Are stretch-marks running through your esteem?
Stretch-marks—the dreaded lines that feature at the back of your knees, around your thighs, breasts and tummy, go beyond disrupting the flow of your skin to giving your emotional and socio-economic well being a little turbulence.
No sooner do you spot the lines than you begin saying goodbye to sleeveless tops, shorts and short skirts making their opposite your resolute fashion preference whenever you shop.
You suddenly get too preoccupied with the young ones to swim in public, but you know that the main culprit of your new disinterest is the fact that the unsightly will be displayed for all and sundry.
There have been reports of squabbles among couples because the missus no longer feels attractive—citing stretch-marks and a hubby who is not making enough effort to reassure her. Consequently, the clothes only come off when there is no one in sight or under pitch darkness. Intimacy then suffers because of that skin anomaly sitting between her and her loved one.
As if tile woes are not enough, your passion to pursue your dreams may as well take a nose dive—should you be interested in professions that are very particular about the quality of your skin. Airline careers and modelling agencies which value a good amount of legroom’ can become evasive.
Well, the most important thing is that womanhood and pregnancy are big life achievements and should never dampen your spirits, keep you away from marital bliss or injure your professional prospects. Proper skin care, which includes a healthy diet and a cream, should see you cruise through these challenges. Even better, take precautionary measures; start applying the cream, taking lots of water, fruits and vegetables right from when you are planning to conceive.
When your tummy goes back to its initial self after the baby, it is still not the time to do away with the cream, water, fruits and vegetables. Remember it is about helping the skin to keep an elasticity it naturally lacks. Then your esteem will be unreachable.
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