Home Remedies To Get Rid Of Stretch Marks After Weight Loss

Abstract

In the present era of modernization and industrialization, due to the over intake of processed and junk food and lack of physical fitness and exercise we are making ourselves more prone towards lifestyle oriented disorders. One such very common ailment is obesity. Every individual desires to have a nice and elegant body physique. When a person is obese and indulges their selves in weight loss training, the appearance of stretch marks over the body makes them look uncomfortable with their appearance. So in this article I’m going to provide you with some easiest remedies one can use to get rid of stretch marks.

Preventive measures need to be followed:

• Avoid consumption of processed and junk food.
• Indulge yourself in regular exercises- perform exercise to certain extent not beyond your strength.
• Eat a healthy diet rich with good antioxidants and other important nutrients by adding more fruits and vegetables in the diet.
• Calories restricted diet with addition of healthy foods will help in providing essential nutrients to the body.
• Practice intermittent fasting.
• A vegan diet is a potent house of healthy digestive fats and contains essential micro and macronutrients. This diet is enriched with a good glycemic index that will help in attaining healthy body weight. So people suffering from obesity find good sources in the form of a vegan diet to cut their extra calories and help them in attaining normal body weight.

Ayurvedic overview of stretch marks

According to ayurveda we can correlate it with “vali”. This disorder arises due to the dushti of rasa vaha srotas (Presence of toxins in rasa vaha srotas). Rasa vaha srotas have their main residing seat in haridya (heart) and 10 dhamniya (blood vessels).

9 Wonderful Home Remedies To Get Rid Of stretch Marks

1. Aloe Vera Gel

Application of aloe vera gel or one can drink aloe vera juice daily early in the morning. Aloe vera is known as “ghrit kumari” and has been mentioned in our ancient classical text since thousands of years ago. Due to its restorative properties it works really well in getting rid from stretch marks.

2. Lemon Juice

Lemon is enriched with vitamin C and it also has an antioxidant  property that may help in reducing skin damage and premature aging of the skin. It promotes skin lightening that will help in reducing the appearance of stretch marks. According to ayurveda lemon is known as “nimbuka” (Citrus acida). Being diaphoretic in action it is used in various skin disorders.

3. Olive Oil

Application of olive oil daily over the stretch marks helps in reducing their appearance as it is enriched with good moisturizing property it helps in providing proper nourishment to skin tissues. Thus it works really well in stretch marks after weight loss.

4. Water

Water is life. As much as we need food more than that we need water to stay alive. Every living organism requires it. It helps in improving skin tone, as it helps in flushing out harmful toxins from the body. It helps in promoting tightness of the skin, so it will aid in removing stretch marks after weight loss.

5. Argan Oil

This oil is piled up with a good amount of vitamin E that helps in increasing the elasticity of the skin and helps in healing the broken tissues that assist in making stretch marks look fader in appearance. Apply this oil over stretch marks daily before going to the bed to get better results.

6. Potato Juice

Potato is known for its great antioxidants properties along with that it is also loaded with many other essential micronutrients such as Vitamin A, C, and B, iron and phosphorus, manganese. Due to the presence of such various health nutrients in it, it helps in reducing stretch marks very profoundly.

7. Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) rich food items

Papaya, pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, watermelon, lemon, kiwi fruit and oranges are examples of food items enriched with vitamin C. It helps in differentiation of keratinocytes and assists in melanin formation. It also promotes collagen production that has potential to thicken the dermis (skin layers) and thus it works very efficiently in reducing the stretch marks after weight loss.

8. Udvartana

Panchakarma procedures are very effective in removing harmful toxins from the skin. They come under sanshodhan chikitsa (detoxification therapy). One such very effective procedure is “udvartana”. The oil is applied on the affected parts of the body. In this there is application of medicated oil over the stretch marks has been recommended to reduce skin complexion that will eventually help in reducing stretch marks from the skin.

9. Snehan And Svedan

These two therapeutic procedures work really well in fading the stretch marks after weight loss. Snehan (oiling therapy) is Smoothing the body dosha’s by using herbal ghrit/oil and in svedan (herbal sudation) semi-hot medicated kwath is sprayed on the affected body parts by using a specially made swedan yantra (instrument). These two collectively work on the tissue level and promote formation of healthy skin tissues that will help in removing the stretch marks after weight loss.

According to Ayurveda we need to follow below listed points:

• Nidan Parivarjan Chikitsa – Avoiding the root of disease. Under this treatment protocol we need to avoid all the causative factors that lead to formation of a pathology in our body.
• Main treatment modality mentioned in our ancient classical text for obese person has explained in below listed shaloka:

(Charaka. sutra 21/20)

It states that for reducing the bulk of the obese, use of ‘guru aptrapan’ (heavy and non saturating therapy) had been prescribed by our ancient acharyas.

Home Remedies By Planet Ayurveda

Herbal formulations of planet ayurveda are also very effective in this regards:

1. Cleopatra Anti Ageing Body Butter

This herbal body butter contains almond oil, Shea butter, aloe Vera extract, glycerin, olive oil (Olea europaea), jojoba oil etc. All these ingredients help in providing stiffness to the skin that will eventually help in removing the stretch marks after weight loss. Apply this gently over the body to get better results.

2. Rose Honey Natural Face And Body Butter

This body butter contains aloe vera (Aloe Barbadensis), rose (Rosa domestica), wheat germ oil (Triticum sativum), grape (Garcinia indica), honey, olive oil (Olea europaea). All these ingredients possess cold potency and help in providing soothing effects to the skin. It helps in tightening the skin tissues that helps in removing the stretch marks very profoundly. Apply this daily on a regular basis to get better results.

Conclusion

Now we can conclude that by using above mentioned home remedies we can surely remove the stretch marks that appear after weight loss. Ayurveda has solutions for each and every malady in most unique and healthy ways. It’s basic principles whether it is tridosha theory (three principle energies of our body- vata, pitta and kapha) or panchamahabhuta theory (five basic elements of life)- akash (sky), vayu (air), agni (fire), jal (water) and prithvi (mother earth) they works on the base level of every pathology and thus provides great relief in every ailments. You can also choose herbal formulation of planet ayurveda as they are made under the guidance of ayurveda experts and are completely organic in nature.

“Start adopting ayurveda. It is the ultimate solution to your problem.”