Stretch marks are common

Are you feeling trapped in your own body? Well you’re not the only one. The long, narrow streaks, stripes or lines that develop on your skin are called stretch marks. They start to develop and appear when there is a constant stretch on the skin, the layer tears and leaves stretch marks.

Stretch marks are not gender-based as some people would think they only appear on females, even men get them too, however they are dominant to females since their common areas of appearance are breasts, thighs, hips, butt as well as the belly during pregnancy. Stretch marks do not necessarily appear after gaining weight rapidly; puberty and loss of weight causes them.

“I gained heavy weight a few years back and as a result I got bad stretch marks on my lower back and hips and for that reason I feel limited from wearing what I want since they are purple in colour and I feel like they attract people’s attention” Kathlego Lepelle says.

Mpho Modika says that she used to fear wearing a skirt at school, because her followers classmates would mock her saying she has running worms on her legs and it eventually got to a point where she stayed at home trying to avoid the bullies.

Here are a few tips for easy and natural ways to remove stretch marks for those who cannot afford the product on the market:

• ·         Drink a lot of water daily
• ·         Mix lemon juice with brown sugar, apply on the skin and leave for 5 minutes before washing it off.
• ·         Mix 125 ml of each (coconut oil, tissue oil, castor oil, glycerine, and olive oil) and apply on stretch marks twice daily.
• ·          Apply aloe juice on the area and leave for 10 minutes and wash with lukewarm cloth.
• ·         Apply egg yolk for 15 minutes until it’s dry after washing it, apply coconut butter.

Stretch marks or any scar on your body should not limit you from being who you are and prevent you from wearing what you love!