one another, also known as growth factors,

(3) glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) - complex carbohydrate chains that are not only vital moisturizers and lubricants present in the interstitial spaces between surface skin cells but by virtue of their interaction with growth factor proteins and their receptors act as regulators of vascularization (new capillary blood vessel formation) and cell division, and are fundamental biological players in the cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions that take place during normal and pathological events related to cell recognition, adhesion, migration and growth.

These molecules are present in skin care products that are not merely clever concoctions of natural ingredients but in proteic natural products that have a proven record of efficacy. One such product is a cream made from the mucins of land snails, the same these little creatures use to repair their own skin and shell when damaged. The biological activators in it promote cell regeneration, which improves scars' appearance. They also thicken the epidermal layer, creating a smoother top layer of skin. This further improves the look of stretch marks, even stretch marks that are quite old.

With the use of BIO SKIN CARE™ Cream damaged cells and toxins are dissolved, hair follicles are cleaned of debris, germs are destroyed, new collagen, elasting and water holding cells are formed. The Final Result: YOUR SKIN CLEAR OF STRETCH MARKS

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BIOSKINEXFOL™
A home micro-dermabrasion cream with high quality micro-crystals, the same that professionals use to breakdown and polish away hard, rough and old scar tissues. It allows for a deeper penetration of our all natural skin moisturizing and regeneration complex that is combined with the crystals in the microdermabrasion cream.120 gram (4 oz) jar = $89

BIO STRETCH MARK CREAM™ natural stretch marks treatment cream
Helps to prevent pregnancy stretch marks, strengthen fragile skin, firm sagging breasts and body areas and reduce cellulite. It also works for newly formed stretch marks and scars, while BIOSKINEXFOL is recommended for old, rough and raised marks. This product is similar to BIOSKINCARE, although in a more economic container, with 4 oz. For use preferably on the body, not on the face, for it contains a higher concentration of our natural biological complex which results in an invisible film that retains in moisture by occluding the area where it is applied and could feel a little tacky on the face depending on how oily is your facial skin. 4 oz (120g) = $79.98

BIOSKINCLEAR™
Oil free moisturizing gel for acne, rosacea and facial scars, for people with very oily skin complexion. The product is based on the natural glycoconjugates compound produced by a little creature to function as its powerful immune modulator and skin regeneration trigger. Removes dead cells, unclogs sebum canals and dissolves scar tissues by enzymatic hydrolysis, without peeling. Promotes the secretion of antimicrobials on the skin surface that keep micro-organisms at bay and controls acne bacteria. Boosts the production of glycosaminoglycans, the molecules that hold in water in the dermis, thus truly moisturizing the skin from within. Communicates to your immune system that you are being taken care of and can moderate an otherwise extreme inflammatory reaction that may end up destroying healthy skin cells together with bacteria and sebum that has turned into a foreign matter. 50 gram (1.76 oz) airless pump bottle $59 and 20% off for two or more.

BIOSKINCARE™
An efficient moisturizer and natural skin care product that activates the regeneration of injured cells and restores the capacity of the skin to hold in water from within. It renews the lipid barrier of our skin thereby impeding the penetration of allergens and toxins. It induces the reproduction of antimicrobial peptides on the surface of the skin and within the skin follicles contributing to control bacteria. Regulates the network of capillaries that bring oxygen and nourishment to the skin cells. Dissolves keratin plugs and debris and unblocks clogged pores allowing for the outflow of sebum to the surface where it lubricates and protects the skin instead of causing injuries to the cells lining the follicles and an inflammatory reaction of the body to repair the lesions. Signals the immune system it is being taken care of and does not need to fire its immune responses and overly react to minor injuries thus avoiding the loss of tissues that characterizes deep pitted scarring. Avoids scarring and reduces scars from accidental injuries and post surgery; stretch marks; hypertrophic and keloid scars; goose bumps; actinic keratosis scales by breaking down abnormal, dysfunctional and damaged tissues into their amino acid components while stimulating their replacement with new healthy skin structures. Vanishes redness and dryness, relieves eczema and dermatitis, reduces psoriasis scales and many other types of skin blemishes. Repairs skin damaged by glycolic peeling and other chemical peels, dermabrasion or laser resurfacing. By strengthening the skin it relieves the undesired side effects caused by retinoic drugs Isotretinoin that thin the skin and are taken in or used topically to halt nodular cystic acne. Reduces and heals skin fragility and is a potent antioxidant thus helping to reduce the damaging effects on the dermis of sun burns and too much exposure to solar radiation. It also helps to heal blisters, bruises, wounds, and the effects on the skin of toxic radiotherapy or radiodermatitis. 50 gram (1.76 oz) jar = $69.98 and for two or more 20% off.

BIO SKIN REJUVENATION™

Same cream base and enzymes as in BIOSKINCARE to "digest" or dissolve blemishes, speed skin turnover, moisturize and tighten skin, and two added ingredients: a natural pigment reducer and a human growth factor peptide, derived from the melanocyte-stimulating-hormone that blocks melanin synthesis, and inhibits the formation of unwanted pigmentation, allowing control over skin tone and brown spots. Leaves skin bright and refreshed! 50 gram (1.76 oz) jar = $79

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