One mainly aesthetic problem is the stretch mark which is particularly appears when summer.  Women are more problematic than men when stretch marks are concern.  To be able to rid of this problem, you must learn something about the skin’s structure and the mechanism that is responsible in stretch marks’ creation.

The skin is the outer layer part of the body that prevents the different inside parts of the body.  The skin consists of dermis, subcutaneous and epidermis. The epidermis is the thin layer cells of the skin while the dermis is located in between the subcutaneous and epidermis.  The epidermis contains all blood vessels which consist of collagen and elastic fiber.

The creation of stretch marks are just like these, when a fabric is stretched, you’ll see that some parts of the fabric where have gaps between them without fabric getting torn.  Same as the phenomenon encountered by the stretch marks which cause by sudden stretching, the stretch marks appear.  Appearing of stretch marks are encountered by most pregnant women.  Not only pregnancy is the cause, increasing body weight due to obesity and rapid increase in height during puberty.

If you want to prevent yourself from having stretch marks, here are the following procedures to follow: Avoid body weight changes, Drink eight glass of water a day, use moisturizing cream and exfoliate with a minimum of two times a week.