Stretch marks are unwanted long, narrow lines that develop on the skin due to rapid stretching or contraction. It starts with red lines and when it becomes older it becomes white.
Stretch marks usually appear during or after pregnancy, during sudden weight change.
You can use homemade stretch mark cream with natural ingredients that are found in your kitchen. Here are few homemade stretch mark removal creams for pregnant women.
1.Homemade Cream of Cornmeal, Oats and Wheat
An excellent home remedy for red streaks is to exfoliate skin with cornmeal, oats and wheat germ because it removes the most superficial layer of skin, helping to eliminate stretch marks.
In addition, this homemade solution facilitates the hydration of the skin, favoring the treatment of stretch marks with moisturizing creams and other remedies, such as the Bio-Médicin or Vichy stretch mark creams.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons oats
- 2 tablespoons wheat germ
- ½ cup water
Method of Preparation
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl until a homogenous mixture is formed and then apply throughout the body, insisting more on the striae with circular movements.
Remove the product with warm water and self-massage using a moisturizing cream for stretch marks or an oil, with vigorous movements to activate the circulation of the place.
2.Almond Oil Homemade Anti-stretch Mark Cream
A great homemade anti-stretch mark cream is with sweet almond oil because the oil is a powerful moisturizer, preventing the formation of new stretch marks.
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons of any hydrant cream for dry skin
- 2 tablespoons sweet almond oil
Method of Preparation
Mix the two ingredients until a proper mixture is obtained and pass through the body after the bath, insisting on the stretch marks, with circular movements until all the cream is absorbed by the skin.
This homemade anti-stretch mark cream achieves better results when applied soon after a skin exfoliation and in red striae, which are easier to treat because they are more recent.White streaks, which are older, takes months to fade away.
3. Coconut & Snow Cream
This homemade recipe is especially useful during pregnancy and periods of slimming because it is moments of life where the appearance of stretch marks is easier.
Ingredients
- 1 snow cream
- 1 tbsp of coconutoil (100 ml)
- 2 Drops of Vitamin – A
Method of Preparation
Mix all the ingredients and place in a clean, closed jar and keep in the refrigerator. This cream should be used daily in all areas affected by stretch marks.
Stretch marks are scars on the skin that occur when the skin stretches too much, as in pregnancy, for example. Red streaks are the latest and easiest to treat, and white streaks are the oldest and most difficult to treat, but most of the time, they can be eliminated.
Conclusion
In addition to this home remedy for stretch marks, it is important to apply a moisturizer daily, drink about 2 liters of water a day to moisturize the skin and avoid baths with very hot water that can aggravate the stretch marks.
