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What causes stretch marks on the hips: reasons
Stretch marks, or striae, occur suddenly on a particular part of the body. They look completely unaesthetic. But, unfortunately, getting rid of them is not so easy. Naturally, I want to know why the stretch marks on the hips suddenly appeared and what to do with them now. And the reasons can be completely different.
What are hip stretch marks?
First of all, it is worth figuring out what stretch marks are. There is only one correct definition: striae are cicatricial changes in the skin. They appear when individual tissue fibers are damaged in the process of excessive stretching or sudden weight loss.
There are three types of stretch marks.
Small, almost invisible, pinkish scars.
Scars are whitish, very thin.
Longitudinal wide burgundy-blue skin lesions. Over time, they brighten.
In addition, they can be divided into vertical and horizontal. The first appear if a person has dramatically gained weight or lost weight. The latter mean much worse: they appear under the tissue’s own weight if hormonal or endocrine disorders are observed in the body. In this case, you should go to the doctor and find out the reason.
Stretch marks on the hips: causes
As you know, stretch marks are not only a consequence of excessive stretching of the human skin. They can even appear on the face if there are certain health problems. In fact, it is the result of the healing of skin fibers after damage.
But there are not only obvious reasons, such as pregnancy, weight gain or loss, but also deeper ones. As a rule, they appear with increased secretion of a hormone such as cortisol. It is produced by the adrenal cortex.
In addition to pregnant or gaining weight girls, stretch marks should also be feared by adolescents during puberty, their body weight and height increase very quickly, athletes on weight and people with various endocrine diseases. If stretch marks appear, especially if they are transverse, you should go to the doctor and find out what is wrong. Unless there are obvious reasons like pregnancy, of course.
In addition to or together with cortisol, stretch marks can appear due to the low regenerative abilities of human tissues.
Or because of poor elasticity. Stretch marks on the hips appear if any of the following reasons are present – in addition to pregnancy and weight changes, this list also includes puberty, poor heredity.
– If stretch marks did not appear due to hormonal changes, sudden weight gain and loss, or lack of moisture, you should seriously think about your health. The cause of the appearance of stretch marks may lie in the disease. For example, stretch marks all over the body and on the face appear in patients with Itsenko-Cushing’s syndrome, in which the adrenal glands malfunction. Stretch marks appear due to increased secretion of cortisol, a hormone of the adrenal cortex. Due to hypersecretion, stretching, thinning, and then rupture of the fibers occur. Typically, these stretch marks are longer, wider and take up more area on the body than, for example, stretch marks that appear during pregnancy.