Onion Cream Treats New Stretch Marks

nehad

احترت أين أضع هذا الموضوع فهو بالآخر شكل صيدلاني يدرج تحت عنوان الأدوية و!ن كان تجميلي


Why Onions for Stretch Marks?
Any insult to the skin -- be it a cut or wound or the rapid stretching that drives the formation of stretch marks -- is accompanied by inflammation.

Onions contain flavonoids, a type of antioxidant, that have anti-inflammatory properties, Draelos says.

The new product also contains pennywort, a plant found in Asia, Africa, and the Americas that has anti-inflammatory properties and is widely used in Indian naturopathic medicine for ulcer healing, she says.

And it has sulfur, which fights bacteria and infection, and a moisturizing cream to help rehydrate the skin, Draelos says.

Onion Creams Helps Stretch Marks Look, Feel Better
The new study involved 54 women, aged 18 to 45, with new, matching stretch marks on their outer thighs.

They worked a quarter-sized amount of the cream into one of their stretch marks twice a day for 12 weeks. The other stretch mark received no treatment.

As judged by the women themselves, the treated stretch mark looked better, was less red, and was softer and smoother than the untreated stretch mark. They started to notice the difference after two weeks of treatment, and the difference persisted through all 12 weeks of the study.

The researchers also noted that the treated stretch mark looked and felt better beginning with the second week, compared with the stretch mark that was not treated. But it wasn't until the eighth week of treatment that they noticed a substantial difference in redness.

None of the women reported any side effects.

Although the cream wasn't tested in men, Draelos says she'd recommend it for men, too.

Zeichner says, "Doctors and patients have been looking for good treatment options for stretch marks. The use of a cream containing onion extract may be a promising option for a problem that currently has no cure."

By Charlene Laino
WebMD Health News

:238: