Author: Justin C Taylor
Source: ezinearticles.com
Alright. It’s hard enough that you have stretch marks in the skin of your stomach, upper arms, underarms, buttocks, breasts, or thighs where stretch marks commonly occur. But what makes it even harder is that there are so many different types of stretch mark cream in the market today, you don’t know how to choose among them. Here’s a checklist that can guide you in choosing the stretch mark cream that will work for you.
Check what the cream is made of. It is safe to choose a stretch mark cream that has 100% natural and FDA-approved ingredients that researches have proven to be effective in repairing damaged skin areas and in making stretch marks less visible. Examples of this ingredients include aloe vera, cocoa butter, elastin, collagen, Vitamin E, emu oil, rose hip oil, DMAE (dimethylaminoethanol), grapefruit seed extract, advanced peptides, retinyl palmitate, shea butter, helichrysum, and siegesbeckia orientalis.
Check how the cream works. It should be able to address the root of the problem. Because stretch marks are damages far below the skin’s outer surface, creams that only moisturize the affected areas will never be effective in getting rid of stretch marks. What a stretch mark cream should be able to do is to remove dead tissues to allow new cells to grow and to restore the skin’s lost elasticity. Its active ingredients should be able to penetrate deep into the damaged skin area and promote the production of collagen and elastin to repair or replace the damaged cells.
Check who sells the cream. Buy only from credible and reputable companies. Choose a company that has been in the business for many years and has never been reported in any dishonest and unscrupulous trade and practices. Choose a company that offers money back guarantee. If not, choose a company that offer free samples. A company that shows that much confidence in their product must really be selling an effective stretch mark cream.
Check what other people say about the cream. Do not just rely on what merchants say about their products. Read product reviews. It wouldn’t hurt to know what other people who have already tested a stretch mark cream say about it. Moreover, endorsements from respectable magazines, medical professionals and institutions say a lot about a cream’s effectiveness and safety. It is good if these people report it as not only an effective solution for stretch marks but for other skin problems like rosacea, acne and wrinkles as well.
The success of any stretch mark cream in successfully treating stretch marks depends on your age, skin tone and diet. In addition, certain medications that you are currently taking or conditions like allergies can produce some health complications. So it would be best if you check with your dermatologist as well.
Justin is a beautician who writes about stretch mark removal by using stretch mark cream and other beauty products.