Stretch Mark Cures:
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Stretch mark cures? Coconut oil accelerates the healing of all types of skin injuries and prevents scarring far better and safer than commercial creams, lotions, etc.
Stretch marks or "striae" are a form of scarring on the skin. When the skin rapidly stretches, the dermis tears up, resulting to scars with an off-color hue.
Rapid growth which is common in puberty, and weight gain due to pregnancy or muscle building, are the common and well-known causes of stretch marks.
Fast Skin Cell Nourishment
Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) or Medium Chain Fatty Acids (MCFA) most abundantly present in coconut oil are an efficient source of food for your cells, including skin cells.
Since it can quickly nourish your body at the cellular level, massaging coconut oil into affected areas will speed up your skin's recovery.
But why wait for the injuries to already set in when you can safely and naturally stop it from happening in the first place?
If coconut oil is applied before the marks occur, healing will be significantly quicker.
Pregnancy
My cousin is a nurse and has become quite an expert in stretch mark cures.
The women living in big cities here in the Philippines who listen to her advice to massage coconut oil into their abdomen during and after pregnancy don't develop a problem with stretch marks.
Most expectant mothers in the provinces don't have to be reminded of this benefit. Tradition has made them aware of coconut oil's remarkable ability in helping them avoid this damage to their skin.
Bodybuilding
As they beef up, bodybuilders can develop empty and soft to the touch areas on their skin. I know this fact all too well.
By using MCFA-packed coconut oil daily, both topically and internally, bodybuilders have an excellent chance of eluding stretch marks. I have been lifting weights to build muscles for years and I never experienced such skin damage.
Rapid skin stretching may be the most obvious cause, but it's not the only one.
Role of Hormones
Hormonal changes connected with puberty may also influence the progression of stretch marks. Again, MCFAs may be of great assistance.
Hormones act as a catalyst for other chemical changes at the cellular level necessary for growth, development, and energy. Simply put, when hormones go haywire, life can be very difficult. Coconut oil affects the root cause of many health problems, probably because it can also beneficially affect hormones.
For example,
coconut oil has a "stimulatory effect" on your thyroid gland.
People with low thyroid function or hypothyroidism are able to rev up their metabolism. Yet those who are hyperthyroid (metabolism too high) don't experience any boost in thyroid activity. Coconut oil apparently can help make your hormonal system go in its proper balance.
Vintage Stretch Mark Cure
There is no shortage of stretch mark cures. A lot are practically useless while some can even be potentially deadly.
If you want a time-tested approach to curing stretch marks, better yet, evading them from the get go, use MCFA-loaded coconut oil. You can't go wrong with the skin care oil of choice since time immemorial.
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