Good looking skin is not always healthy. But, healthy skin will always look good. For this reason, it is important to learn how to deal with skin issues including scars and stretch marks.
Scars and stretch marks can affect any person at any age. Of course, factors such as gender and the extent of the damage will determine the extent of scar tissue. Nevertheless, treating scars and stretch marks is pretty much the same for everyone.
Scars & Scar Creams
Almost everyone in the world has at least one scar somewhere on their body. Scarring is the result of the body’s natural process that helps heal wounds. Small wounds will generally heal without leaving scar tissue, but more extensive wounds can leave permanent scars.
Scar removal methods include laser treatment, resurfacing techniques and surgery. However, scar removal can also be achieved by using a skin care cream that targets scar tissue. This type of treatment is often suggested when treating facial scars.
When choosing a scar cream, you should make sure that it contains the right ingredients. Vitamin C and Vitamin A are both essential to healthy skin. They are also important ingredients for scar repair.
Other ingredients such as essential fatty acids (omega-3 and omega-6) help promote the production of new, healthy cells that replace scar tissue. You can apply these fatty acids directly to the wound or incorporate them as part of your diet.
Snail serum has also shown great results as a scar removal ingredient. It contains copper peptides, which can help boost skin renewal by prompting new capillary formation and triggering the creation of glycosaminoglycans, collagen, and elastin.
Stretch Marks Creams
Stretch marks are a common result of the overly stretched skin. Excessive stretching can be caused by extreme weight gain or weight loss, pregnancy, and growth spurts. As for stretch marks treatments there are several options including surgery.
The most common problem with surgery is that it is only applicable to people with loose skin, meaning that those that have stretch marks but no loose skin should look for another alternative. Stretch mark creams that contain rose hip oil are the best option for people with stretch marks. This natural ingredient is made with a combination of elements that make it ideal for stretch mark and scar treatment.
Rose hip seed oil has been used for centuries by indigenous tribes in the south of Chile. Its curative properties are partly due to the fact that it is rich in Vitamin A and Vitamin C, and essential fatty acids. Vitamin A helps increase the rate of cell turnover and replace epithelial cells. Furthermore, Vitamin C helps boost the production of collagen and elastin so that scars do not look as prominent.
Essential fatty acids are the basic factors involved in the regeneration and reparation of healthy skin membranes which means that rose hip oil can be used for the treatment for scars.
BERRYSISTIBLE Stretch Mark Cream is ideal for stretch marks and scars treatment. It is gentle enough to be used with facial acne scars. STRETCH MARK CREAM can also be used to help prevent the appearance of stretch marks as long as it is used before, during and after pregnancy.
- Aileen Fitzharris