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Pregnancy stretch marks are very common. It appears at different places all over the body, even up to your arms. The stretch marks often appears in these places since your skin becomes less elastic. Stretch marks can usually be easily seen on arms and buttocks.

What Are Stretch Marks?

These are basically reddish purple marks (lines basically) that tends to develop due to over growth of stomach during pregnancy. Your skin stretches when the baby starts to grow bigger. This results in skin cracking, which eventually leads to ugly stretch marks.

It’s not easy to avoid stretch marks especially since every woman has different types of skin, elasticity and texture. You can take certain precautions to reduce and prevent these stretch marks from appearing.

Below are some great tips on how to prevent stretch marks during pregnancy:

Avoid Overeating During Pregnancy

Although pregnant women are supposed to eat for two, it is not that they are eating for two adults. Hence, it is very important to eat in moderate portions and avoid overeating. Overeating increases the fat content in the body, which accumulates and increases the chance of causing stretch marks. A pregnant women should not take more than 300 calories extra above her usual daily calory intakes.

Keep Drinking Water

Water is extremely important part of any diet. Always drink plain water when your thirsty – no other liquid is better for you than normal water. Artificial fruit juices are packed with sugars and additives that can make you fat, whilst water helps in maintaining a slim body. Drinking loads of water also helps your skin to be more elastic and youthful, preventing stretch marks from occurring.

Eat Healthy

It’s vital to have a healthy diet during pregnancy. A healthy diet containing all the essential nutrients makes the skin healthier too. Have lots of fresh vegetables and fruits, proteins and whole grains and some fiber to maintain a functional system during pregnancy. Your diet should also include dairy based products such as milk.

Olive Oil and Grape Seed Extract

Many people since long ago have suggested to massage with olive oil or grape seed extractduring pregnancy and how it helped in preventing stretch marks from appearing. Well, it seems so foolish then, but it’s true. You can massage olive oil on the belly, buttocks and thighs as these are the most common areas for stretch marks to appear. Olive oil has excellent moisturizing properties that help in making the skin elastic.

Use Creams and Ointments to Remove Stretch Marks

If the stretch marks are already appearing on the stomach, start applying anti stretch marks cream immediately. They would help in reducing the depth of the harsh lines and also reduce the same and eventually make them disapppear. However, if you are too late at using the creams, it might take time to disappear.

It’s quite hard to complete avoid pregnancy stretch marks. However, there have been many who managed to completely avoid them. You will need help if you are not one of them.