When you are pregnant, putting on a bikini is probably the last thing on your mind, but once your bundle of joy has arrived and you get your body back, you will undoubtedly want to feel comfortable in your own skin again.
Unfortunately, pregnancy can leave behind stretch marks that can compromise how you feel about [...]

Whether they were caused by pregnancy, body building, weight gain or loss or just adolescence, stretch marks can be a real pain that can have a significant impact on how you feel about your body. They can appear anywhere, although they tend to affect areas of the body that will be put on display as [...]

According to the rumours currently doing the rounds about Beyoncé and her life as a new mother, the pop star has now left hospital to go home with her new arrival. Unlike many of us, she is in a position to make sure she suffers as little as possible from the demands of motherhood; she [...]

When you lose weight, your skin can leave behind ugly red or purple marks that compromise your new-found confidence in your body. Skin is naturally elastic, but when it is stretched beyond its capacity the dermal layer can tear.
Your body’s healing mechanism repairs the damage, but the replacement tissue differs from the surrounding skin [...]

Stretch marks can affect us all, despite the common association with pregnancy. They occur when the dermal layer of the skin is stretched beyond its elastic capacity, causing it to tear.
The resulting repair process leaves a mark that is initially red or purple, before fading over time to become a silver colour. Remedies for [...]

With stars and celebrities scrutinised for signs that pregnancy may have left behind on their bodies, it is not surprising that we are also fascinated by their approaches to getting back into shape.
While some invest heavily in creams, lotions and potions, others go for laser treatment or airbrushing, while some are just lucky!
It can be [...]

Simply put, stretch marks are caused by the over-stretching of the skin. This explains why they commonly affect people going through periods of rapid changes in size: bodybuilders, dieters, teenagers and pregnant women.
The skin is unable to keep up with the demands being placed on it, and the dermal layer eventually stretches beyond its elastic [...]

We all tend to associate stretch marks with pregnancy. In the media, the fascination with celebrities and their post-baby bodies have led us to have higher expectations of how we should look after having a baby.
And yet, stretch marks can affect both men and women, and can develop at different stages of our lives. Teenagers [...]

With today’s celebrities permanently in the public eye, it is impossible to get away from the different stages in their lives. And one major event that the media always takes great interest in is their pregnancies.
At the moment, a slight obsession with Beyoncé and her baby bump is in evidence in the tabloids and [...]