Good tips to get rid of stretch marks

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  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    They get better with time. Learn to ignore them.
  • BondBomb
    BondBomb Posts: 1,781 Member
    Retin- a got rid of mine. They are barely noticeable.
  • MzPix
    MzPix Posts: 177 Member
    I have stretch marks. I got most of them from pregnancy, some from being fat. I don’t view them as some symbolic badge of honor or anything like tiger stripes or “earning” them. It’s just a biological thing that happens. Meh. I also have a few moles, some freckles, that one toe that seems too short, asymmetrical boobs, and sometimes I get dandruff or an injury that leads to a scar. I view it all as one big part of the package of being human. I wouldn’t be disgusted by anyone else who had these things. I wouldn’t try to change them for having these things. I probably wouldn’t even waste my time discussing these things with them and trying to come up for a “solution” for something I don’t even view as a problem. So I certainly won’t do the same to myself. I’m more interested in loving others and loving myself…. unconditionally. Have you given in-depth thought to why you want this part of your body to be different than what it is?
  • holliebevineau
    holliebevineau Posts: 441 Member
    Maderma helps to fade them. They are never going away, unfortunatly. wear clothes that cover your stretch marks.
  • ellemuise
    ellemuise Posts: 34
    I got quite a few during my pregnancy for my oldest son *7 years ago*on my stomach. They only came right at the end so they didnt have time to get very deep or big, but still there were plenty of them they were pretty red, but after all this time they have faded SO much you can barely see them, however they are still there and there to stay! but time WILL fade them=)
  • ahappydancer
    ahappydancer Posts: 34 Member
    I have a bottle of Mederma that has done wonders. I'm confident that with time they'll be unnoticeable except by me. It also helped with my more severe scarring. My mom used a super expensive scar removal kit and although she assures me she still has stretch marks, I can't see them.
  • llkilgore
    llkilgore Posts: 1,169 Member
    unfortunately, there isn't anything you can do to make them go away. so love them and allow them to be a part of who you are because they're not going anywhere.

    In a way they do. I can no long see my stretch marks in the mirror, or see them at all unless I make a point of hunting for them. I can't tell you when they faded out, though, or how long it took, because they'd faded from my consciousness even faster. They became a non issue - just part of the human condition - once I figured out that I was no more disfigured by them than the billion or so other human beings on this planet who have them.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    embrace them. They are your battle scars.
  • kckBxer396
    kckBxer396 Posts: 460 Member
    tiger_zpsc0601158.jpg

    This is the way I've come to think about it. :)

    If my body was that tone and fit I seriously doubt I would care that I had them! haha
  • kckBxer396
    kckBxer396 Posts: 460 Member
    tiger_zpsc0601158.jpg

    This is the way I've come to think about it. :)

    Tiger stripes? It's cause we got fat.

    Some world some people live in must be pretty interesting .


    Not really. Mine? not only did I neglect my skin's hydration as I got older, but yeah...as a matter of fact, I went from being tiny to fat. However, I know skinny girls that have them too. I know girls that are size 4 and have them. Some people get them because they lose weight, which is the opposite of getting fat. Also, obviously,pregnant(what the photo is referring to) women get them,and I don't have any children(yet) but that entire process of growing and birthing a child seems pretty horrifying. If mothers want to be proud of their stretch marks, cool, they should be. That's a pretty brutal, life and body changing occurrence!
  • Danise38
    Danise38 Posts: 1
    Honestly people used to tell me to live with my stretch marks but I'm just stubborn I guess so I never gave up trying to get rid of them. I had 8 year old stretch marks from having kids and my stomach literally looked like a freaking road map. Over the years I tried the usual cocoa butter, shea butter, oils and different home remedies. Then about a year ago I came across this lady's blog and she talked about this routine that she came up with through trial and error that had gotten rid of her stretch marks so I gave it a try and it worked for me. Mine took about 6 1/2 months to get rid of. I personally would give her routine a try. It is absolutely free and she tells you step by step what she did to remove hers. I would break it down but it would take entirely too long to type all that information. She did just put up a youtube video I think to help people see what she did better. If you wanna check it out you can go to her youtube video. I will put a link below:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc66TWi5l2E

    If you cant find her video through the link then you can just try her channel name Halo92599 in the youtube search box and get her that way.

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