Stretch marks or sometimes people call it as striae are in fact scars that are come into sight when the skin stretch out. It was formed beneath the surface layer of your skin. The formation and color can be varies but normally it can be red, purple and sometimes brown with strip-like pattern. These marks can occur on any of your skin but the most common area shall be your hips, breast and your abdomen. It is well known that 90 percent of pregnant woman will encounter stretch marks formation and definitely they will look for option and method to prevent from the scars to appear.

It is a fact that currently doctors have yet discover formula on how to remove stretch marks because there are in essence scars. Surgery might be a good option if you want to remove them completely although it is costly and risky. Therefore to prevent stretch marks from appearing during and after pregnancy is to start controlling your diets. Gaining weight during pregnancy is unavoidable since you need all the nutrition for yourself as well for your baby. What should you do is to manage your food intake to keep off rapid weight gain. By putting your weight in constant gradual pounds increment, you will let the skin stretch gradually. At the same time, drinking lots of water will keep your skin healthy and the elasticity will increase to cater the skin stretching. Those unwanted marks will form and emerge once you are dries out.

In managing your diets and controlling your weight gain, start looking into taking food or nutrients that contain Zink such as cereal products. Take vegetables like spinach and carrots that will provide you with beta carotene and do not forget to get essentials fatty acid. All the above will basically increase the growth rate of your skin cell which resulting healthy and flexible skin. Since you are pregnant, it is recommended to get a consultation from your doctor before changing your diets.

The next step is to keep your skin moisturize. You can begin using preventing stretch marks cream with vitamins A and E in them so that to lessen your chances of getting them. Make sure your skin is always moist, this helps in stretching the skin and not tearing. All these will help you to prevent stretch marks from appearing or at least the scar is not that severe.