Stretch Mark Remedies That Really Work

Stretch mark remedies vary widely in cost, effectiveness, and practicality. On the low end of stretch mark remedies is simple cocoa butter lotion. Cocoa butter is a popular home remedy for stretch marks. Many pregnant women rub cocoa butter into their bellies every morning and night of their pregnancy, and for a month or so after giving birth. But all cocoa butter can do is temporarily moisturize the skin.

Why does it matter how much moisture the skin has? Any biological system, including the skin, survives by carrying out a multitude of biochemical reactions or chemical "transactions" involving biologically important molecules. The vast majority of biochemical reactions proceed normally only if the molecules are properly dissolved in water or, in some cases, oil. Lack of water in or around cells disrupts normal metabolism and tissue repair. Therefore, dehydrated skin has a decreased capacity for repair and regeneration.

Moist skin is better able to stretch, and skin that is better able to stretch is less apt to develop stretch marks. However, there are far more effective methods for increasing skin's ability to stretch than massaging in cocoa butter.

For best results, skin should be moisturized both from the inside and outside. Moisturizing from the inside means keeping the body well hydrated. When dehydrated, the body preserves the water supply to critical organs, such as the brain and the heart, but "cuts off water" to peripheral organs such as skin. Therefore, keeping the body well hydrated is an important part of keeping your skin well moisturized. Adequate fluid intake is key.

Moisturizing from the outside is based on proper use of moisturizing creams and lotions. Unfortunately, most moisturizing products are ineffective because their moisturizing action lasts less than two hours after the application. If you, like most people, moisturize from one to three times a day, then most of the time your skin will still be dry. Of course, you can moisturize every hour or two, but most people find such a regimen unsustainable. Also unfortunately cosmetic moisturizers loosen the skin's protective barrier and hydrate (wet) the skin proteins and thus in the long-term damage your skin.

What works is to protect the skin surface and to heal the skin from within, by putting the skin in a situation in which damage to skin can be prevented or normal skin repair can occur.

Poor water retention within the skin is caused by two problems: (1) damage to the skin's protective barrier which produces excessive water loss through the skin, and (2) a reduction in the concentrations of the skin's water-holding proteins and sugar: proteoglycans (carbohydrates linked to a protein that are involved in the structure of tissues and growth factor responses) and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs are linear highly charged polysaccaride composed of a repeating pair of sugars, one of which is an amino sugar and provide hydrating, swelling and strenght to tissues).

BIO SKIN CARE™ helps to both repair the skin barrier and raise the proteoglycans and GAGs.

Stretch marks occur when skin is stretched too far, too fast and can not withstand those forces. When this happens, the skin actually tears. These tiny tears are replaced with scar tissue during the healing process. This rippled and discolored scar tissues are known as stretch marks.

If skin never tears, stretch marks never occur. Therefore, the best stretch mark remedies are those which give the skin maximum elasticity. Collagen and elastin are the two proteins which occur naturally in the skin and enable skin to stretch. Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans are the molecules that provide binding, hydrating and swelling pressure to tissues enabling them to withstand compressional forces and successfully prevent tearing and scarring of the deep layers of the skin, thus preventing and healing stretch marks.

The best remedies to heal and prevent stretch marks are the ones that both stimulate the production of collagen and elastin from within the deep layers of the skin and raise the levels of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans in the skin. They strengthen and add flexibility to your skin, and thus prevent and repair stretch marks very successfully.

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 and swelling pressure holding glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycan molecules are formed. The Result: AN ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY OF THE SKIN AND CAPACITY TO STRETCH AND REPLACE SCAR TISSUES WITH NEW HEALTHY SKIN