| Pregnancy leads to a beautiful ending: a tiny, cuddly, | | | | Women approach the battle against stretch marks |
| soft bundle whose wails sound like music upon entry | | | | from a couple of different fronts. Some will purchase |
| into the world. A woman is never the same once she | | | | creams and lotions claiming to combat these unsightly |
| has a baby, literally. Her life will change, and her body | | | | effects. Most of these products claim that through |
| will never regain its pre pregnancy form in every | | | | regular use, their moisture filled products will fade the |
| realm. Many women agonize over this reality, | | | | marks and make them nearly unnoticeable. |
| especially the silver streaks that cross their | | | | Upon developing, stretch marks have a pinkish to |
| abdomens and forever label them as moms: thanks, | | | | reddish hue. People first spot them at this point. |
| stretch marks. | | | | Women with these marks should take note that |
| Though the majority of women never regret having | | | | they will fade over time, even without the use of |
| a child, they regret what carrying that child has done | | | | cream, and thus one should consider the cost of |
| to their bodies: permanently marring them with | | | | treatment over the effects it will actually produce. |
| reddish streaks in what may have once been | | | | Inexpensive treatments exist as well, with cocoa |
| attractive places. Though we can't wave a magic | | | | butter topping the list. Many have found success with |
| wand and wish our marks away, we can minimize | | | | this department store find. Applying the cream twice |
| their appearance. | | | | a day will help the marks fade. The cocoa butter's |
| Stretch marks are not indicative of pregnancy. They | | | | added moisture helps the skin heal itself. Pregnant |
| indicate pulled or stretched skin. Just about anyone | | | | women will also want to consider this cheap and safe |
| can get stretch marks, depending on their | | | | product, as moisturizing their skin during pregnancy |
| circumstances. Overweight individuals and pregnant | | | | will help reduce the number of stretch marks. |
| mothers alike experience these lovely lines. Even | | | | Preventative measures like cocoa butter will ease the |
| teens experiencing growth spurts will find themselves | | | | effects of the marks later on. |
| with stretch marks. Depending on the severity of the | | | | Overall, though they might find them unsightly, |
| stretching, on how far the skin was pulled, more than | | | | stretch marks often mark the glory of a woman: the |
| one layer of skin can sustain damage. Thus the final | | | | fact that she can and did carry a baby. And in the |
| appearance of the reformed skin depends on the | | | | striving to get rid of them, women might want to |
| initial damage. Many post pregnant women aim to | | | | glance over that bottle of lotion at the beautiful |
| fade these marks into oblivion once their skin has | | | | creature that caused them in the first place, thus |
| returned to its normal size and the marks have | | | | determining that they're not such a bad thing after all. |
| become more noticeable. | | | | |