Many of those who have been pregnant, when looking at our guts we wondered how far our skin would be able to stretch, sometimes it seemed to me that it was about to break.
Elisenda Prats, coordinator of the Program of Attention to Sexual and Reproductive Health (PASSIR) and vice president of the Catalan Association of Midwives, clears the doubt.
He explained that the skin of a pregnant woman can become distended up to 10 times more than its usual surface, that is to say 1 centimeter of skin can be stretched to 10 centimeters.
Knowing this data, it is essential that before becoming pregnant the skin is well hydrated so that it is flexible, elastic and toned to face pregnancy.
AdvertisingFrom the second or third month of pregnancy, specific creams should be used to prevent stretch marks, which are caused by the breakage of the skin fibers that are below the skin, which if not well toned when distended, break up causing unsightly scars .
Centella asiatica (which acts as a biostimulant), yoyoba and borage oils, vitamin E and nutmeg oil (repairing effects) are according to the midwife the components that a good anti-stretch cream should have to prevent or help prevent stretch marks as Once they leave, stretch marks do not disappear.
Although it is also pointed out that the appearance of stretch marks has to do with hormonal changes, taking into account that the skin is an organ with such growth capacity, it is very necessary to maintain its elasticity both through creams and a good diet to that when the skin is stretched not stretch.
And it is also important that it is in good condition because after birth the 10 centimeters become one again.
