Do you have issues with stretch marks? This is one of the new challenges I met being a new mother after giving birth. After a year, stretch marks are still visible on my tummy and thighs and I don't know how to remove them. How I wish removing them is as easy as erasing marks on a paper...*sigh*.... What are stretch marks by the way? Pregnancy entails different bodily changes. As the baby grows, so does your belly. The skin over your expanding tummy stretches to accommodate your larger body. Although the skin is fairly flexible and elastic, there are instances that it is overstretched resulting to collagen and elastin ( both are proteins that make up the skin tissue ) disruption resulting to skin being damaged and torn. Consequently, stretch marks occur. Another cause of stretch marks is hormonal changes that accompany during periods of growth. Pregnancy is one such period. Production of glucocorticoid hormones from the adrenal glands increases while pregnant. Fibroblasts, the cell...