postpartum stretch marks

[Guest guest]

Hello,

 

A mother in my practice is asking how to care for her postpartum stretch marks.

She of

course would like to minimize scarring. Her baby is only three weeks old, so

the marks

are fairly new. Any suggestions?

 

Kim Luchau

[Guest guest]

Dear Jivanimark !

We've noticed some guidelines kindly offered by Dr Bhate which promote

the use of oils on tissues affected by pregnancy and childbirth.

 

We have assisted several mums with both pre and post partum care using

Ayurvedic based care and have some consistent findings in our small

experience

 

* At any stage, cold pressed sesame oil rubbed into breasts, abdomen

and lower areas daily (we usually start from the beginning of

pregnancy) produces near miraculous results.

* We often support this with oral amalaki daily and sometimes shatavari

 

We've found that these steps very helpful. We also often recommend

Mudra -- which is a kind of interactive yoga and part of Prema Ayurveda

which we are trained in -- with husband and wife as at a subtle level

we think that any expression of devotion and reaffirmation is part of

healing quickly along with the obvious benefits

 

Hope this helps and we're sure that others will have some experience and

ideas too

Kind regards

Mike and Stephie

Auckland New Zealand

 

jivanimark wrote:

>

> Hello,

>

> A mother in my practice is asking how to care for her postpartum

> stretch marks. She of

> course would like to minimize scarring. Her baby is only three weeks

> old, so the marks

> are fairly new. Any suggestions?

>

> Kim Luchau

>

>

 

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---- Prema Systems

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim;

Certainly we think the skin needs moisturizing and oleation. The

moisturizing factor, however, does not really enhance the cellullar

ability to stretch or heal. It is the oleation. Some oils penetrate

better than others - for instance, olive oil does not penetrate as

well. I am not an expert on all the oils for the skin, I know more

about essential oils. I know also that Kristii Ridd Young reports

excellent results with a product using top quality essential oils and

oleating skin oils together with other good products for the skin.

801-763-7338 http://www.thenurturingplace.com/cmt/88.html. Many use

vitamin E, Dr. Gary Young reports best choice if money is no object

with his company's variety of therapeutic grade helichrysum, for

minimizing scar tissue. Different varieties of same plant species

have different effects; also different distillation techniques make

big difference. I would add to this myrrh oil and mixed slightly with

a thick oil like coconut, castor, vitamin E or shea. I have not tried

it, but would expect a licorice ghee decoction would possibly be very

healing to the skin as it most definitely is to internal tissues.

Ysha

>

> Hello,

>

> A mother in my practice is asking how to care for her postpartum

stretch marks. She of

> course would like to minimize scarring. Her baby is only three

weeks old, so the marks

> are fairly new. Any suggestions?

>

> Kim Luchau

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Mike and Stephanie!

Thank you for sharing this. I find that short term use of sesame oil

is not as effective as long term use; have seen the results of regular

abhyanga for myself this way, having had dry skin since childhood

after months of regular use so much better!

 

I had not thought of this due to usually having clients come to me

late pregnancy or after the birth. The shatavari is also beneficial

for the skin due to hormone balancing, do you think? Again, I had not

been exposed to this purpose for it.

 

Warm regards;

Ysha

 

> Dear Jivanimark !

> We've noticed some guidelines kindly offered by Dr Bhate which

promote the use of oils on tissues affected by pregnancy and

childbirth. ...