Help your teen minimize stretch marks
Stretch marks don’t affect just pregnant women, they commonly affect teenagers, too. Growth spurts, increasing hormone levels and genetics all have a hand in whether or not a teen develops stretch marks. Rapid weight gain or loss, obesity and weight lifting can also bring on stretch marks.
Stretch marks are not easy to get rid of. Depending on the color of your skin, they may start out red, pink, purple or brown, and that’s the best time to treat them. By the time they become white or silver, they’re even more difficult to get rid of. And while there are countless promised remedies out there, only a few actually work:
Glycolic acid May work on stretch marks by increasing collagen production. Requires several high-dosage treatments administered by a dermatologist. Is more effective when used in conjunction with other remedies.
Vitamin CSome vitamin C formulations may be effective in treating early-stage stretchmarks. Combining them with glycolic acid may improve the results. Vitamin C supplements may also prove effective.
Retinoids Containing vitamin A, these products do seem to increase collagen production during early stages. Again, using glycolic acids with the retenoids is more effective than using either product alone.
Laser treatments These treatments promote healthy, new collagen and are offered by dermatologists to treat even advanced stretch marks. This expensive option requires multiple treatments.
Stretch marks are permanent, but they can be treated and minimized. No matter what method you decide to you, there will always be some evidence that the stretch marks are there.
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Oooo! This is a point mentioned. I like when everything in place
while it is understandable to mere mortals.
Stretch marks are not easy to get rid of. Depending on the color
of your skin, they may start out red, pink, purple or brown, and
that’s the best time to treat them. By the time they become
white or silver, they’re even more difficult to get rid of.
And while there are countless promised remedies out there, only a
few actually work.
hi im 15 and im 5′5 ft and 168lbs. i have reddish
purpleish strech mark on my inner thighs and my sides by my hips; a
lil under my arm; but the one that drives me crazy is the one inmy
inner thighs which isnt aLOT and my right side. a lil on the left
but more on my right! i need to look qood for summer so i started a
diet today; 20lbs by june 9th.willl thdat lessen it? and what can i
use to diminish it. and i heard that strech marks usually happen
and over time they qo away on there own. true? help=)
hi am only 15 i am quiet overweight and have stretch marks
everywhere like my arms shoulders legs back and belly dey use 2 b
redish purple but now they hav turned whiteish silver but i want to
get rid of dem would loosin weight get rid of dem?