What you can do to eliminate red streaks is to make a homemade exfoliation 3 times a week, and deeply moisturize your skin daily with a good stretch mark cream.
Red stretch marks are the most recent that appear after the skin stretches too much, as in pregnancy, for example. The most affected places are the belly, back, thighs and butt.
Although there are excellent products that can be purchased at pharmacies, drugstores and cosmetic stores, it is also possible to make a good homemade mix, with ingredients that can be easily purchased. We indicate the following recipes.
Homemade scrub for stretch marks
This excellent scrub can be made daily with coffee grounds and a little bit of liquid soap, or if you prefer, a moisturizing milk or even a conditioner, which you didn't like in your hair. The goal here is to make the coffee grounds slip on the skin with ease, but without losing the frictional power.
Ingredients:
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How to use:
Just mix the ingredients and rub the mixture in the regions affected by the stretch marks, for a few minutes, until the skin is reddish, and then wash the area with warm water, to help open the pores and facilitate the moisturizer action. Then, apply the moisturizing cream, which can be Cicatricure or the homemade recipe that we indicate below.
Cicatricure is a good stretch mark cream, developed by the Genoma lab Brasil Ltda laboratory, which should be applied to the desired area 2 to 4 times a day, for at least 8 weeks, but should not be used in case of open wounds or bruised skin.. This product can be used in case of red, purple or white streaks and, when the product is used correctly, it gives satisfactory results.
Homemade cream for stretch marks
A good homemade option is to apply the following cream daily on stretch marks, immediately after exfoliation:
Ingredients:
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Method of preparation:
Just mix all the ingredients and keep the cream stored in the refrigerator in a glass container. Apply the cream on the stretch marks, making circular movements, insisting with the thumb until it is completely absorbed by the skin.
Good cream options that can also help keep your skin deeply hydrated are Bepantol and Bio-oil, for example.
Attention: This homemade treatment is very effective on red or purple streaks, but it can also be used on white streaks that are relatively thin and small, giving good results.
Important recommendations
Red streaks are easier to remove than white streaks, but without proper treatment, they do not disappear on their own. Therefore, as soon as you notice that a new stretch mark has appeared, you should start this home treatment, taking the following precautions:
- Only perform the exfoliation 3 times a week; Apply the cream daily; Avoid the accordion effect, as it favors the formation of new stretch marks; Drink plenty of water to help hydrate the skin; Avoid taking corticosteroids, as they favor weight gain; use of bar soap, giving preference to liquids, as they moisturize the skin more; avoid very hot baths, as they dry out the skin and can aggravate stretch marks.
By adopting this care it is possible to completely eliminate stretch marks. However, when they are very large, wide and appear in large quantities, this also demonstrates the flaccidity and fragility of the skin, which is why a consultation with a physiotherapist specialized in aesthetics or a dermatologist is recommended, as other treatments may be necessary. treatments such as galvanic current, microdermabrasion, laser or carboxitherapy, for example.
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