These 7 Ingredients Will Help Make Your Acne Scars & Stretch Marks Disappear!
For various reasons such as pregnancy, weight gain etc, it is natural to develop stretch marks. There's nothing to be ashamed of, even skinny people have them. We want it to not be so obvious or best, disappear! Triggered by this advertisement online and personal problems cough, we hope this piece of information helps you!
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In your hunt for the best stretch mark removal product or DIY, what should you look for?
1. Hyaluronic acid (A healing agent)
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Despite having the word 'acid' in this ingredient, it isn't harsh or skin-stripping. In fact, this is a gentle powerful humectant (aka moisture-binding ingredient) What it does is to keep skin plump and hydrated. This is a powerful add-in for any products to help lock in moisture.
2. Shea Butter/Coconut Butter
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Shea Butter contains loads of fatty acids, Vitamin A and E. These properties help keep your skin well-nourished and hydrated. Together with Coconut Oil, it helps to soothe the skin if your stretch marks are particularly dry and itchy. Both are used to soften the skin and help prevent stretch marks as a result of weight gain. You can use both together or separately.
3. Lemon Juice
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Lemon juice contains natural fruit acid that can bleach the skin and reduce the redness of the stretch marks. Paired with cucumbers, Vitamin E and even olive oil, it is a gentle home formula to eliminate stretch marks but heads-up, it's a long process! It is a common use for many other unorthodox beauty hacks such as fingernail brightener, emergency deodorant, insect deterrent and etc.
4. Vitamin A & E
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Vitamin E encourages the growth of new cells, promotes collagen and elastin, reduces and prevents fine lines and wrinkles, and lightens dark spots. Together with Vitamin A, they work together in replacing damaged collagen and elastin fibres. It strengthens your skin health and helps make stretch marks/acne scars disappear.
5. Aloe Vera
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Why are people going crazy over Aloe Vera? For one, it helps to hydrate and soften your skin. It is considered natural even though chemical processes might alter this fact. It doesn't block pores and many believe that it helps to relieve sunburn, acne, irritated, and dry skin. It has anti-ageing properties and it helps with acid reflux and constipation. It's a pretty amazing plant to grow.
6.Oils
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Oils are great for home fragrance and massage oil. Some great oil for skin would be coconut oil, primrose oil and lavender oil. The moisturizing properties penetrate deep into your skin and aid in rebuilding. This is best to be added to your other skincare routine or DIY concoction to help reduce acne scarrings and stretch marks.
7. Collagen
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Your body's production of collagen decreases with age, therefore there is a need to drink it in. Both stretch marks and acne scars are partly caused by lack of collagen. According to renewalliance, "Collagen is a tough, fiber-like protein that stimulates cellular migration and contributes to the development of new tissue. Collagen also provides immediate improvement to scars by replacing lost volume. When your skin is injured, fibroblasts produce collagen to fill and close the wounds."
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In search of the best stretch mark cream (apart from the already popular Bio-oil), this particular ointment also a hot favourite. Well, we don't know for sure but here's what we found! TCM SCAR AND ACNE MARK REMOVAL GEL OINTMENT
It mainly helps with healing, redness, swelling prevention and treatment. It prides itself on its anti-inflammatory properties, helps to eliminate bacteria, and at the same time, nourishes your skin for a speedy recovery. It claims to shorten the time your skin takes to scab-over. It is applicable to stretch marks, scars, acne pits, scars from pimples or insect bites, and it can be used multiple times a day.
Its testimonies are pretty wow.
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Out of almost 6000 reviews, the average star is still overall 4.7.
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On Amazon US, out of 166 reviews, almost half of the reviewers gave it 5 stars.
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Stretch marks and acne scars are a big hit to a girl's confidence, especially in going out bare-face or in bikinis. Regardless, we hope this article helps you to be more confident knowing that it is common and that there are many things you could do to make your situation better, eg. cheap DIY or finding the right product. Cheers!
Text by: Girlsdaily SG
