Few things devastate a beautiful body’s worth of silky smooth skin like stretch marks. They move like an angry hurricane, leaving streaks of destruction and you, permanently damaged. But, while it’s almost impossible to rid yourself of the marks, you can reduce their appearance (in some cases, to the point where people would be hard-pressed to recognize they ever existed). It is also possible to prevent stretch marks in the first place. How do you accomplish all of this? With a steady dose of Vitamin E.
Stretch marks happen when something (the catalyst can be anything from sudden weight gain to sudden muscle expansion) stretches your skin too thin. Think of a piece of fabric: when pulled tighter than its threads can handle, it frays and tears. The same is true of your skin. Vitamin E helps in two ways. First, it makes your skin more elastic, so it has more give and holds up just a little more to the tension caused by weight or muscle gain. Secondly, it speeds up the regeneration process, so that a new layer of skin replaces the old (damaged) layer faster than would otherwise occur.
There are a couple of ways to go about adding more Vitamin E to your life, both of which are fairly simple. One of the ways is to consume it. This is easy because all you have to do is find foods that are high in the vitamin and then eat them. Just add an avocado to your sandwich, olives to your pizza, sweet potato fries to your hamburger, etc. By getting creative, you can improve your skin and have fun at the same time.
Another way to get your Vitamin E is to find a topical stretch mark cream that includes it. The application of this Vitamin E method is easy: generally speaking, you just rub it into clean skin on a regular basis (after a shower is perfect timing). The benefit of this is that you often get additional vitamins and nutrients which are skin-friendly in the same tube of lotion. Look for creams that say “anti-stretch mark” for best results.
Fighting stretch marks can be a long and difficult battle, but in Vitamin E you can have a loyal, effective friend that’s always got your back (or stomach or wherever else the stretch marks may be trying to appear).