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Cocoa butter and olive oil prevent stretch marks

False: All mums would heave a sigh of relief if this statement were true, but unfortunately this beauty fad lacks medical support. Stretch marks occur when the skin expands quickly (as is the case with a pregnancy), breaking the collagen and elastin fibers that normally support it. In some cases, it's the elasticity factor that contributes to the formation of stretch marks, in others it is caused by a woman's genes as a hereditary attribute.

Cocoa butter and olive oil, however, do help in the superficial softening of skin and the affected area for a short time period. Whether the skin breaks into stretch marks or not will depend on its elasticity. Applying these ointments help a bit on the external skin, but you need to have something that penetrates deeper into the other layers of the skin where these marks are formed.

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