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Revitalize your skin with advanced treatments designed to restore a youthful glow.
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Holistic skincare approaches to support overall skin health and well-being.
Advanced, non-invasive treatments to rejuvenate your appearance without surgery.
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Expertly performed body surgeries to reshape, contour, and enhance your physique.
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Specialized breast surgeries to enhance shape, size, and symmetry for a natural look.
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Advanced procedures designed to enhance male aesthetics and address intimate concerns.
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Tailored surgical solutions to enhance feminine aesthetics and improve intimate well-being.
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Precision facial surgeries to refine features and achieve natural, balanced results.
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Advanced fat transfer and removal techniques to sculpt and enhance your body’s contours.
Comprehensive solutions to address a range of body concerns, from stubborn fat to skin laxity.
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Tailored solutions for breast concerns, including size, shape, and symmetry.
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Targeted solutions for stubborn areas of the body, tailored to your unique needs.
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Specialized treatments to enhance body volume and improve overall contour for a balanced silhouette.
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Advanced treatments to improve skin texture and even out tone for a smoother, radiant complexion.
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Targeted treatments to address skin concerns in specific facial areas for balanced, refined results.
Volume & Contouring
Tailored solutions to restore facial volume and enhance natural contours for a more youthful appearance.
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What Is a Stretch Mark?
Stretch marks (striae) are linear dermal scars that occurs when the skin is stretched rapidly or shrinks. These are very common with pregnant women as they experience gradual change in their physical body. This abrupt shift ruptures the collagen and elastin that keeps our skin in place. Stretch Marks may develop as the skin heals. They are prevalent in periods of growth or rapid change, such as puberty, pregnancy, weight gain or very quick muscle gain. They are benign, but many find them to be embarrassing and unattractive, particularly when they are present on the thighs, stomach, or arms.
What Causes Stretch Marks
Most people look for stretch mark remedies because of the following common reasons
What Do Stretch Marks Look and Feel Like?
These lines tend to occur in high-stretch areas such as the stomach, thighs, hips, breasts and arms.
The stretchmark area may feel slightly different from normal skin.
In some cases, the skin can feel softer or more fragile, especially if the marks are recent.
This may take place when the skin is rapidly expanding or recovering, but it normally go away over time.
This fading is a natural part of how stretchmarks heal, but the texture often remains.
Stretch Marks aren’t harmful and they typically do not require medical treatment. But if you are unhappy with its appearance or they’re caused by a medical condition for example, hormonal imbalance or sudden weight changes, it’s ideal to see a skincare professional.
Seeking Professional Help for Stretch Marks
At Harley Street Skin Clinic, we put the confidence back into the hands of our patients. Our experts provide personalized solutions, considering your skin type, the severity of your stretch marks and your preference.
Stretch Marks develop when the skin pulls apart too quickly for collagen and elastin to synthesis. These are the key skin proteins that tear and produce lines when they heal. Hormonal changes, genetics and mechanical stretching all play a role.
The Risk Factors
It is more common if you have rapid changes in your body. The skin structure is depleted of its basic components by hormonal changes, particularly during pregnancy and adolescence. Risk is also higher with long-term use of corticosteroids or an underlying condition, such as Cushing’s syndrome.
Visible stretch marks can make people feel self-conscious or hesitant to wear certain clothing.
Constant awareness of their appearance may impact confidence or self-esteem.
An impacted area may seem rougher or thinner than the skin around it.
Marks can be darker or less commonly lighter than your skin’s normal color.
Moisturization helps the skin to adapt during growth or change. Using lotions or oils that contain shea butter, hyaluronic acid or vitamin E may help reduce your risk of developing stretch marks.
Maintain a healthy weight
Slow weight changes mean that your skin has time to adapt and generate new collagen, which in turn will minimise the stress on the tissue that causes tears and stretch marks.
Follow a healthy diet
Nutrients such vitamin C, zinc, and protein support collagen production and enhance skin repair while promoting skin’s elasticity, which ensures skin can stretch more safely.
Work out regularly
Regular exercise keeps weight in check and tones the skin’s supportive tissue to avoid sudden strains which can result in marks.
Use Collagen Boosting Topical Products
Ingredients such as peptides and retinol stimulate the production of collagen, enhancing skin strength and minimising the risk of stretch marks while stretching.
Massage stretch-prone areas regularly
It increases blood flow and skin flexibility.
How can massaging on a regular basis help with prevention?
Gentle massage stimulates the circulation and lymph flow which increases the skin’s comfort during the hormonal changes that can occur during pregnancy and helps reduce the appearance of stretch marks.
Limit use of corticosteroid creams
Long-term use can reduce skin thickness and collagen levels, making the skin fragile and more likely to develop stretch marks even with slight stretching.
Wear supportive clothing during pregnancy
Wearing maternity clothes supports the belly for less stress on the skin.
Supportive clothing also helps to spread out your weight and lessen pressure on your stomach and hips, limiting the chances of skin stretching too fast.
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