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Stretch marks can occur for several reasons and impact a person’s self-esteem. Today we will discuss how you can get rid of stretch marks faster from your skin.
Red light therapy, collagen lotions, collagen supplements, and different home remedies can conveniently help you get rid of stretch marks. Several surgical options are also available to help your skin reduce stretch marks and look flawless. Let’s discuss them in detail:
Non-Surgical Methods to Reduce Stretch Marks
Your skin can develop stretch marks due to several reasons. You can follow these ways to reduce stretch marks:
Red Light Therapy
Red light therapy can help you reduce stretch marks exceptionally. This therapy utilizes specific light wavelengths beneficial for health. These visible red light and near-infrared light wavelengths penetrate the upper skin layer and influence cellular activities.
Due to increased cellular activities, collagen and elastin protein production in the body increase. These proteins help tighten skin and reduce wrinkles and stretch marks.
Also, red light therapy influences circulation and allows these proteins to circulate all over your body. So, these proteins can move to the damaged areas to repair and rejuvenate skin cells.
Red light therapy has no significant side effects. You can purchase a therapy device and start your journey towards better skin readily.
You will need to spare 20 minutes every day to receive red light therapy. Although red light therapy works faster on your skin, it is not permanent. You can lose progress within a week if you do not use this therapy regularly.
Collagen Lotions
When your skin is stretched too much, the collagen in your skin starts to break apart. Your skin loses its elasticity and gets wrinkled when collagen is damaged.
To deliver collagen back into your skin, you can use a good collagen lotion or cream to deliver some nutrients to your skin. While collagen atoms are quite large for the skin to absorb directly, water dissolved collagen breaks into several pieces and can go under your skin without creating problems.
Make sure your collagen lotion contains retinol and hyaluronic acid to induce healing and moisturize your skin. Also, these ingredients help your skin regain elasticity and allow you to reduce wrinkles and stretch marks.
Collagen Supplements
It is obvious that collagen damage can bring wrinkles to your skin. While applying collagen lotion can be helpful, taking collagen orally can be much more effective.
In this process, collagen is directly administered to your body. There are numerous ways to get collagen from plants and animals, and you can easily include it in your diet. Also, many OTC supplements are available for your convenience.
However, most supplements are not FDA regulated, and you may be allergic to the ingredient from where the protein was extracted. So, make sure to consult your doctor before you get your collagen supplements.
Home Remedies
Home remedies have been very popular in reducing stretch marks. While some of them can significantly reduce stretch marks, they may not be as fast as other methods mentioned here. Here are some home remedies you can consider to reduce stretch marks:
Coconut Oil
Coconut oil improves dry skin and several skin infections by maintaining the skin’s protective barrier. You can massage your skin with virgin coconut oil to reduce stretch marks. Here are the steps you need to follow:
- Warm-up virgin coconut oil that doesn’t hurt your skin
- Apply warm oil on your stretch marks gently. Don’t rub your skin harshly to prevent additional damage.
- Apply regularly. You can add a small bit of other essential oils for better results
Sugar
Sugar allows you to scrub dead skin away for smoother skin. You can easily make a sugar scrub at home by the following process:
- Combine ½ cup of sugar with almond oil little by little. When the mixture looks like wet beach sand, your scrub is ready.
- Apply the mixture on your stretch marks and rub them gently.
- Rinse your body with warm water. Apply this mixture to your skin 2 or 3 times a week
It is good to make small batches of scrub and make a new mixture every time you apply. You can store the mixture in airtight containers for short times.
Aloe Vera
The jelly inside aloe vera leaves has been used for a long time for different skin irritations. You can apply this directly on your skin stretch marks to moisturize and soothe.
The aloe vera gel heals your skin from the inside and keeps your skin moisturized to avoid further damage.
You can either extract aloe vera gel from the plant and apply it to your skin or get an OTC product.
Surgical Methods to Reduce Stretch Mark
Medical methods can reduce stretch marks conveniently faster than any non-medical methods. However, they pose higher health risks and side effects if not maintained properly. Here, we will discuss some medical methods:
Chemical Peel
Different low-level acid is applied on your skin to peel the upper surface of your skin to reduce stretch marks in this method. Here, your skin cells are deeply exfoliated to allow your cells to produce more collagen.
You can choose from at-home chemical peels or professional chemical peels. However, professional chemical peels are more effective than at-home ones.
It is better to consult a professional before getting your chemical peels, as all products may not suit your skin. Also, without supervision, there is a chance that you can damage your skin.
Radiofrequency Therapy
In this process, radiofrequency is sent into your skin to produce energy for your cells to boost collagen production. In some cases, this therapy is combined with microneedling treatment to send radiofrequency much deeper into your skin.
Some research has shown significant promise of treating stretch marks. However, additional studies are needed to know the full extent of this therapy.
Microneedling
Microneedling is a minimally invasive treatment to allow your skin to heal from stretch marks. These needles go deeper into your skin to treat damages and help in producing elastin and collagen protein.
With this treatment, your skin can also get rid of unwanted spots and get an even skin tone. There are also home microneedling tools available that are less invasive and pose more risks.
Bottom Line
Stretch marks often cause several problems and reduce self-esteem. However, you can easily get rid of these marks fast.
You can choose any treatment or combine several for the best results. However, we are impartial to light therapy a lot.
Light therapy gives you a non-invasive and side-effect-free stretch mark treatment. Also, it is very handy and can be combined with other treatments to get flawless skin in the shortest possible time.
