Causes Stretch Marks - What Are They?

So what causes stretch marks?  They can happen when your skin is stretched for an extended length of time and occurs either by quickly gaining or losing pounds. Over time the fibers in the skin are stretched or pulled to their maximum levels, this in turn will cause scars. While men are less vulnerable to these unwanted lines it’s not peculiar for males to get them. What’s worse is that men can wear different types of clothing to conceal them, while most girls will get some amount of stretch marks within their lifetime and they are much more difficult to hide.

Some of the top reasons for this scarring is that 70% of adolescent girls will get stretch marks and more than 90% of pregnant woman will have them as well. The explanation for this is that teen girls suffer thru quicker growth development as they’re going thru adolescence.

Many females will suffer thru the fatty development of their breasts, their hips may eventually widen and a greater number of changes happen to the teen body. Pregnant girls will have to endure watching their bellies become large as well as other parts of their bodies get larger. Naturally their stomachs will become extremely large for a long period of time.

And with this unexpected expansion comes unavoidable stretch marks. Stretch marks are an even greater risk for women who have red or blonde hair, are dehydrated and have very dry skin.  Once these scars are on your body, they can become troublesome, but not entirely impossible, to eliminate. 

It is apparent that you don’t have to be overweight or pregnant to get unwanted stretch mark scars.  Although they can occur through some sort of hormone activity and not necessarily through quickly gaining and losing weight . 

As an interesting point, it is a particularly common skin condition that many individuals may have, but most people who have them may feel embarrassed about having them and will try to cover them up.

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