White stripes on knees

I believe that many of my friends often have various physical problems. For example, sometimes they feel joint pain, sounds in the joints or soreness all over the body. Some people also have white stripes on their knees. This can be considered as thickening of the stratum corneum and protruding knees. The stripes caused by obesity can be relieved by massage.

First of all, there are many names for this phenomenon, such as stretch marks, growth marks, obesity marks and so on. Although the names are different, they can basically be classified into the same category. The official name is stretch marks or atrophy marks.

It usually occurs during adolescence, pregnancy, and during periods of weight gain or weight loss, and can appear on the inner and outer thighs, buttocks, abdomen, chest, arms, and armpits.

1. What are stretch marks?

When you lose or gain weight rapidly, your skin will expand accordingly. This excessive expansion can cause the tearing of collagen and elastic fibers in the dermis, resulting in the appearance of red or purple lines on the skin (in the early stages), which we call "stretch marks".

2. The formation of expansion lines is based on the following two reasons

1. The elastic fibers and collagen in the dermis of the skin break, pulling the epidermis apart. Although our skin has a certain degree of elasticity, if it continues to expand and stretch over a short period of time due to pregnancy, weight gain, muscle gain, etc., and exceeds the limit, it will lead to the above situation. If the speed of weight loss is too fast, the skin will not have time to shrink and restore elasticity, which may also cause the dermis to atrophy and the appearance of patterns.

2. It has a lot to do with the excessive secretion of glucocorticoids by the adrenal glands.

?Although skin expansion caused by changes in body shape is a very important factor, it is generally believed that hormone secretion has a greater impact on stretch marks. At the same time, studies have also shown that stretch marks are somewhat hereditary.

However, doing the following points can still reduce the probability of its occurrence or alleviate the symptoms to a certain extent.

1. Control your weight

Don’t gain too much weight during the muscle-building period, and don’t lose weight too quickly during the fat-cutting period.

2. Self-discipline

?Watch your mouth, and then actively exercise your whole body, don't just do local training, try to maintain a healthy and balanced diet, drink plenty of water and sleep well

3. Massage

Massage can improve blood circulation, increase the strength and quantity of collagen fibers in the skin, and make the intracutaneous and subcutaneous connective tissue stronger. If you don’t have the time or conditions to find a professional massage technician, you can also do it yourself at home.

4. Laser

Laser (LASER) means "amplified beam of induced radiation". Laser therapy is based on the principle of selective photothermal action. When a laser beam of a specific wavelength is irradiated to the target diseased tissue and reaches a certain temperature, it can interact with it and produce photothermal effects, including denaturation, coagulation, gasification and carbonization. These photothermal effects can eliminate the diseased tissue, thereby effectively removing skin stretch marks and improving the elasticity of skin tissue.