What are Stretch Marks?
If you look in the mirror every day and wish something could be done about your stretch marks then it is reassuring to know that today’s technology can finally tackle them.
Those wavy lines that criss-cross your body in a neat pattern on the surface of the skin compete with veins and arteries to be noticed. They usually occur because your skin has stretched beyond its limit and lost its elasticity and the production of collagen has been disrupted. Losing elastin on top of the disruption of collagen production causes the skin to have stretch marks on the top layer of skin.
Stretch marks occur in women both men and women. The thighs, hips, butts and pregnant abdomens are common areas. They are often made worse by fast growth, pregnancy, hormones or weight loss or weight gain.
WHAT CAUSES OF STRETCH MARKS?
Numerous stretch marks can be caused by some medications like steroids such as cortisone. Stretch marks are developed when the skin is excessively stretched beyond its limit during pregnancy, growth spurts or weight gain. Collagen production in the dermis of the skin is damaged, and blood vessels dilation causes the development of purplish coloured early stretch marks. The inflammation and collagen disruption may cause the obscuring of production of melanin. After a period, this lacking of pigment leads to the white pigmented scars that we call stretch marks. It can also be caused by the rapid weight gain in a short duration such as puberty or during pregnancy.
Stretch marks can also be formed on children who have rapidly become obese or on teens or adolescents who have undergone growth spurts during puberty. Due to constant repetitive exercises, athletes and body builders can also develop stretch marks. It has even been suggested that stretch marks are caused because of an increased level of a hormone called glucocorticoids circulating through the body. This hormone is produced by the adrenal gland, and its production is increased during pregnancy, adolescence, obesity and weight lifting.
Risk factors
Anyone can develop stretch marks, but some factors increase your likelihood of getting them, including:
Being female
Having a personal or family history of stretch marks
Being pregnant, especially if you're young
Rapid growth in adolescence
Rapidly gaining or losing weight
Using corticosteroids
Having a genetic disorder such as Cushing's syndrome or Marfan syndrome
Having breast enlargement surgery
Exercising and using anabolic steroids
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