How to get rid of stretch marks on your chest?

Stretch marks on a woman's breasts can appear after childbirth, during breastfeeding, and even with a sharp increase in weight. Therefore, striae (stretch marks) occur in women who have given birth and in young girls as a result of hormonal changes in the body.

In our article we will try to talk about the causes of stretch marks, as well as folk methods for eliminating them.

About the reasons:

Stretch marks on the body are a consequence of a sharp change in body weight. Especially often, body weight changes during pregnancy and after childbirth. If a woman had a second breast size before giving birth, then when the breast is filled with milk, it can increase to the third or even the fourth. During such an increase, the skin on the chest is stretched, and its fibers, unable to withstand such a tension, burst. This is how stretch marks appear.

The same situation occurs with women who abruptly threw off a dozen kilos, as well as with sports lovers who abruptly stopped pumping muscles in the gym.

About treatment:

The most reliable way to get rid of stretch marks is plastic surgery. But this measure has many contraindications, and is still quite expensive.

There is also a hardware treatment of stretch marks by laser, microcurrent, chemical or mechanical resurfacing of the skin surface. With this treatment, the top layer of the skin is removed, forcing the body to renew the destroyed cells.

In cosmetology, there are milder ways to remove stretch marks: creams, masks, ointments, serums. However, the process is quite long.

Fresh stretch marks that are less than 12 months old are best treated. They are pinkish in color. Old striae are more difficult to make subtle. Any remedies for stretch marks should contain collagen, elastin, hyaluronic acid, amino acids. These substances tone the skin tissues at the cellular level.

In the pharmacy, you can buy various creams that eliminate stretch marks or prevent their appearance. The most popular of these are the following:

• Sanosan (Germany);
• Inthenso Guam, Anti-strech Mark (Italy);
• Vichy (France);
• Bella mama oil, Baby Teva Ltd (Israel).

The above remedies for stretch marks on your chest can make stretch marks almost invisible. They are applied to the chest area not only after the appearance of stretch marks. They are excellent prophylactic agents against the appearance of striae during pregnancy, starting from the second trimester.

It makes sense to talk about traditional methods of treating stretch marks on the chest.

… Breast masks:

1. Mummy cream. Mix the prepared solution of mummy (1 g and water 5 g) into a nourishing or baby cream, lubricate the breast 1 time daily.
2. Etheric mask. Mix 50 ml of avocado and jojoba base oils, add 10 drops of essential oils to the mixture, stirring well each time: tangerine red, neroli, rosemary, lavender (20 drops), jasmine. Cork the product well, leave in a dark place for 24 hours.
3. Scrub for the skin on the chest: mix 100 g of sugar, 100 g of salt, 100 g of olive oil, apply on the chest while bathing, gently massage for several minutes. Then use a special or nourishing cream.
4. Take 15g. dry brewer's yeast, 4 teaspoons of cream, 4 teaspoons of liquid honey. Dissolve yeast in cream. When the yeast is slightly dispersed, mix it with honey and leave for 20 minutes. Apply the mask to problem areas of the skin. Keep for 30 minutes.
5. Cream mixed with salt nourishes and cleanses the skin. Apply the mixture, for example, before bathing. Applying and rubbing in essential oils after such cleansing makes the skin supple and heals stretch marks.
6. Homemade mummy cream is also effective against stretch marks. For its preparation, 2-3 g of this substance is dissolved in 1 tbsp. spoon of warm boiled water. This solution is added to any moisturizer. They are smeared with stretch marks on the chest. The cream is stored in glass jars in the refrigerator for 2-3 weeks.
7. Mix 0.5 cups of aloe juice, 0.5 cups of olive oil, add there a few drops of vitamin E and a few drops of vitamin A. Mix everything thoroughly and pour into a jar. Apply to the skin 2 times a day – in the morning and before bedtime. Keep refrigerated.
8. natural yogurt 150 ml, almond oil 1 tbsp. l., grated zest of one lemon. Wash the lemon, use a fine grater to wipe the zest from the lemon. Pour yogurt, butter into a bowl and add zest. Mix all ingredients well. Apply exfoliation on stretch marks areas: breasts, abdomen, legs, etc., at least twice a week. Removal of stretch marks with such a cream is carried out gently and not traumatic

Wraps, compresses and other recipes:

Usually, such a wrap at home is carried out using prepared seaweed, which is sold in a pharmacy.

It is important to warm up the skin in the bath before wrapping.

Algae diluted with water should be applied to problem areas, wrapped in foil and covered with a warm blanket. After the problem areas are carefully wrapped up, you need to go to bed and lie down for half an hour under a warm blanket.

 Thanks to the effect of heat, all the beneficial substances of algae are activated and absorbed into the skin, making it smoother and more elastic.

To carry out this procedure, you will need two containers filled with warm (38 degrees) and cold water.

In warm water, you need to dilute one teaspoon of salt, and add the same amount of lemon juice to cold water.

First, a hot compress should be applied to the chest. It should be kept for half a minute. The next step is a cold compress. These steps must be repeated 7-8 times.

To enhance the effectiveness of the compress, lubricate the stretch marks with the lotion prepared according to the following recipe. Pour 2 tablespoons of dry rosemary with 4 glasses of water and boil.

The broth must be cooled and applied to the chest, after adding 4 teaspoons of lemon juice, 2 teaspoons of salt and 2 teaspoons of alcohol.

Boil a handful of inflorescences in 250 ml of milk. Moisten a dense cloth with a warm mixture and wrap it around the area of ​​the body where stretch marks have “settled”. Put the film on top and insulate with a terry towel. Keep the compress for 15 minutes. After that, do not rinse the body, but wipe it off and apply the cream.

1. Take a badyagu (cream or powder), dilute it with hydrogen peroxide until a slurry is formed and apply to problem areas, rubbing it into the skin with light movements for 15 minutes. After that, the skin will itch and prick, but it should be so. Apply every day.
2. Lotion 2.

Pour 1 teaspoon of dry dill and the same amount of linden flowers with two glasses of boiling water and leave for two hours.

Lotions should be applied to stretch marks and should not be washed off after the procedure.

1. Olive oil compresses can tone the skin, increase its firmness and elasticity. The addition of vitamins E and A to the oil will increase their effectiveness in the fight against stretch marks. In 100 ml of olive oil, 5 drops of these vitamins are added, as well as 2 teaspoons of fresh aloe juice. This product is stored in the refrigerator and lubricated with it after a bath or shower.
2. Make a mixture of oils: 2 drops of mandarin oil, 2 drops of lavender oil and 5 drops of wheat germ oil. Massage the places where stretch marks have appeared with this mixture.
3. Rub pure almond oil into the skin with stretch marks 2 times a day.
4. Knead the clay to a dough state. Lying in a dry bath, apply the clay to the body, hold for about 10 minutes, then remove it. Then take a warm bath and massage the problem areas. The course is 10 procedures.
5. We take coffee beans, grind it to a state where medium beans remain and rub it once a day (preferably with a special mitten) into problem areas. The course of treatment is 1 month. During this time, the stretch marks should become invisible.
6. Sugar and salt scrub

This procedure is quite simple, you just need to mix together a glass of sugar and salt, then mix it all with half a glass of olive or palm oil. The scrub should be applied to problem areas in a circular motion. After rinsing with cool water, apply a very greasy cream.

It is believed that onion juice can make stretch marks appear less deep. Squeeze the juice out of the bulb and rub it gently into the stretch marks, avoiding the nipple area. The procedure is best done before bedtime and done daily for three months.

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