They're a symbol of the beautiful life that you're growing, but sometimes they can be a little sore!
women getting them, but it's something that can affect all women during their lifetime. Stretch marks are narrow, streaky lines that appear on the surface of your skin and depending on your skins colour, will determine the colour of your stretch marks.
‘When the stretch marks first appear, the lesions can be pink, red or purple in colour,’ says consultant dermatologist Dr Anjali Mahto. ‘The skin can also be raised and itchy while they develop.’ Lines form perpendicular to the direction that the skin is stretched in. Over time, these will fade to become white, shiny streaks, resembling scars.This will differ from person to person.
So if you have previously had stretch marks on your breasts or thighs, or the women in your family have been prone to them, the chances are that you might get them while pregnant too. ‘There is some evidence to support massaging bitter almond oil into your skin during pregnancy,’ Dr Anjali adds. One study found women who massaged the oil into their skin for 15 minutes every other day between 19 and 32 weeks of pregnancy, and every day thereafter until delivery, had 20 per cent fewer stretch marks. Those who did get stretch marks, got them less severely.
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