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Stretch marks

medicalassistant19
medicalassistant19 Posts: 7 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
How to get rid of these stretch marks?

Replies

  • AdamAthletic
    AdamAthletic Posts: 2,985 Member
    Stretch marks fade with time but they are ultimately a scar.

    When enough time passes and with proper care, they're barely noticeable.

    There is surgery but, it's costly and quite honestly - as time passes and they fade, stretch marks aren't the worst thing in existence, you'll barely notice them!!
  • Shana67
    Shana67 Posts: 680 Member
    ^^^ Truth. Mine have faded away to a silvery grey that is barely noticeable.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    Time.
  • duddysdad
    duddysdad Posts: 403 Member
    I lost 160 pounds and the stretch marks were only barely visible. When I was obese, they were dark red and very wide. As I lost weight, they changed to a more skin tone color and if you didn't look closely, you probably couldn't see them.
  • Shadowmf023
    Shadowmf023 Posts: 812 Member
    Tissue oil might help if they are new. (Reddish) I think they are pretty permanent when they are silvery. I've learned to love mine. I call them my Tiger stripes. :wink:
  • emmam1212
    emmam1212 Posts: 67 Member
    Coffee scrub has helped mine fade a lot & im trying castor oil now as well.
  • bmayes2014
    bmayes2014 Posts: 232 Member
    Bio Oil helped fade the "appearance" of mine on my arms especially - worked wonders. I bought it at TJ Maxx but I also saw it at Walgreens the other day. Other than that - just time. (Most) everyone has them. it's no big deal, really.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I had 1 session of CO2 laser resurfacing done to mine and it helped smooth the surface a lot.
    But other than that, no creams or scrubs have ever worked for me.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,150 Member
    Whatever works on getting rid of scars should work on stretch marks.
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