What are you most afraid of when you are pregnant? In addition to getting fat out of shape, there are striae gravidarum.
Thinking of their bright and clean belly, they will soon be covered with watermelon pattern-like striae gravidarum. Mothers-to-be began to worry, asking for magic methods to prevent striae gravidarum.
It is said that about 80% of pregnant women will grow up? Really?
Is striae gravidarum due to the belly is too big and the skin is spread out, so there will be striae gravidarum?
Is it true that if the plaster to prevent striae gravidarum is applied in advance at the beginning of pregnancy, the striae gravidarum will not grow?
How did stretch marks grow? Is there what to prevent striae gravidarum? Today, we invited Fu Shibo to tell us about it.
Everyone has tattoos, why is it different?
It is no exaggeration to say that 80% of mothers have striae gravidarum.
Mothers who have had or seen striae gravidarum may have found that some striae gravidarum are red to purple stripes, basically flat or slightly prominent. Some are pale stripes with relatively shrinking depressions.
In fact, red and white striae gravidarum are normal and are the two stages of the occurrence and development of striae gravidarum.
In the first stage, the rapidly increasing uterus and fetus will cause the abdominal skin to be pulled, coupled with the sharp change of hormone level during pregnancy, the elastic fibers in the dermis layer will be broken, collagen fibers will be excessively deposited and inflammatory reactions will occur, causing vasodilation to form purple stripes in the acute stage.
However, with the delivery of the fetus and the recovery of hormone levels in the later period, the broken dermis will atrophy and the color of striae gravidarum will gradually become lighter and white.
Why do I have tattoos, but she doesn’t?
Many mothers in the past will say when talking about experience:
You see, it is useless for me to wipe ointment every day to prevent it! It’s still tattooed! XX didn’t wipe anything and didn’t have a big stomach. I was very angry.
Is striae gravidarum favored by specific groups?
That’s true. As the study of striae gravidarum deepens, it is gradually discovered that a large part of striae gravidarum comes from heredity. If your mother has striae gravidarum when she is pregnant with you, you are more likely to have striae during pregnancy. On the contrary, if your mother’s belly is white, you are less likely to have striae.
In addition to the influence of genetic factors, during pregnancy, the excessive weight growth of fetus and pregnant woman, premature pregnancy, etc., will also affect whether and how many lines grow.
Therefore, weight control and late marriage and childbearing are all effective methods to prevent striae gravidarum.
What should I do if striae gravidarum has already occurred?
Some mothers said, What if I have grown up?
For mothers who have already developed striae gravidarum, it is actually very difficult to eradicate it, but there are still many ways to make striae gravidarum lighter and smaller.
1. Improvement methods for external use:
Retinoic acid can reduce striae gravidarum, but molting and erythema will occur in the first two months of use, and cannot be used during pregnancy.
2. Physiotherapy:
Common methods include photon therapy, radio frequency therapy, ultrasound focusing, dot matrix laser, microcrystal grinding, and local injection of platelet-rich plasma (PRP). These regular medical and cosmetic treatment methods have indeed improved the generated striae gravidarum.
However, the effect will also vary from person to person. Judging from the existing treatment cases, the satisfaction of patients with the treatment effect can only be said to be general.
To sum up, in order to better prevent striae gravidarum, it is still necessary to control the weight growth during pregnancy.
Don’t be superstitious about the so-called big-name skin care products, and the actual effect of late marriage and childbearing may be better than that of some so-called magic drugs.
Even if striae gravidarum does grow, mothers should not despair. Striae gravidarum will fade and lighten with the passage of time, and they can also choose the current technology to improve it.