How do you find the best stretch mark cream? It's easy: the best products use a formula that's different from any other product available, and they don't have to be prescribed by a doctor either.

Most of these products use only the most natural ingredients, some of which may be found in your own backyard. A good cream may include an active liquid secreted from snails, the same they utilize to repair their own skin, while others may use oils extracted from plants, flowers, seeds, etc. The extraction of any of these ingredients should be a noninvasive process, which means no living organism is injured during the gathering of these natural products.

The land snail mucin, for example, is a complex compound containing biologically active molecules: proteoglycans, antimicrobial peptides, copper peptides, protein enzymes, glycosaminoglycans and trace elements. It is a most original and organic compound. This tiny creature has created a balanced solution to protect and repair its own collagen, elastin, and the water holding molecules of healthy skin.

Long-term Solutions Attained Through Biological Products

Unlike common skin creams there are products that penetrate all the layers of the skin, both moisturizing and healing the skin cells. After a few weeks of applying products containing natural ingredients to areas affected by stretch marks you will not only see their reduction but they will start fading and may completely disappear.

These products get rid of stretch marks by destroying damaged collagen synthesized to reconnect broken skin fibers and by restoring and synthesizing new collagen, the skin's elastin, and water holding molecules (Glycosaminoglycans). The best thing about them is that they will work on old, new, red, purple, and white stretch marks. Most chemical based products stop working if you discontinue the use, but natural ingredients are capable of creating an optimal solution that will heal the skin permanently. This is due to the fact that natural ingredients trigger the body's natural regenerative process while chemical based products simply offer a superficial fix.

Glycosaminoglycans are complex sugar molecules that participate in the regulation of physiological mechanisms through their interactions with a wide variety of proteins and proteins linked to glycans. They also play a critical role in cell proliferation, migration and adhesion. The mucin not only contains these molecules but, what is really important, it promotes the synthesis of fibroblasts in the basal or lower-most layer of skin and glycosaminoglycans in the skin matrix.

A truly natural product treats stretch marks and also restores your skin's balance. A smooth and younger skin look can be achieved by balancing all the natural structural elements in the skin.

The best natural stretch mark removers on the market contain ingredients that essentially imitate the skins makeup and stimulate an organized and balanced repair. They also avoid stretch marks by reinforcing the skin matrix while your body responds to it producing the water holding molecules and structures that confer skin the necessary resilience and stretching capability it needs when it is going through over-stretching during pregnancy.