After childbirth, a woman becomes a mother and motherhood makes her a complete woman. Yet, there is one aspect of childbirth that every woman dreads, though very few actually speak about it. It is the fear of dreadful stretch marks. Those bright reddish or purplish lines that extend from the lower abdomen to the hips and thighs and don’t seem to disappear no matter which lotion or cream is applied.

Now there is some good news and some bad news. The good news is that freedom from stretch marks is possible. But, the bad news is that it might blow a little hole in your pocket.

The good news - laser treatment for stretch marks

First let us understand the reason behind those scary stretch marks. Under the thin layer of abdominal skin lies a layer of collagen, which is a protein compound. During pregnancy, weight gain causes this layer of collagen to break from frequent stretching. Laser treatment for stretch marks repairs this layer of collagen, seals off any broken blood vessels, removes damaged skin tissues, and repairs middle skin fibers. The procedure is supported by application of a special skin cream that facilitates stretch marks removal. It is painless, non-invasive, safe, and much more effective than other methods of stretch marks removal.

A little bad news - cost and time

The treatment is time consuming, requiring many laser surgeries, and many visits to the doctor. As a doctor would charge for every session, the entire treatment, though, might not cost you an arm and a leg but still would make your purse a lot lighter. Also, laser surgery is not very effective on old stretch marks that have faded or turned white as the laser is unable to detect them.

Precautions

Exposure to sun needs to be avoided 5-6 weeks prior to the treatment. If exposure is unavoidable, then application of sun cream is absolutely essential. Also, avoid smoking prior to the treatment. This precaution is easy for all caring mothers, as they know how harmful cigarette smoke is for their little ones. Most importantly, if you are planning to opt for a laser treatment after childbirth, please see a qualified and experienced doctor. Never go to any of those cheap unregistered clinics. A badly done laser treatment could cause burning sensations at treated skin areas and sometimes could lead to permanent brown skin discoloration.

Laser treatment for stretch marks is a God-sent gift for all those women who dread childbirth because of the resulting stretch marks. It is an effective and safe procedure, but opt for it only after understanding its limitations, costs, precautions, and side effects.

The childbirth labor during pregnancy is what many of the expecting mothers fear the most. In earlier times, when the medical science was not much developed, the women had no option but to bear the pain. At best, what the women could do was to prepare the body and mind during this phase to endure the labor pain. Also, there were not considerable research inputs to know how to manage the labor stages better.

With the advancement in medical research, there was a time when doctors began using anesthesia to put the mothers to sleep even as they delivered the babies. However, the advocates of the natural ways to deliver the babies always preferred the non-medicated ways. They were of the belief that medicated ways could be harmful to baby’s health and considered that the prevailing research methodology is not advanced enough to establish this fact. Their efforts at promoting natural birth techniques in the decades of sixties and seventies were concentrated on teaching the breathing and relaxation exercises to reduce the pain of childbirth labor.

These days the medical science is far more advanced. Women can easily give birth to baby with little or no pain. Women can make a choice between the medicated or non-medicated methods of delivery. Medicated methods would invariably involve administration of small amounts of anesthesia which will prevent the pain and will allow you keep awake during the whole stages of labor permitting you to experience the same as well. Analgesics and tranquilizers are also used to reduce the pain. The non-medication methods make use of massage, acupuncture, hypnosis, distraction, reflexology, hydro therapy and others. In fact, doctors do tell some useful exercises that shall be done during the whole period of pregnancy so that there is less pain and the body is made strong enough for this final stage of pregnancy.

You shall always consult your doctor who is regularly monitoring your and baby health to know what is the ideal approach towards the childbirth labor pain. Due to their experience, they will be able to tell whether you would be able to handle the rigors of pain or not. Also, they can devise the best alternative methods to follow. If the women are able to handle pregnancy naturally, they can get the real experience of child birth. But nowadays, many women prefer the easy way of taking some medical help to escape the pain. After all, when technology and medical science is here to help without any adverse effects for the baby or the mother, then why not use it?