WEIGHT IN PREGNANCY: SO LONG, STRETCH MARKS
A sudden weight gain for any reason can cause stretch marks, those first reddish and then pearly white lines that just never seem to go away. Well, the truth is that the best way to get rid of them is to nip them in the bud – obviously, easier said than done.
If you are pregnant, a daily application of vitamin E oil really elasticizes that stretching skin, as cocoa butter does. (Gaining weight slowly is the best preventive.) Taking 200-400 IU vitamin E daily, along with 1,000 mg. vitamin С (which is necessary for the formation of collagen) also helps.
But if we’re talking after the fact, how about trying one of the all-time great stretch un-markers that was suggested to me by M.J. Saffon in the book Body Lifts.
Bring to a boil in an enamel, glass, or stainless-steel pot (not aluminum):
One 4-oz. bar cocoa butter 2 tbsp. apple-cider vinegar
6 tbsp. dried sage 1 qt. water
Cover and simmer for 15 minutes and then let cool to room temperature.
When cool soak any natural fibre fabric – muslin, cotton, cheesecloth – in the mixture, and then wrap around your body for 20 minutes.
My addition: Rinse in warm shower. Then apply 28,000 IU vitamin E topically and leave on overnight. Keep up your supplemental intake of vitamin E and С and watch those stretch marks fade!
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