During pregnancy, the skin is subjected to the test. After delivery, it is distended, less firm and has lost its elasticity. To strengthen the skin after baby’s arrival, here are some tips.
Below are the Tips to regain firm skin after baby delivery
Practicing Scottish shower
Easier said than done but very effective skin firming! In the shower, it alternates jets of hot water and cold water, emphasizing areas sensitized pregnancy and have lost some firmness chest, abdomen, hips, buttocks. Is performed in a circular motion with the showerhead. In addition to promoting blood circulation, this technique can tighten the skin and to wake up!
Avoid diets
After a pregnancy, it has necessarily to lose a few pounds. Be patient, do not try to cut corners at the risk of worse than better. The body needs all the nutrients needed to produce collagen and elastin essential to the flexibility and firmness of your skin. Do not deprive yourself thus.
Building on the right vitamins
Full of vitamins is made in the plate, especially with vitamins A, B5, B6 and B8, recognized for their role in the strength and tone of the skin. So we opt for whole milk, eggs, poultry, pork or beef. Vitamin C is also used in the manufacturing process of collagen fibers. And vitamin E plays an important role in protecting skin cells, since it is a real antioxidant. It is found in nuts, almonds, oily fish but also in some oils, such as sunflower oil.
Avoid excess salt
We tend to put too much salt on our plates. Attention, even if the salt is a flavor enhancer, it plays an important role in water retention. This in turn weakens the connective tissues that are relaxed.
Choose a good cream “firmness”
Specifically applying day cream developed to firm, tone and restore elasticity to your skin. We choose a cream rich in moisturizing factor, glycerin based, for example, to give more flexibility to your skin. It can also be enriched with active ingredients such as caffeine or vitamin E, the tightening and firming.
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Follow the cream application protocol
Is often forgotten but the way the cream is applied is as important as the product itself. To find more firmness begins by heating the product in his hands.
On the legs: one from ankles to thighs by lofting. As one goes in the direction of blood flow.
On the arms: starting wrists to shoulders.
On hips: circular movements are practiced for a few minutes.
Chest: we make small circular motions, avoiding the nipple during breastfeeding; then expands the circles.
A massage
To promote the penetration of active ingredients in your cream, the ideal is to get a massage. Of course you can practice self-massage, performing smoothing but some areas such as the back, deserve to be massaged by another person. A good way to be pampered while keeping his goal: firm skin! Why not suggest practicing a massage on your body with your “firmness” cream? Otherwise, the steering Beauty! After childbirth, you also think about yourself.
Return to sport
Now you can resume physical activity! Even smooth (yoga, gentle gym …), we start to rework her little by little muscles. If you have a vaginal birth is generally takes two months to return to sport (four months for caesarean section). Meanwhile, large stroller rides also help recover sports smoothly and to work the whole body. Circulation is activated, which prevents tissue softening.
